My First Childhood Memories

The first memories I have are not very happy.  My parents divorced when I was 3 or 4.  I have several memories of fights and  police.  But I do remember one good thing.  We lived on a dead end street in Hanna City, Illinois.  The house was at the very end at the bottom of a hill.  The house was small.  I remember having a bedroom that was located kind of behind the living room.  One nice thing I remember about that house is my Grandpa John Clifton McKee making peanut butter fudge.  We would sit at the kitchen table and eat the fudge. I can still smell that fudge.  I loved my grandpa so much.  He died when I was 10.  I also remember visiting a house that was located a few houses from our house on the same street.  An older lady that I can't remember her name (I should ask my dad) made me a quilt that was black and blue.  All I can remember about her house was that it was white and had a silver metal screen door.  Hopefully in 2012 I can take a trip back to Illinois and visit this street.  It would be nice to see if my memories are accurate.  Sometimes I wonder if my memories are actual memories or from pictures that I've seen.

My New Years Day

 Yesterday I spent most of the day backing up my photos and organizing my genealogy "stuff".  I'm still working on my photo back up today because we have over 30 gigs of photos plus we are scanning every week.  I made my genealogy 2012 resolution list in my new "My family tree Research Planner" that I bought from shop family tree. Let's see if I use it all year long.  I'm setting up a little genealogy space in my basement so I will have all my things in one place.  Let's hope it works and I get all my goals accomplished.

My 2012 Genealogy Resolutions!