Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.

Author unknown

You're listening to "Greenwood"

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UPDATE ON BARTHLYNN

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Last year on January 20th, I lost my darling Mother After 15 years of being her caregiver in her valient fight against Alzheimer's....I immediately became ill....I blamed it on exhaustion and grief.....I was tired of doctors and illness and believed that I would get over it with rest but When I became so fatigued and breathless that I could not walk from one room to another without gasping for air I went in for treatment....This past December, a week before Christmas, I was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis, an auto-immune disease that is non-curable but treatable....It had attacked the lymph nodes in my own body...It has attacked my lungs....But it can attack just about any organ in your body......I am now in treatment...steroids and compounds that I breath in my lungs....I am also on oxygen almost 24 hrs. a day...But my doctor believes he can get me into remission in about 5 months....The problem is that this disease almost always rears it's ugly head again....My mother, husband and I have had an incredible experience for 15 years in our journey with Alzheimer's.....Now that I am on a new journey of my own, she is not here to help and lend me moral support....But my wonderful husband is...He is my friend and my caregiver when I am just too exhausted to even get out of bed.....My genealogy has taken a back seat for the past 10 years....Every aspect of my life has taken a back seat....My life became caring for my mother...her needs....her care.....When we lost her, I was unable to speak of it or put the information online....If you have wondered what happened to me....If I have not responded to emails...If my web pages are not updated...That is the reason....I don't know how much work I can do on my genealogy....I will have to work around my disease....Thank you for your prayers.....

Barthlynn

MY WEB PAGES

THE ADAIRS OF IRELAND
Traces the Adair family from 1300 Ireland plus links to other Adair researchers & Adair pages
THE CALLAWAYS
Traces the Callaways from Virginia to Louisiana to Texas plus links to other Callaway researchers & Callaway pages
TH CHILDRESS CONNECTION
Traces the Childress family from North Carolina to Tennessee to Alabama plus searchable Childress records
THE HULSEYS OF ALABAMA
Traces the Hulseys from North Carolina to Alabama plus links to other Hulsey researchers and Hulsey pages
THE LUTTRELLS
Traces the Luttrells from Ireland to Texas plus links to other Luttrell researchers & Luttrell pages
THE MARTINS OF MOORESVILLE
The Martin family of Mooresville, Alabama plus searchable cemeterys
THE MEDLIN FAMILY
Traces the Medlin family from North Carolin to Tennessee to Alabama plus links to other Medlin researchers & Medlin pages
THE MCKELVEYS
Traces the McKelveys from Ireland to South Carolina to Alabama to Texas plus searchable databases
THE PEEVEY PAGE
Traces the Peevey family from South Carolina to Alabama plus searchable databases
BARTHLYNN'S ALABAMA ROOTS
Has history of 37th Tenn Infantry Co. E plus searchable roster
OUR CONFEDERATE PAGE
Lists our confederate veterans by state served in plus links to other Confederate pages
OUR WAR OF 1812 PAGE
Lists our War of 1812 veterans by state served in
OUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAGE
Lists our Revolutionary War veterans by state served in plus links to other Revolutionary War pages
TIFANY'S HOMEPAGE
My 15 year old granddaughter's homepage
NATALIE RULES
My 8 year old granddaughter's homepage
EMILY'S PLAYHOUSE
My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter's homepage
VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS IN INDIAN WARS & DISTURBANCES 1815-1865
Searchable lists to Indian Fighters & links to other Indian War pages
BARTHLYNN'S GENEALOGY PAGE #2
Has links to over 150 searchable genealogy links
LEONARD'S WEST VIRGINIA ROOTS
Traces Leonard's West Virginia McCoys

LINKS TO GENEALOGY SITES ON THE INTERNET

HERALDRY & COATS OF ARMS ON THE INTERNET
Searchable links
CIVIL WAR PAGE
Has links to Civil War page...plus searchable lists of regiments
SEARCHABLE SURNAME PAGES
Searchable Surname lists plus registration for your own surname
CENTER FOR LIFE STORIES PRESERVATION
How to publish or preserve your family history
GENEALOGY POTPOURRI LINKS PAGE
Some good links to searchable genealogy pages

AWARDS FOR MY GENEALOGY PAGES

Gracie's Family Tree

1999.....Thank you, Gracie.....

Mark Ellsworth Hickman's Many Genealogy Web Pages

1999.......Thank you, Mark.....

Scott's Family Ties

1999.......Thank you, Scott.....

Ancestry Connections

1999.......Thank you, DeWanna.....

Alan's Genealogy & Cheshire, England Page

1999.......Thank you, Alan.......

The Elisha Tree

1999.......Thank you, Sylvia.......

NEW.....NEW.....NEW....NEW....

COURAGEOUS ACT OF MRS. DILLARD - HEROINE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Mrs. Dillard saves a Georgia Regiment.....

A MURDER IN ABINGDON-The Murder of Lula B. McKelvey Cowley by her husband Benjamin F. Cowley
Documents, history, the story of this infamous murder in Alabama......

FAVORITE FAMILY MEMBERS
Photographs, history, tall tales....everything you ever wanted to know about my family from the Saints to the Black sheep......


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