[or-roots] Genealogy trip

[LAUBREY1 at aol.com]

Ronda and all; I am so glad that you enjoyed your trip. My Mom was from  
Alabama and so her roots were there. I took her back there for 6 years to  
visit and do research. 4 of them we flew with my sister going 3  times and our 
cousin coming twice. The last two times we drove and were  gone for almost a 
month each time. We had such great times and saw so much of  the country. 
Mom and her family came to Oregon  Christmas day 1940 but my  Dad's family 
came over the Oregon Trail in 1843 and to Klamath County in 1879.  So we 
enjoyed going over the Oregon Trail on our driving trips. Got to do a lot  of 
research but I have done so much research since then that I would love to go  
again and see if I can find all the things I missed last time. I was hoping 
to  take one more time but time ran out and we didn't get to go.
 
So go while you can and enjoy your self. Take it one day at a time and see  
what you can find. Get a digital camera and take lots of pictures of  
everything.
 
Linda Aubrey
 
 
In a message dated 9/21/2010 7:34:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
whizinc at comcast.net writes:

 
Hi everyone, 
This summer my Mom, Dad, my youngest daughter and myself  went on a 
genealogy trip.  I ended up driving 6,808 miles in 3 ½  weeks.  We went to 12 
states.  My Mom has had several strokes and I  wanted to go while she was still 
able to tell me the stories I’ve heard for  years in the places they 
happened.  They have taken these trips every few  years since the late 80’s.  I got 
to see a house my Mom lived in, the  farm where my grandmother was born and 
raised, the graves of my g  grandparents, my gg grandparents and two of my 
ggg grandparents.  We  drove around land that used to be in the family.  We 
went to libraries,  historical societies, and courthouses.  It was my first 
time hunting in a  courthouse.  We were in a small courthouse in Kentucky.  I 
looked  through a file folder of wills from the early and mid 1800’s, all 
handwritten  in pencil.  It was a thrill.  We met shirttail cousins and saw a 
lot  of country.  Mom and Dad were tired, but we all had a wonderful trip 
and  I highly recommend going before it’s too late. 
Ronda 
PS  I also recommend avoiding the poison ivy.   =)


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