Organizing

I spent some time today organizing a notebook of my genealogy research into file folders, separated by surname. Guess which folders are bursting at the seams? Kerley, Sullivan, and Hardt. Not a big surprise, right? ;-)

This organization effort will be ongoing, as I have so many boxes and notebooks and binders full of research notes and information gathered in the Family History Library and from my distant cousins via the internet and email. Oh how I love email! I have come so far in the past 10 years working on genealogy!!

This morning I picked up death certificates and funeral recordings for my dad's funeral. I cannot believe he is gone. I thought there would be more time to write and record his memories and now I am left with relying on my faulty memory and prying at my family to "remember that story Dad told about his first car" or whatever. Why didn't I have a micro-recorder in my purse and just place it on the table when I'd visit Dad? Grr...

I started keeping a personal journal last week. I need an outline of every day life for when the time comes that I begin writing my own autobiography. Will it be interesting? Probably just to my family. ;-) But wouldn't you love to have a journal or book that your great-grandmother wrote about their day to day life? What a treasure it would be!!

I wish you all a happy 4th of July!

Dece