Jacqueline’s Jaunts

This is an excerpt from a paper I have been working on for the past year and a half about my grandfather's World War II service. He served with L Company 406th Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Division. Growing up, I didn’t realize my grandfather served in World War II. My Uncle Jimmie Griffin started doing our family genealogy between 1970 and 1980. In the early 1990’s he passed his research onto me. At that time, I had no idea what I was doing but he had put together family group sheets for most of the family and gathered quite a bit of information. During this time of my life I was interested is discovering if I had any Civil War veterans in my family tree. I was able to confirm that my 3xgreat grandfather on my maternal side did serve in the Civil War. When I shared this information with my Uncle Jimmie, he then informed me about my grandfather’s World War II Service.  Uncle Jimmie stated he didn’t know much about Grandpa’s time in World War II because Grandpa said it was confi...

Family Had a zoom call with Ashlee and Behr. He is crawling now and so quick and into everything. He is too adorable. They will be moving back to California next month and can't wait. We are so excited!! She gave me their new address and I looked it up on Google maps while we were talking. I can't wait to see them.  Skylar called to let us know she and Jake are moving to Texas. She will finish her Vet Tech schooling out there. She wants to practice Equine vet medicine and feels she has a better chance of finding a job in Texas due to the amount of ranches there. The prison that Jake works at is closing and he wants to go into Law Enforcement. They both have researched this decision a lot and feel Texas is the place for them.  Lisa Call This week we decided to get into the program Zotero. We both ordered the book and downloaded the free software. We will read the first 3 chapters on the book and discuss when we meet next Monday.  Zotero for Genealogy: Harnessing the Power ...

I've been thinking of writing a recap of what I accomplish weekly. My friend Lisa does this and I enjoy reading and seeing her photos from the previous week. This will mainly be for me to document what research I accomplish, meetings or webinars I attend, trips (hence Jacqueline's Jaunts) or any other thing I want to document about my life. I'll see where this leads me.  Nature We've been on our houseboat since May 10th. One of the cool things about spending extended time on the boat in a cove is the wildlife. Hearing the geese get into their squabbles, watching the wild donkeys hang out on the shore in the front of our boat. We are very quiet when they come around and they stay for awhile. I think my favorite is watching the eagles catch thermals and rise higher and higher in the sky. It's like they are just floating. They're my favorite bird and I could watch them for hours. There are a few pairs on the lake and we are lucky enough to share this lake with them...