Jenna of Desperately Seeking Surnames selected my blog to be one of five that she chose to follow for the Five Weeks to Better Genealogy #9. She had to read my blog every day for five days!
One Saturday I wrote five Yale University students (emails obtained from the school) to see if any of them were interested in taking a photo of a bronze bust of my ancestor. Only one responded, and Carol informed me that the fee was $12 per hour, the fee set by the University. Well, since I knew where it was, I gave her directions, although it was pretty easy since it is located on the first floor of Sterling Library. She went on Monday morning, and within hours, I had five photos. At least I know what it looks like and am really glad I didn't make the long trip just to take it. UPDATE: Nice article about the Sterling Library (02/06/18.) https://news.yale.edu/2018/02/
A genealogy friend, Wes, and I corresponded quite a bit in the fall before I began my blog. Recently he found me via the blog, which I thought was pretty nice. He informed me that one of our ancestors, John Holmes has a DAR Chapter named after him and it is located in Minnesota. John Holmes was my 6th great-grandfather.
Hummer of Branching Out Through the Years, informed me that we share the same ancestors: James Fitch and Priscilla Mason. And, Wendy of New England Genealogy shares the direct oldest line to my Jonathan Poole.
At long last, my header photo is done correctly. Since the very beginning, I haven't been able to insert the photo correctly. Thanks to Apple of Apple's Tree, she resized it for me, and this isn't the first time she has helped me.
Greta of Greta's Genealogy Bog mentioned in her Follow Friday for March 26th, my piece in “Sentimental Sunday – My First Job.” Thank you, Greta. Follow-up, if you go to Greta's blog, she also wrote about her first job.