We're in Tennessee right now. Spent last night with our friend Jane in Hermitage TN. Had the pleasure of her hospitality twice. I love it at her place. She has the sweetest of hearts :)
Been working on my ancestry for the last few years. I even have an Ancestry.com app on my phone so I can continue to work on it even as we travel. I have ancestors that lived in TN, AR, & TX. I found out a few years ago about an old cemetery on private property which has my fourth great grand parents buried there along with several others from our line.
Today we pulled off Hwy 40 towards Medina TN. Drove a couple of country roads with GPS of course! Ha! Just after thinking we might not find it...there it was! There were a couple people sitting inside the fence under a canopy. I was worried about intruding as I approached, but they said hello & to please come on inside, so we did. As it turned out, they were related to me! Cousins. Relations! I'm just tickled!! They were so helpful in showing me the headstones of my grandparents. They were having a Memorial Day Gathering along with a few others. Another older man showed up & he was happy to give us a little more history about our family connections. He was related to me too! We exchanged information so that they could send me more info when they get home. How cool is that?
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