Elmer's daughter!
Feb. 23rd, 2011 06:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI am _so_ excited.
I picked up Elmer's middle name from his marriage license, and on R.'s suggestion used it to do a little googling. This found me someone on an Iowa website involving a park named after a mutual ancestor -- they were asking where that middle name came from (it turns up a lot). No answer to her question, but I found her on facebook and turned up and e-mail address and we are indeed related (she would be my mother's cousin) and _she sent me pictures_!!!! Old pictures of shared ancestors.
*do a little happy dance*
And she confirmed that Elmer did indeed lead a very adventurous life.
I picked up Elmer's middle name from his marriage license, and on R.'s suggestion used it to do a little googling. This found me someone on an Iowa website involving a park named after a mutual ancestor -- they were asking where that middle name came from (it turns up a lot). No answer to her question, but I found her on facebook and turned up and e-mail address and we are indeed related (she would be my mother's cousin) and _she sent me pictures_!!!! Old pictures of shared ancestors.
*do a little happy dance*
And she confirmed that Elmer did indeed lead a very adventurous life.