While we are in Boston we have two major methods of working on genealogy. We can go to some of the excellent libraries nearby or we can use Greg and Rachel’s excellent bandwidth and work online. We have been debating on whether to make the drive to Waltham and do some research on family military history at the National Archives. Instead we took advantage of an offer to join Fold3 online. Among other things we have found a court document from 194 years ago certifying that Karen’s ancestor Alexander Oliver fought in the Revolutionary War. It’s so amazing to be able to do that while sitting on the sofa in the living room!
There is a trap in genealogy called
“The names’s the same” and I fell into that trap. This is a different Alexander Oliver. Oops! Got to look for the one who moved to Ohio after The War.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
While we are in Boston we have two major methods of working on genealogy. We can go to some of the excellent libraries nearby or we can use Greg and Rachel’s excellent bandwidth and work online. We have been debating on whether to make the drive to Waltham and do some research on family military history at the National Archives. Instead we took advantage of an offer to join Fold3 online. Among other things we have found a court document from 194 years ago certifying that Karen’s ancestor Alexander Oliver fought in the Revolutionary War. It’s so amazing to be able to do that while sitting on the sofa in the living room!
There is a trap in genealogy called
“The names’s the same” and I fell into that trap. This is a different Alexander Oliver. Oops! Got to look for the one who moved to Ohio after The War.