Researching Military Ancestors

Went outside to fill the birdfeeders and while there I decided to check on a few plants.  I have some buds on my snowball bush. While there I pulled the weeds from around the bush.  Now that it is March I will be going outside for a while every day to do a little weeding and getting ready for spring/summer.  I also put some items away in the shed that I had placed next to my deck steps.  I really need to get some potting soil, top soil and rocks.  Busy times are heading my way.

I did some more research on the relative that fought in the Revolutionary War.  His name is Conrad Christian Goldman.  On the war records he is listed as Christian Goldman.  He is my fourth great grandfather.  He was a private who fought under the command of Captain John Stone.  John Stone was Captain of the Battalion of the First Company of the First Maryland Regiment of the Continental Army.  They fought in the battles of Brooklyn and White Plains.  They were from Lebanon Township, Lancaster, County.  Christian Goldman is the link to which my ancestors were able to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.  I have five more ancestors to research.

Yesterday I took down the curtains in my dining room and washed them.  I plan to use them as a pattern for the ones I will be making.

This morning I voted in the primary.  Not going to say for who.  Also, the apple, pear and peach trees have arrived.  Time for Kevin to get busy again (or yet).  I started getting the flower beds/containers ready.  I started on the section next to my deck steps.  I weeded the container with the rhododendron bush.  I was going to feed it, but it is supposed to rain so I will wait to do that tomorrow.  I also weeded the rectangular container with the iris plants.  They are starting to come up   All I have left to weed, and clean out the dead leaves, are the two ends and corners.  I did the front section when I did the containers.  I decided to do a little each day.

I did some more ancestry research today.  As I said before I have five more ancestors to research regarding the DAR.  They are all Heltmans, and I am trying to find how they are related. 

Well, we had another doozy (is that really a word?) of a storm last night.  It started out that we were just supposed to have some rain, then it was announced that we were under a severe thunderstorm watch, and the next thing I knew we were under a tornado warning.  Time for me to go to Kevin and Renea’s.  Poor Penny didn’t know what was happening.  She was getting ready to jump onto my lap when I grabbed her and put her in her crate.  Next I got my purse, phone and keys.  I texted Renea that I was on my way and headed out the door.  I think Penny was in shock because everything happened so fast.  The television said the tornado was heading right toward us.  Thankfully, it did not arrive.  The warning was cancelled within about fifteen minutes.  Penny and I stayed with Kevin and Renea for about an hour, and by that time the storms had passed.  We then came home.  It was time for bed.

Today is sunny and rather windy.  Not quite as warm as the last couple of days.  In fact, I did not work in the yard today.  We have a north wind which makes it feel really cold.  It is supposed to warm up in a day or two so I will finish the area I started when that happens.  Instead, I laid out the curtains on the material for my new dining room curtains.  I wasn’t sure how to measure, and I couldn’t have gotten it any closer.  If I mess up I am in trouble J

Today is Thursday.  This morning started out sunny and nice.  However, it is now getting cloudy and dark.  We are supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.  Needless to say there will be no yard work today.  By the way, when I was outside the other day I had on a pair of capri pants (which we used to call pedal pushers) and I actually got sunburned on my legs from my knees to the top of my socks.  Never gave that a thought. 

This morning I started cutting out my curtains.  Next step will be pinning the hems and sewing them.

I also started doing research on the Fold3 site that I joined.  I found more military information on my relatives.  I had found some information on Ancestry.com (another site I joined).  I found a lot of information on DAR.org which is free.  I decided if I am really going to do research on my family I will just jump in and pay for some of these sites.  One of the relatives I found on the DAR site turned out to be my fourth great grandfather on my mother’s side.  I know of one great grandfather who fought in the Civil War.  He is from my dad’s side of the family.  I also have two uncles (one from my dad’s side and one from my mother’s side) who fought in WWII.  I am still looking.  The Civil War info and WWII info was given to me by my relatives.  I even knew the two who fought in WWII.  I will also be researching Jim’s family because I think it is important that our sons know about them.