Linda Roorda

14 minutes ago, Ann said:

I still have trouble “listening”, Linda, and you would think once you have experienced things you would know to pay attention.

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Thank you so much, Ann. I understand what you're saying and appreciate that I'm not alone, Ann. We have so much "noise" around us and in our head with daily life, I am not as focused or attentive as I should be either. And I agree with you!! I've said too that you'd think I'd learn the lesson and be more receptive to God's voice all the time. It's an ongoing life-long learning process 🙂 Be blessed, Ann!

6 hours ago, Mahatma said:

Linda, this is a really beautiful and introspective poem!  well done 🙂

Thank you very much, Mahatma! I really appreciate your kind words 🙂

1 hour ago, Nick said:

Good job on the series Linda. Thank you. I'd like to offer up one more link, somewhat local in nature. Banjoman also mentioned it earlier in a comment. It isn't the friendliest site to navigate, but I love much of what I've found there over the years. Not just a genealogy resource, but a great local history resource for Bradford, Chemung and Tioga Counties.

Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice

 

Thanks so much Nick! Appreciate you mentioning this local website again; I'm adding it in right now. 

3 hours ago, Ann said:

Reading this I believe your daughter was a truly special person with a beautiful soul.

 

Thank you so much, Ann 🙂

Thank you, Ann. I agree with you and don't think we can ever fully imagine or appreciate all the suffering He endured for us. And I can totally imagine watching it would make you and any of us deeply emotional and to cry intensely ... as I'm sure his loved ones and followers did then too.  

4 hours ago, Mahatma said:

I really liked this one Linda.  I read it more than once.  🙂

Thank you so much, Mahatma. I'm glad these words touched your heart 🙂

Hal, I'm so glad this prompted your memories!! Don't be sorry, I loved reading about your time at the sap house! Obviously, those were good old times with some great memories!! Glad to hear your cousins, too, still enjoy this venture making maple syrup! I never had the experience with my relatives, and think I missed out on a lot! Thank you again for sharing with us, Hal 🙂

4 hours ago, banjoman said:

Linda - I found that Joyce Tice's site on the internet was a treasure trove of information back when I was actively doing research. It covers just a three county area in the twin tiers - but I was mainly looking at lines in Chemung County at the time and I found it to be very helpful.

 

That's awesome, Banjoman! I checked it out, and it looks like a valuable asset to local researchers, like you! Since I'm not a "native" of this area, my research encompassed the greater Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie, Mohawk region plus the old New Amsterdam/New Netherlands.  I greatly appreciate your mentioning Joyce Tice's site for local genealogical data which will definitely help others who read this page and are interested in researching their local family roots.  Thanks so much for your input!!

1 hour ago, banjoman said:

Reading your articles has got me thinking about picking up the pieces where I left off about 15 years ago. I've got bits and pieces of family history scattered and unorganized all over the place - LOL - it's been years since I've looked at it.  I too hit a brick wall or two in my research - and then life kinda got in the way, as they say... I've got to get back into it and get it all organized some day somehow...

Thanks for sharing your story with me! I love that you found bits 'n pieces on so many lines, and esp the old Thomas family Bible with so much data that leads to finding local history! That's awesome! How neat to learn your paternal gr-grandfather was a really good woodworker/cradler!  It's amazing what we can learn when digging deeper! If you feel overwhelmed by all the lines that go here, there and everywhere - which I did at first too, I found it best to keep file folders for each surname and lineage, then break it down again into another folder as you follow the attached individual lines. I've got a 4-drawer file cabinet full LOL! Make a chart of family lines backward to hang on the wall, and then take each line with its folder and work back as far as you can - doing that for each line, checking them off on the chart as you go. It'll help keep you from going crazy and getting discouraged - been there! 🙂  and I hope you pick up the pieces and are able to delve back into the search again soon!

LOL!! Too funny, isn't it?! Neat who we do find familial ties to tho! Yeah, going back far enough we all have some ties to various "rich 'n famous" from way back when 🙂  I even have extended ties to Theodore Roosevelt's Mom and the Wright Brothers of flying fame, and "love" the direct line tie to everyone's favorite bad girl banned from New Amsterdam for selling liquor to the Indians! Ah life!!

7 hours ago, Mahatma said:

Beautiful poetry Linda I really enjoyed reading it.    🙂

 

PS.  Also  A friend shows up to help you move!  🙂

Thank you very much, Mahatma 🙂  And yes, they do... true friends help in so many ways!

4 hours ago, Mahatma said:

Thank you LR.  I really appreciate your input!  Will definitely reach out if I have any questions.   🙂
 

edit. Just reread your post. Holy moly.  That was a lot to digest.  Thank you for sharing.  I enjoyed reading it. Gonna read it again.  🙂. Wow. 

Thanks Mahatma! Enjoy your journey 🙂

9 minutes ago, Mahatma said:

are you saying that i am adopted?   🙂 

LOL!!!!  No, no, no 🙂 but then again... 🙂  Just trying to say some data in my research that others had accepted as legit, I proved otherwise by doing further research - like a 63-yr-old woman giving birth to one of my ancestors? What a record for Guiness that would be!!  When you know the old Dutch naming pattern, you quickly realize she and hubby were more likely the child's grandparents! Another ancestor b. 1746 had a nephew by same exact name b.1764 - both served in Rev.War under same battalion or whatever it's called but each in a different smaller unit under different captains - kind folks who put up a big tall monument to my ancestor b.1746 in Carlisle, NY cemetery, near Cobleskill, used the wrong data from the nephew b.1764!!  and etc... 

1 hour ago, Mahatma said:

i went on ancestry.com years ago and was able to find a treasure trove of information.  very fun and exciting process and yes others had done a lot of the work all i had to do was follow the green leaf 🙂 

Good for you!! It sure is fun and exciting!! And nice to have some of the footwork already done for you, plus making contact/friendships with extended rellies!  But I have to add, part of my thesis for being able to have 3 articles published in the N.Y. Genealogical & Biographical Record was proving some data wrong that folks had believed to be correct, along with putting family data together that no one else had done. Keep reading each series in this section as I talk about it.  I spent many Saturday mornings at Steele Library's genealogy section which holds the NYGBR that my articles are published in.  I always wanted to go back and tell the workers thanks for their holdings which assisted me 🙂

31 minutes ago, Mahatma said:

This is a fun rabbit hole to go down.  🙂 

It sure is Mahatma!! Very addicting 🙂  I assume you've "been there and done that" with your ancestry?  I've been out of research work for several years, once upon a time being a walking encyclopedia of my mom's early New Netherlands' Dutch, Palatine Deutsch/Swiss, and New England Scots-Irish ancestry.  But now enjoy helping beginners with these articles that were from my past newspaper column, providing a few extra tips for anyone needing them, just as friends/distant relatives helped me along my journey 🙂