Great Grandfather Elias W. Bartlett Sr. ~ Brick Wall #52Ancestors In Week 21

 During the 1980’s, I began searching for my family connections. While I was searching, I came across the name of my Great Grandfather Elias Bartlett listed as the father of my Grandmother Jennie (Bartlett) Lyles’ 1926 death certificate. I though, the name Elias, sounded like he didn’t have a first name.

As I continued searching, I made some inquires to the Carrollton County Genealogy Society about my Bartlett family. In reply, a lady from Carrollton, Missouri sent me copies of the 1870 and 1880 Missouri census records listing Elias’s household in Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri.

On the 1870 United States Federal Census,
Elias was listed with his first wife Rachel and their children who carried the Bartlett surname:
William born in 1852 and Warren born in 1854
John born in 1855 and Fanny born in 1859
Lena born in 1862 and Harriet born in 1865

On the1880 United States Federal Census,
Elias was listed with his second wife Harriett , children and a grandmother;
Sally born in 1865, Charles born in 1867, and Lucy born in 1869.
Elias Jr. who was born in 1879.
William (who was a widow on the 1880) was listed on the 1870.
Grandmother, Hannah Hooper was born in ca 1765 who living with the Bartletts.

In November of 2022, I located Harriett with her three children on the 1870 Missouri census.
Sally was born in 1865, Charles was born in 1867 and Lucy was born in 1869 and
Hannah was born in 1890.
They were listed in the HELSIN Household with the HELSIN surname.
I don’t think that HELSIN was the surname of Harriett and her children along with Hannah.

I’ve been back tracking the sources on Elias W. Bartlett Sr. his wife Harriett and children.
Records of Elias’ were from...
1870 and 1880 United States Federal Census For Carroll County in Missouri
The December 29, 1876 marriage recorded of Elias BARTLEY married Harriet HUGHES.

Daughters’ death records:
Jennie LYLES in 1926 , Juanita ARMSTRONG in 1929 and Lucy HORAN in 1940.
Lucy’s father was listed as Mr. Bartlett. However, he was her step father.

Crop photo of Juanita BARTLETT ARMSTRONG’s 1929 death certificate.




It’s still a mystery to what happened to Elias Sr. Could he have passed in 1900 in Carrollton, Missouri?

Some of the Bartletts moved to St. Joseph, Missouri. Unknown to what brought them there.
Lucy was married in St Joe in August of 1900.
Paul was living there around 1900 according to his 1956 obituary
Jennie was living there in 1902 according to her marriage record.

Even though the Bartletts were listed on the Missouri census in Carrollton, Missouri in June of 1900, they moved to St. Joseph sometime after the 1900 census was taken. There was a Elias Bartlett listed on the 1901 city directory in St. Joseph, Missouri. It didn’t stated if he was a Sr. or Jr.

There was an Elias W. Bartlett Jr. listed in the city directory in 1904.
Elias Jr. moved to Oklahoma City around 1906. He was listed in their city directory.
Harriet was listed as the widow of Elias Sr. on the 1905 city directory.
This was the first mention of Harriet in St. Joe.
I believe that Harriet was in St. Joseph the same time her son Paul was in 1900.

Hoping for information:
I believe that there is still hope in finding some things about Elias Sr. and Harriet. I’m waiting on information on the death notice of Elias Bartlett who passed on October 7, 1920 in Oklahoma. Also, I came across Elias Jr.’s name as Eli BARTLEY and Elias BARTLEY in the Oklahoma City Directories.

I wonder. Could the family surname have been BARTLEY or perhaps BARTLE?
Jennie’s maiden name was spelled BARTLE when she married John BLAKEY on July 28, 1902 in Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri.

Elias W. Bartlett Sr. life is still a brick wall, along with his family listed on the 1870 census.

I wonder. Was Elias, Alex Bartlett? This was the father’s name on Paul Bartlett’s 1936 social security application and claims index information. I’m hoping that there will be more clues in the years to come to uncover the Bartlett family mysteries. Someone may have the pieces to this mystery.

