Roots Digging

Long Delay ...
Well, I was not expecting to be sidetracked for so long from getting back to writing on the Rootsdigging Blog again. But some bug decided to attack me. For three weeks I suffered an upper respiratory infection that would not go away. I was tired for so long. I believe the tiredness stemmed from another health issue I am now dealing with. About a week after getting over my sickness, I had to have some blood work done on my thyroid levels...well, they were normal, to my surprise. I have a lump in my throat and thought the reason for the exhaustion was related to my levels being out of whack. They were not so they ordered an ultrasound which revealed a complex cyst on the right thyroid and the

Wordless Wednesday

Scrap Paper Sunday
Many a genealogist has scrap paper with little genealogical notes written on them. I have a collection of notebooks and planners that I have gotten over the years thinking I would rewrite all my little bits of scrap notes into the newest one and then I would just stay more organized from that point forward.Well, it just never happens. If I'm unlucky enough to be out somewhere without one of my handy dandy genealogy notebooks for note taking then I find whatever is handy at the moment, like the example below:

Genealogy Blogging on a Saturday Night!!
When I came across Randy Seavers' Saturday Night Genealogy Fun I got really excited. I found an earlier post he had done regarding 3 Genealogical Responses which I will post soon even though it was forever ago.But this nights SNGF is one I do not think I will be able to complete. I can't for the life of me think of an absolute favorite #1 all time favorite song. It is impossible for me, my genre range is so wide there is no way to chose. So I will go ahead and post the 3 Genealogical Responses for tonights fun instead.Tell us your three responses to the questions:

A Trip Down Memory Lane
The snow started falling lightly as we sat down to eat lunch at the Old Clifton Mill. Looking out the window we could see the water wheel churning water along the banks of the Little Miami River. My Mom was telling me about her and her three sisters and her brother playing along these banks when they were growing up. Now you can see some of the two and half million light strands lining the banks of the river, part of the "Legendary Christmas Light Display at Clifton Mill." We read the menu printed on the back of the Clifton Mill, a newspaper printed up telling the history of the Clifton Mill, "the largest remaining water powered grist mill in the United States", and the Village of Clift