Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY ! ! ! !

Okay . . .

so I'm not Dorothy

and I'm not in Kansas anymore.

As a matter of fact,

never been in Kansas.

But,

I digress. 

I have always

been interested 

in genealogy. 

It might have been triggered

by the fact 

that my maternal grandfather

had nieces and nephews

who were older than him 

when he was born. 

There were a TON of people

with his surname

in and around the county

where I was born. 

As a matter of fact

when I taught science

I had my kids do family trees.

One of my students,

with my grandfather's surname

had one of the best I had seen

and she even brought in info

that I had never seen.

I copied it,

and thought I still had it

 but I can't find it.

Later on,

I saw another student's tree

our family surname was on it.

I didn't mind being related to her

but I think her brother

must have had the genes

from their dad's family :0}

Anywho . . . 

a parent of two former students

got in touch with me via facebook.

His wife is on my Father's  family tree . . . 

though I don't know where.

He said he had been in contact 

with a gentleman who,

come to find out,

has 80 -- 100 pages worth of

my paternal family tree.

WOW ! ! ! ! !

I received an email from him today.

I shall call him this weekend. 

His info ends with my generation

(HA HA HA Allison, Lauren Chris and Matt!)

I need to get 

all of the birth, wedding, divorce and death dates
our family, Aunt Helen and Aunt Ruth's family.

Yesterday I sat down
and typed up a list
of all of the info could cull
from info that Aunt Helen had given me

and info she had written in her address book.

I MUST see if I can find
any Bosley's in Orchard Park.
(This is where the Buffalo Bills
football  stadium is located.)
Dad and Aunt Helen both had
a Margaret Bosley
 in their address books
who had an address there.

Now,
when Aunt Helen found out
Gene was from Tonawanda
she said she and Ethel,
her cousin from Peoria, Illinois,
 had visited their cousin
who lived in Tonawanda.
She had lived on a street that
lead to a river.
I found this person
in Dad's address book.
When Gene and I moved here,
we looked up this address.
It was on a street
that led to Ellicot Creek . .
so had the right place . . .
just the wrong body of water.
I am not searching for this cousin's
family . . .she had no children.
But, I would bet my bottom dollar
that she was Margaret's daughter.

So,
this weekend I shall call
my long-lost cousin Gil in Lee's Summit, MO
and see what I can do to help him
with the 6th and 7th generation
of the Gaumer family tree.

And,
I will finally try
to track down
any relatives of Margaret Bosley.
 
So,
it will be
Gaumers,
Pattons,
Winegardners
and Kreiders,
OH MY!