Happy, happy, happy!

[dgibby]

I've been in contact with 3 cousins I didn't know I had, and one of them is sending me a book he wrote about the family, starting with my g.g.grandfather, who was born in 1776. I am so stoked! The other's are sending me old family pictures.

If that wasn't good enough, I found early postcards of my hometown and my dad's hometown. Life is good!

I still haven't solved the problem of the identities of 2 grandmothers and one grandfather, but I'm not giving up on them.

[sybylla]

1. Hey - congrats!

I've had similar luck on occasion myself and always appreciate finding cousins interested in the same family. Two head are better than one when it comes to research.

[dgibby]

2. Thanks!

I got the book (CD), and have already made some really interesting discoveries, including hints about who one of my grandmother's might be. I also found out who my father is named for.
In addition, I've found out I'm probably related to everyone in Va, one way or the other! lol!

[dalaigh lllama]

3. Well, then, hi cuz! I had kin in VA, too

It's fun when you start digging up all the surnames in the family tree. I used to work in retail, and every once in a while some client would come in with an oddish surname that I had on my family tree. We'd do some relative comparing and figure out we were somehow related 4 or 5 generations back.

We really ARE all related. :D