A few months ago I started a blog called "Karen's Family Files." (karensfamilyfiles.blogspot.com) Since I retired from teaching first graders two years ago, I finally had more time to put into genealogy research of my family and my husband's family. This blog, "Jim's Family Files" will deal with Jim's side of the house.
I actually started researching in the 1990's, dabbling here and there, but not on a consistent basis. I went to the Orange County Library from time to time and managed to find a little bit of information. I took a class or two in Winter Park, FL.
Since moving to Murphy, NC, I started taking genealogy classes at the local community college. What a blessing that has been! Beginning in the fall of 2009 and during subsequent semesters I've taken these classes: Beginning/Intermediate Genealogy; Genealogy on the Internet; Advanced Genealogy; Legacy (the computer program I use); and my current class Genealogy: Researching Your Family History on the Net (an updated version of my previous class - things change rapidly in the computer world). I've had the same instructor for all the classes . . . the very knowledgeable and experienced genealogist, Larry. In the first class of this semester, he encouraged us to blog about our genealogy.
My purpose is to let Jim's family and my family know what I find out as I go on my treasure hunts and to share what I've already found out. Jim now has a notebook his grandmother, Winnie Leah Parker Howard, put together after his father, Edwin Armstead Howard, passed away in 1968. The notebook has names and pictures of family members. Jim also has letters his father wrote as a child and when he was in the Army during World War II. He has photos and other items on his mother's (Dorothy Ann Gaines Howard) side of the family. It's been much easier finding out more about Jim's family than mine.
So, here goes . . . another adventure in the blog world.
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