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Trip to the DAR Library
Ian —Fri, 01/18/2008 - 03:00
I was looking back at some old emails to try to figure out when I actually started to get interested in genealogy. The earliest record that I could find was an email that I sent to an aunt in early February, 2001. That means that I have been doing this off and on now for about 7 years. In the very beginning I can remember being very frustrated because I was not making ANY progress at all. I could not even get my an agreement on my paternal grand fathers name or birth place. I vaguely remember trying for a little bit and then setting it aside, I was in grad school and was pretty busy at the time. In July of 2002, I was getting married. The wedding provided an event for my Fathers family to get together. In the days leading up to the wedding, my Uncle Phil gave me a file that contained some of the information that he had gathered on the family.
Good advice is Timeless
Ian —Thu, 01/10/2008 - 03:00
This is going to be a long post, so brace yourself. I have been doing a lot of reading about personal finances in the last year or so, and since one of my goals this year has to do with Money I figured that I would share with you, an article that I found interesting. I found the Original article at the online version of the Smithsonian Magazine. The article highlights a Memo / Contract between a father and his son. The memo was written on the first of May, 1920 :
Happy New Year 2008 Goals
Ian —Fri, 01/04/2008 - 03:00
2008 Goals :
Ok, So I have been a little negligent in my posting here. Sorry, I will plan to do better. Last year I was trying to get to 52 posts, and I failed miserably. The entire year only had 14 articles posted, 11 from me and 3 from my father. So 14/52 = around 27 percent, and every where that I have gone to school, that's an F. This year I will try to do better. Instead of making new years resolutions (which almost always fail) I am setting Goals for 2008, this is a nuanced difference to be sure, but different none the less. So here are my Goals for 2008: