We took a somewhat spontaneous trip to Ohio/New York a couple weeks ago and had a blast! On the trip, we went to visit my 93 year old Grandfather and also got to see our 96 year old Aunt (as well as a lot of other family... just have to mention the 90 year olds :)! The boys traveled so, so well... seriously, I ended up not having the correct adapter for my DVD player and so we were movie-less and yet they still were amazing (for, ah, over 24 hours of driving). The boys found Grandpa's house to be magical (of course! I always have as well!) and had fun running around. In NY we checked out the falls, picked up some Weber's mustard and DiCamillo's Italian bread, and enjoyed lots of time with family! Matt couldn't come with us this time, but was well taken-care of by his family in TN :) Thanks for not letting him go hungry!
Although I don't have a good picture to relay this... it has to be noted that I also discovered my third-great grandfather while in Niagara Falls (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). So, so excited! We knew we were related to Joel Robinson, a well-known local, but had lost the connection between him and our Charles Robinson. Through the historical society on the third floor of the Niagara Falls public library I was able to find the obituary newspaper article for Charles which stated his father's name... RUFUS! I basically wanted to jump up and down and squeal with joy in the middle of the library... but kept it to an ear-to-ear grin. I also found tons of articles about Joel and some of his other children and found Rufus and his family on the 1860 census. Ahhhhhh!
Family History rocks.
4 Generations!
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