Even the maiden name of Harriett is a brick wall.
Was her maiden name HOOPER, HUGHES, HELSIN, FISHER, or BUFFINGTON? I’m thinking that it was BUFFINGTON source from Lucy’s 1939 social security application and claims index information.

Thanks for reading.
Great Grandfather Elias W. Bartlett Sr. ~ Brick Wall #52Ancestors In Week 21

S.A. Blakley

The theme for Week 21 is “Brick Wall.” ~Amy Johnson Crow #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge

Do you have an ancestor (or 4) who you can’t seem to make any progress on in your research? This would be a good week to write about that ancestor and really think about what you know about that ancestor, how you know it, and where you might look to fill in the gaps. Writing is part of the research process!

On The Journey To The Cross With Jesus

It's been a wonderful start for the week: 
The Sunday message The Third Temptation || Pastor Brian Zahnd 


The past week

It was a wonderful week of exploring and discovering my family connections.
I posted my blog challenges and checked DNA matches and saw a DADE connections.
I gathered with the church on Ash Wednesday as we began the Lenten Journey to the cross. 

I added more to names to the family tree on the DADE side. 
Continuing doing what I do. 
We had a surprised storm come on Friday. 
It wasn't as bad as they said it was. 

Thanks for reading.
On the Lenten journey to the cross with Jesus.

Hope all will have a great week!
Blessings, 
S.A. Blakley

From One Season Into The Next

We have a taste of Spring in our days this week. The preview of what's to come. And I still have my Winter wear on. I know better. 

Feb 19 ~ Gathered with the church.
I'm practicing to slow down in what I do. Enjoying the time as I go about
Saw some of my facebook friends in person.  Thank You, Jesus! 

Goals for the last full week of February:
Practicing to slow down while doing my daily dos; along with what I do with my free time.

Continue to search for DNA matches and work on weekly blog challenges to post on Wednesday.
sad to say, I have been finding more relatives passing.

Here's the The Sunday Message: Shine As The Sun by Pastor Brian Zahnd 

Oh Sunday: such a great start for the week of the 50th day of 2023.
 And 48 days till my next decade to begin.  
Stepping into Ash Wednesday and into the Lenten Season
Preparing for the season to come

Thanks for reading. 
Have a Great Week!

Blessings,
S.A. Blakley

My Past Week of Celebrating:

Feb 12 - I  worked on some family connections. I watched The Super Bowl. It was the third Super Bowl to watch the Chiefs.  And the 2 time, I seen them won. Celebrated ~ Heard fireworks go off. Oh, Happy Day for the Kansas City Chiefs!!  Went to bed late 

Feb 13 ~ Searched DNA matches and Worked on blogs

Feb 14 ~  Valentine's Day! Worked on blogs: Posted blog My Number One Friend. Read that a cousin had passed away. 

Feb  15 ~ Watched the Super Bowl Champs Chiefs Parade 

Feb  16 ~ Posted blog: Eleven Year Old Duana DADE Ran Away From Home. 
Searching for family connections.  Icy and some snow

Feb   17 ~ Worked on blogs. Search through news papers. Adding to my notebook. 

Feb 18 ~ Went to a basketball game. Worked on updating In Remembrance: DADE, made copies. Typed up a list of the Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections list of Death and Birth of those who passed in 2020 - 2022. Made copy of list. 

A Beautiful Start For The Week

Oh what a beautiful start for the week. It's set. Sunday is a long day. I don't do much on family connections. I tend to go with the flow of things. 

I geared up to watch the Super Bowl,

My goals for the week during my free time:

Post on Wednesday my blog challenges for week7
They are entitled. Eleven Year Old Duana DADE Ran Away From Home and A Friend.
Continue to update my In Remembrance in day by day form. 
Continue to search for DNA matches and obituary

I plan to work on week 8 themes
Post my Saturday by weekly blog.
Continue my dos for the week.

