This past week I had some ups and downs on my family history journey. It felt like a long week. I was able to attend the Columbia, SC Temple on Thursday. I think that was the highlight of my week. :) Tiniest temple I've ever attended. I spent an entire week in Charleston, South Carolina, then moved briefly over to the Aiken, SC area for 2 days, and now I'm in North Carolina. (Rockingham area) I've been able to get a lot of research done and I've learned a lot about the southern way of life, good and bad. Some days my head is spinning and I have a huge headache. Some days it rains nonstop and I can't get out to do some of the things I would like to do. Some days I'm just so exhausted I don't even want to keep going the next day. But I always try to assess and figure out what's going on inside me so that I can fix it and get over it. On the days that my head is spinning and bursting with information, I try to take a break and, if possible, get ou...

I have seen and experienced so many things in the last few days - it's kind of a blur. If you wonder about the title of this post, and can't contain yourself, feel free to skip down to the bottom. Otherwise, carry on. (FYI: This is a longer-than-usual post.) My formula each week is to take as many pictures as possible, because that is what helps me to remember things the best. Then, when I sit down to write my blog post, I scroll through all my pictures first. It gives me a good perspective of the week overall, and then I tend to write chronologically. Monday: I drove over to Vidalia, GA to visit their genealogical library. I scored pretty big there, I think. (I haven't read through most of what I took pictures of yet - it's been too busy!!) I first spent 2 hours taking pictures of information contained in vertical files that used to belong to professional genealogists. The files had been donated to the library and were nicely alphabetized. Then, after a lunch b...