Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Family Tree
I've been fooling around with some ancestry documents that my dad has collected over the years. I'm trying to fill out a big family tree chart. The tree is filled with laborers, a sea captain, a director of a minor league baseball team. There's even a Minuteman on the tree. I think my favorite branch on the tree houses a comb maker. Combs are helpful and some of the combs of yore were made of the bones of WHALES.
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Fascinating! I, for one, rarely use a comb, but I do understand the importance.
That's one good-lookin' dog.
This is a great project and that is one great dog.
I wish someone would document my ancestors. I'm frankly too lazy but I might pay someone to do it. I doubt they'd find anyone as interesting as a comb maker or sea captain or minuteman, but who knows. Good job Lee. Don't forget to include Karl--he could be barking at the tree.
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