 Thanks for reading. 
Here's the Sunday message Anger Issues || Pastor Derek Vreeland 

 Blessings, 
S.A.Blakley 

A Week To Remember

 Oh, what a week: 

Sunday Jan 29
Watched the NFL Chiefs 23 vs Bengal  20. 
Recorded  Benjamin and Lucy (Sampson) DADE lineage on a calendar
Recorded from February through April 2023 
Recorded from January through April 2023 for Isaac DAYD's lineage. 

Monday Jan 30
Worked on Newsletter, bloggers blogs to future post on February 1, 2023.
Family Connections: Blakey Blakley WHITE  and Family Connections: Gathering The Generations. 
Family Connections on facebook set to post. 

Checked: Obituaries, newspaper.com and DNA matches. 

Tuesday: Jan 31
Sorts papers in TIVIS notebook
Checked Newsletter
Sorted papers in notebook of DNA matches
Re read week 5 blog set to post on Wednesday
Worked on Those Mistakes: Oops and Something Someone Gave Me

Wednesday: Feb 1, 
Checked DNA matches and for obituaries. 
Posted Those Mistakes: Oops And Something Someone Gave Me: A Compliment on The Chronicles and Susan and Susan Blakley: Family Connections on my facebook page. 

Started: Challenge for February Black History Month
This challenge is a repost last year's challenge but with updates.
Day 1. ~ The Oldest Person ~ posted a photo of Mrs. Delilah Lewis ( 1810 - 1887)
Update: Delilah wasn't born in 1773. More like in the mid to late 1890's to 1810. 

Copied my album titled  Family Connections Stories on my Facebook page. 

Completed In Remembrance for March on the Bartlett Family Connections on bloggers. 
Made copy on the Bartlett birth and death dates with an updated look: March In Remembrance

Thursday Feb 2,
Checked DNA matches and obituaries
Updated some memories on my facebook page.
Hannah HOOPER birth year was about 1790 not 1765.
Searched for William HESLIN with surnames: HOOPER and BUFFINGTON, no luck

Received word that cousin, Mary Jo White passed on Feb 1, 2023. 
Worked on challenge blogs Social Media and Hometown

Friday Feb 3, 
ThruLines check DNA
Worked on week six and seven of my challenges for the week:
One is title Eleven Year Old Duana Dade Ran Away From Home and the other My Hometown. 
Re read some articles for Duana Dade. Noted that her first name was Duana and not Diana.
And discovered that Duana and her twin, Den were born in 1877. 
Saw the Chinese Spy balloon in sky in Missouri

Saturday Feb 4
Fun Day
Rearranged the Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections In Remembrance for March
Arranged according to by 1 - 31 days. Copied old list and new list. 
Posted some memories on Instagram and Facebook
Photo Challenge for February Black History Month
Baked some cookies

Thanks for reading 
A Week To Remember

Blessings
S.A. Blakley 

63 days till I enter into my next decade. 

The Blessings

This is the day and every day is the LORD's day.
So, let's rejoice and be glad in it. Another week set to moving into
Enter in.

The Sunday message The Beatitudes   

This is good news. The sermon on the mount:
The Blessings from Jesus in Matthew 5: 1- 12

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Amen.

My goals for this week during my free time. 
Work on my blogs and post them for week 5 and bi-weekly blog. 
Continue on Benjamin DADE and his wife Lucy (SAMPSON) DADE lineage. 
Continue to search for DNA matches and obituaries. 
Have fun!

Thanks for reading.
The Blessings

Have a great week!
Have a Happy February! 

God bless
S.A. Blakley 

Good Day

I continue to work on my In Remembrance list for the descendants of Benjamin Dade Sr. and Lucy (Sampso) Dade. They have a lot of descendants. I had to take a break on Eliza "Lizzie" Dade Calsaw.  

I'm adding more of Benjamin and Lucy Dade's lineage as I'm adding to my list on the calendar. I didn't think to do this until I got to Eliza Dade that I completed today I'm adding living relatives to the Family Connections tree. 

