First things First

Well, it's Christmas Eve, 2005. We quit publishing the printed version of the Quarterly at the end of last year. I've decided to start publishing this blog about the family history here on the site instead. I miss writing about the family history and this seems to be one avenue of doing so again.
I recently received a set of pictures from Jack Summitt of Francis "Frank" Summitt and his sons. As soon as I have a few minutes I'm going to clean these pictures up and post them here on the site for everyone to look at.
My goal is to update my GEDCOM file here on the site also. I've been very disappointed with Family Tree Maker lately. So much so that I have not bought the last couple of upgrades. After the upgrade to Version 10 my file became corrupted and none of the fixes that the company help desk suggested worked. So I've decided to try and get back to a clean version and export out to GEDCOM and then maintain my files in another application. Not sure which one yet.
I also plan to get back to work on the Cardwell Cemetary Project soon. This is a data entry job that just takes time.
Anyway, that's about all for today. Merry Christmas to all of you and please feel free to drop me an email and let me know what you would like to see here on the site.