October 2, 2006
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Finding My Roots
I have been so busy with everything in life .. I have so many projects on my agenda LOL .. But I did finally get to do something I have wanted to do for years. Last week I took my mom to Pennsylvania and we traveled the Water Gap along the Delware river and through Mt Bethel in Northampton County where her great grandparents lived and are buried at the churchyard near Centreville.
First I need to say it was such beautiful countryside and our breath was litterally taken away by the beauty of it all. I have been to PA many times during winter to ski way back when and while I saw the beauty - I had never seen the River and water gap area. It is amazing. The little towns are beautiful and quaint and the people are so friendly. It is a place I could get used to living in Really fast ! .. We stayed in Stroudsberg and we had a decent room and we were within miles of where we needed to look. I had done alot of digging online at Ancestry.com .. to find information before we left - so I had the graveyard name - it was just a matter of finding it - it took us to the second day to find it - and it was so cool. My mom had never met her great grandparents they passed before 1918. All my mom knew was that they were Amish .. and that her grandfather had that farm in Medford, the one I have written about and he wore the white shirt and black suspenders pants and hat. Her father had said - Oh hes English - but my research showed me that I feel - my great grandfather,Jabez was Amish, or he married into the Amish or the Mennonites. He married Hettie Reimer. Reimer according to what I have found could be a Mennonite name. SO I feel they were indeed - Amish or one of that type of religion and way of life.
We found where they are buried, and it is a beautiful peaceful spot. The churchyard is old and they have numbered and marked the stones so that people can easily find their ancestor. It was kept very clean and felt safe to wander through. My mom was very emotional, it took us years to find her connections and I feel we really accomplished something with going on this trip and it ended some searching for her. Sometimes to know Who you are ... you need to See Where you came From .. and we did
. It was a wonderful trip. I cannot wait to go again soon. Everyday I pray to have a career where I may have the freedom to travel as I please and record it all.. I pray I have that chance
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Here are some pictures from our trip .. enjoy !!! xoxooxoxxo c xoxoxxoxoxo
I would upload more pictures but this new way to upload them to my blog just takes forever ! LOL .. I was simply a beautiful place and I cannot wait to go back
xooxoxoxoxoxo
Comments (2)
Great pictures. The area does look so beautiful. Have a good one.
Such beauty I love the pictures. Judi
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