I have two more Dade children to go; Brandy Dade and Charles Dade. I have finished with George B. Dade, Fanny (Dade) Cottell  Martha (Dade) Carter,  Eliza "Lizzie" (Dade) Calsaw. I'm not for sure if  Mary Dade and Benjamin Dade had not off springs. 

What I am doing is time consuming. And I see that this is a good thing in the long run by adding the list of names on a calendar. I'm seeing that relatives has to same birth and death dates this way. .

I finished up on my blog: The Tombstone Of "Chas Langford": Out Of Place. It's set to post tomorrow. I may come back and re read it. I continue to wok on next weeks' theme: Education. My goal is to write shorter blogs. 

 It's been a good day.
Thanks for reading. 

81 days till my next decade. 
It was in 1981 when I began to discover more on my family Blakey side. 

Blessings
S.A. Blakley 

Not In A Hurry

 As I began  journaling this blog, I took a break and had some snacks. I finished my second blog entitled "One Of My Favorite Photos Of My Great Grandfather Isaac Blakey. " I'll re read it tomorrow and then post it. 

I continue to surf the internet for family connections. I went back over some newspapers to see if any new articles are there. I have noticed that things are added over the years. 

I'm getting use to getting online or my cellphone to read the local newspaper. It is different. I'm sad for those who have no access to the internet. They have to relay on others to tell them what's in the paper.
 
It's been a good day. I'm still putting things away from the Christmas season. My one last box. I'm doing  good about things. I use to do this all in one day. I do it little by little. I'm not a hurry.

I had a surprise visitor who happened to be in the neighborhood.  I'm glad that I was home. We had a wonderful time catches up on things. 

I'm trying to stay on top of what I plan to do. There are times, like yesterday when I have to change what I plan. I leave room for those times. I'll make up the difference later. 

I'm getting done early today. I've been doing some things in a new way. I'm gaining my time back, so to speak. I hope all  are having a good day. 

Thanks for reading. 
Not In A Hurry. 

88 days to go as into my next decade. 

God bless you.
S.A.Blakley 

Glancing Over My Family Connections Information

I've been skimming through my family connections information. I'm seeing the over view of what I have discovered. And I'm looking at what to search next? 

I was browsing though my news clippings that I clipped on my newspaper.com. Oh, what the discoveries that were recorded in the news. News papers are a good source to search.

I was searching through my list of relatives on my Family Connections Family DNA Tree on ancestry.com  I was looking to see how many people have passed since 2020  through 2022. Sad to say, that there were two relatives who died of COVID-19. I stumbled across some relatives by googling surnames in  the State where relatives live. 

I need to add these relatives who passed on my list of family connections in remembrance. I noticed that there were family members without obituaries. Only that they have passed with birth and death dates.  

I was looking at the titles on my 52+ blogs that I posted mainly on The Chronicles of Susan, but also on my other family connections blogger and family connections facebook groups.  I've been doing the #52Ancestors 52 Weeks challenges; created by Amy Johnson Crow since about 2019. I'm looking forward to post in 2023.

Still, I have more to look over on my family connections journey. This is just a start to review and update what I have. I have uncovered a lot this years. Wondering;  what else will I uncover in 2023?


Counting Down My Days
I'm counting down my days to my next decade. I'm 100 days away.

Thanks for reading.
Glancing Over My Family Connections Information

God bless you. 
S.A. Blakley 

Finishing Out Each Day As They Come In 2022

I've been finishing up my daily dos for this week as we're  drawing closer to 2023. I've been reflecting over this year. And all the good and those experiences that made me stronger. God has been bring us through. 

Update on the newspaper:
It's free online, up to some point. People need to create an account if they don't have one. We need to subscribe if  we want unlimited access to the digital news. Or if we want the Weekender, printed copy with the unlimited digital news. I though there would be a catch to this. 

Journaling And Updating
I continue to journal every night before I retire for the day.
It's good therapy. I'm finding this to be a very good thing. I've been coming up with things that I haven't noticed and coming up with new ideas. 

I continue to update my blogger's  site Family Connections: Gathering The Generation. I've been adding more links to what I search. I hope that they will be helpful to those who are searching for your,

Working On Blogs:
I'm working on my last blog for my #52Ancestors 52 Week challenge 2022: Taking  A Pause And Looking Ahead: New Horizons. Also, I'm working on my first blog for 2023. "I'd Like To Meet..."

Counting Down My Days
I'm counting down my days to my next decade. I'm 101 days away. Next year, it falls on Holy Saturday. I'll be on the Holy Week journey as well. 

Thanks for reading
Finishing Out Each Day As They Come In 2022. 

God bless you
S. A. Blakley 

#52Ancestors 52 Weeks Challenges For January 2023

 I was looking over the January themes for #52Ancestors 52 Weeks for 2023 by Amy Johnson Crow. 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks does sound overwhelming. There's a suggestion to try doing 12 ancestors with a theme one per month . Still, this way is more than a challenge for me.

We can share our challenges whatever way we choose to. It doesn't need to be a blog. It can be an email. We can post it on our social media sites. It's up to us. It can be long or short.  There is no wrong way to do it. 

You can post at anytime. You can never be late in sharing. You can change the theme for the week if you like. The point is to share our stories of our ancestors and relatives.  If you want to take part sign up at  Amy Johnson Crow's site here.

January time to share :themes.
Week  1  (Jan 1- 7  )  :  I'd Like to Meet
Week  2  (Jan 8 - 14)  : Favorite Photo
Week  3  (Jan 15 - 21) :Out Of Place
Week  4  (Jan 22 - 28):  Education 

For the first week:
I think I'll blog about my Great grandfather, Isaac BLAKER (1845 - 1917) or my Great Grandfather, Robert L. Lankford / Lankfard. (1852 - 1919). I do have a photo of each.  And if  I did the Out Of Place theme, I don't have an idea on that one yet. As for education, I can be creative. 

I'm glad that I have the list of themes to get my thoughts together. First, I start searching for ideas to do. But, I wait for the weekly email for ideas to journal. This is a great help. There have been times, I re did my blogs before I would share them for the week. I have extra blogs for future posts.

I notice that some of the 2023 have about 12 themes that were in post challenges. Like the theme favorite photo. This is my three time for this one. I have to use another photo. I think I have been doing these challenges since 2019. 

I'm set for the 2023 challenge. I will receive my first theme email some time on Friday. Meanwhile, I have been thinking about who will I choose to journal about? Who Would I Like To Meet?  Well, I let that cat out on the blog on my week 51 blog in 2022.

Thanks for reading. 
#52Ancestors 52 Weeks Challenges For January 2023

God bless
S.A. Blakley 

Bearded

 I don’t have many older photos of bearded ancestors. I have photos of two of my great grandfathers with their beard and mustache. Both my great grandfathers were enslaved. They lived to see their freedom.

The photo on the left is of my Great Grandfather, Robert Louis Lankford / Lankfard (1852 – 1919). He was my mother’s grandfather. Robert was the father of 12.

The photo on the right is of my Great Grandfather, Private Isaac BLAKER also known as Isaac BLAKEY (1845 – 1917). He was my father’s grandfather. Isaac was the father of 20.




In the photo, Robert has a fuzzy half beard with sideburns and some hair under the center area under his lower lip. I have another photo of Robert with sideburns and a mustache. I noticed in all the photos of Robert, he was well dressed in a three piece suit.

I hope of Isaac is not as clear. It appears that he was dress in a coat. I have a younger photo of Isaac with his second wife, Rachel who was my Grandpa John, step mother. Isaac was clean shaven, wearing a suit and had a hat on.

Another unique thing about my great grandfathers, both had a left leg injury. Robert was due to a fall that caused his death in November of 1919. Isaac’s injury was due to a bayonet wound during his server in the Civil War in the Spring of 1864. I’m working on that blog: Isaac Blakey’s Civil War Wound

Thanks for reading.
Bearded  

God bless you.
S.A. Blakley

 Week 45: Bearded via Genealogy Cafe on facebook.

Did you know that some men celebrate “No Shave November” (or, as some call it, “Novembeard”)? This would be a great time to write about the bearded or mustachioed people on the family tree. Feel free to share your link, stories, and photos in the comments

Private Isaac Blakey

On October 31, 1981, I was told that Isaac Blakey was my Great Grandfather. I've been a journey to discover more about him.

And I have discovered a lot about him over the 39 + years. Private Isaac BLAKER I'm coming across DNA cousins as well.

 

I don't know what the heading of Isaac's obituary could have been.

We can only imagine. Former MO Slave and Veteran During The Civil War Passes Away at 72. 
Here's my  version of an obituary in remembrance and honor of Isaac Blakey.

Private Isaac Blakey
1845 -1917

Isaac Blakey, a Civil War Veteran was laid to rest on Christmas Day 1917, two days after his passing. He had stories he shared of his freedom years from slavery and of his War time. He was born a slave until the early 1860's and became a free man for 54 years.  

Isaac Blakey was born into slavery in Fayette, Missouri. Isaac's date of birth was unknown. But his accepted birthday was on June 30, 1847. According to one of Isaac's former slave owner's, Isaac was born in the year 1845.

Isaac was born to the slave union of Andrew and Julia (Finney) White both from Virginia. Isaac was rise as a slave in Howard County Missouri. It was about the 1861 when Isaac and his mother were sold and they went south. Isaac then ran away to join the Civil War in Natchez, Mississippi.

It was on Nov 1, 1863, Isaac, at the age of about 16, enlisted as Private Isaac Blaker. He was stationed in MS Co H. Reg't 6, US Col'd Heavy Artillery MS. During the Spring on 1864, Isaac was accidently wounded to his leg. He was honorable discharged on May 13, 1866.

After the war, Isaac met Martha Scott from MS. They later married about 1870 in MS. They had twin sons born on June 21, 1871 in Woodville, MS. Martha and son Andrew passed in June of 1871. Isaac was left to raise his son, John.

Isaac met Rachael Lephridge. She was from MS. They later married on July 3, 1873. And to this union they had 18 children.

Isaac resided in Mississippi from about 1861 to 1878 - 1879. It was during sometime after the war he was trying to locate and reunite with family from MO. He located them and moved them back to MO.

Isaac returned to Missouri around the Spring of 1879. By 1880, he was living with his mother, Julia, some of his siblings and relatives in Chariton County. Isaac was a farmer. He was a deacon in the black First Baptist Church in Forest Green, MO. He was believe to have been of the faith.

In Isaac latter life, he became disable. He was unable to work due to his injury during the Civil War. He lived out his life in Chariton County Missouri.

Isaac was preceded in his death by parents, Andrew White and Julia (Finney) White. His 1st wife, Martha (Scott) Blakey and 2nd wife Rachel Ann (Lephridge) Blakey, his children, Andrew, Charity, Julia, twin of Jordan, Frances, Beecher, Joe, Rosa and Annie Blakey.

Isaac was survived by his children, John and his wife, Jennie, (John was the twin of Andrew), Mary and her husband, Rev. Ollie Green, Isaac and his wife, Maggie, Jordan and his wife, Flora, Henry and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, Lillie and her husband, Edward Hayes, Spencer and his wife, Mary "Lovie" Blakey, Martha and her husband, Ernest Hayes, Ollie and his wife, Margaret, Edna (Blakey) Jackson, Lawhorn, and Archie Blakey. And a number of grandchildren, great grandchildren and cousins and friends.

On Christmas Day, Dec 25, 1917, Isaac was laid to rest next to his wife, Rachel. He was buried in the black cemetery (Hoffman Cemetery) in Chariton County, Missouri. This was the place where the family were buried.
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According to Isaac's death record: Isaac was born in Shannondale, Chariton County Missouri USA

Isaac Blakey's name on death record. Isac Blakey. He was listed as an African. Father's name, Andrew White. Mother's name not known. Isaac was buried on Christmas Day in Forest Green, MO

God bless you.
S.A. Blakley

Searching Some Findings

Searching some findings, This journey ahead
Newspaper info, Some things that was read

Excited to find, And longing to see
Searching to explore, Discover maybe

What I want to know, And what I  believe
That there's more out there, I long to receive

But, where do I search? Or where must  I go?
To find what longing, Those things I don't know

Still looking around, Following the flow
Searching some findings,  Those things I long to know

Thanks for reading poem #2388

Idea on Feb 21, 2014 at 5:43 AM on edge of bed
Re read and made some change on Sept 3, 2015
while reviewing to post.

Past Rmemebering

Past remembering, Some things that were told
Past down before hand, From those days of old

Ancestors' stories, Recorded, spoken
From generations, Bonded, yet broken

Hardship, struggling, Progressing through years
Reunited again, In moments in tears

Reflecting on God, How He brought them through
To the other side, Helping them pursue

Life everlasting, Future yet, untold
Past remembering, From those days of old

Thanks for reading Poem #2378

Idea on Feb 11, 2014 on edge of bed by A/C at 5:57 AM

Re read and made some changes on August 20, 2015 while reviewing this poem
to post.

The Passing Of Time

The passing of time, Slipping onward by
Feels like yesterday, Where memoires lay

In the heart of all, Who will keep them there
In remembrance, Each year after year

Time will pass away, But, will never die
Time is forever, There's no goodbyes

Time is always there, Viewed in many ways
Yet God, before time, In ancient of days

Spoke all creation, To where it should be
The passing of time, Only God can see

Thanks for reading Poem #2371

Idea on Feb 4, 2014 on edge of day by A/C at 6:45 AM
Done at 7:15 AM

Discovering More

Discovering more, As going about
Exploring family, History, no doubt

Making some progress, Searching as it be
Stumbling across clues, Seeing, what can see

Not know where it be, But, making leeway
To somewhere going, Info on display

Guiding and leading, On to the next clue
Building on family, History review

Insight to look at, While resting a bit
Discovering more, Thinking as I sit

Thanks for reading Poem 2368

Idea on Feb 1, 2014 at 7:23 am on the edge of bed by A/C
Re read and made some changes on Feb 8, 2014 and on
Aug 13, 2015 while reviewing this poem to post.

Still On The Journey

Still on the journey, Mysteries unfold
Believing the best, From what's then was told

Discovering things, Once through was long lost
So happy to find, Insight with a cost

Away with doubting, What though wasn't so
Yet searching for more, Lead from what's to know

From what was passed down, To generations
To share the stories, From generations

For what that was told, To what now has come
Still on the journey, Been pretty awesome

Thanks for reading Poem #2345

Idea on Jan 10, 2014 at 2:03 PM
Re read and made some changes on July 16, 2015 at 7:05 AM
and on July 23, 2015 while reviewing to post this poem.

Excited In Knowing

Excited in knowing, Info discovered
Searching through records, Yet, be uncovered
Think so, but not sure, Waiting year by year
Records are released, New info, now here

Though years have done passed, Clues later be found
Searching newspapers, Let there be a sound

Lost records alive, Living as it be
Excited in knowing, But long yet to see

Thanks for reading Poem #2308

Idea on December 6, 2013 at 10:02 PM in chair at desk near south window
Re read and made some changes on June 9, 2015 at Color Me Red and
on June 21,  2015 while reviewing....

Speak Of The Good Things

Speak of the good things, Set forth life's treasures
Those blessings do come, Far beyond measures

Keep looking on path, Exploring each lead
To see if any, For those there in need

Be not to selfish, In giving a hand
Be an example, Throughout life. Amen!

Think on God's goodness, Not letting them go
Speak of the good things, God's grace always flows

Thanks for reading Poem #2296

Idea on November 23, 2013 at 10:10 PM in chair by desk near south window
Re read and made some changes on 28 May 29, 2015 on edge of bed and on
June 3, 2015 while typing on computer.