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Am continuing to cut and paste my various Holt notes to get them in some kind of order that I understand and so I can find who I'm looking for when I'm looking.  Decided the easiest way was to list all the children of each great grandfather and then to list all the children of each of those people.

My grandpa Lew Gene Blankenship had these siblings and I listed their children after their names. I've been working on these names off and on longer than any other families so I'm a little more familiar with who belongs to who.

Georgianna- Lola, John Lindsay, Inez, Ailene

Elizabeth –Chester Clay, Ora Blowers, Ray Summer

John – Juanita,Feral,Hallie, Ivan, John E.

Henrietta- Waible, James Eugene

Martha- Grethel, Thelma, Arthur

James- never married

Thomas - died young

Zadock -never married

Charlie? - whoever he is?

(Lewis Gene: Velna, Arthur, Elva, George, John, James)

My grandma Viola Mae Holt Blankenship had these siblings and I listed their spouses after their names so I could give each family their own folder listing children. (the only way I could figure to keep everyone straight until I get as familiar with the names as I am with my grandpa's side of the family.)

Alva Smith Holt                 1876-1934   m. Cassie, Laura Belle Kindig

William Alfred Holt           1878-1937   m. Bertha Fotland

Arlie Vernon Holt              1880-1943   m. Cecilia

Mary Maude                      1881-1905   m. Skaggs

Viola Mae                           1883-1938   m. Blankenship

George Albert “Bert”       1887- 1923   m. Bessie Holman
James Robert Holt             1889-1918  drowned in Chehalis River at age 19

Alva Smith:  children

Margaret

James Robert b 2 Aug 1918 in Centralia                                      

Carroll Melvin b 25 Jan 1919   d 14 Jun 1995 in Washougal

Jesse James  b 1915, d 1981

Robert Franklin b 1920 d 1988

William Alfred:  children

Robert William                 1878-1937

Mildred Verna                  1902-1979

Edith Vernita                      1904-1978

Gladys Lucille                     1907-1997

Gertrude Christina            1909-1998

Thelma Matilda                1912-1998

Arlie Alfred                         1915-1979

Leland Stanford               1919-2010

Arlie Vernon Holt:  children

Kenneth, b. 1908              

William b 1911

Dorothy b 1913

Ellen  b 1920

Delbert b

Mary Maude Holt: children

Evelyn b 5 May 1901  d. 11 Nov

Inez  b 17 Sept 1904   de 1956

Norman b 15 Apr 1906  d 2 Jun 1981

Viola Mae Holt: children: Velna, Arthur, Elva, George, John, James

George Albert Holt (Bert) children:

George, b. 1915   may have died in 1970

Glen b 8 Mar 1917  d Jan 1977 in Raymond

Orin Glen b 22 May 1918   d. 25 Dec 1978 in San Diego

These children listed above were my dad's first cousins and this is the area of genealogy I want to research. I've met four of these cousins (all deceased now) so I do have some data to get me started. I'm hoping that I'll eventually connect with the children or grandchildren of these children, and find one who is into genealogy so we can compare notes.  Facebook has already brought me one who lives in Albany. She's the  great granddaughter of  Mary Maude Holt listed above.

And yes, I know this is all very boring but typing it up helps me get it straight in my head and gives me a reference to come back to.  AND.... if anybody starts researching these people and do a Google search, my blog will be in their hits and hopefully, they'll contact me.

Everntually, I'll probably sign up for ancestry.com again but for now, I'm going to utilize the free sites first.

Other news:  Went to physical therapy today.  It hurt, as usual, but I am getting some movement I wasn't getting before.  I'm hoping I'l finish up around Thanksgiving but it remains to be seen.  Did a little shopping afterwards...Big Lots, the bread store, and the Dollar Tree.  Also picked up a burger at Wendy's for lunch.

Tomorrow I'm getting my oil changed (no charge) and then I'll stop my Walmart to see if I can find some eyedrops besides Visine.  Got a super cute halloween gift in the mail today from Ann Robson in Issaquah.  I've got three whole objects for halloween decorations now.  Ann's cute pumpkin (which she made) has a weighted bottom. I love it. You can't really see how cute it is from this picture, though.

I'm into the final season of Big Love now.  Gonna have to find something else to watch pretty soon. I may get into Sons of Anarchy again. I've seen the beginning episodes but not the last couple of seasons.  I also might rewatch Weeds and Breaking Bad.

The only two new shows I've given any time to so far this season are Madam Secretary and How to get away with murder.  Madam is starting to wear thin with me already and Murder lost me with the last episode when they had two guys going at it hot and heavy.  I don't need to see that crap when all I want is to see a murder solved.  I'm no prude about sex scenes but I am tired of the soft porn.  I prefer the days of old when cigarette smoke wafted up from an ashtray, music played, a scarf fell on the floor, and you got to see what the weather looked like out the window.  Sex was better then.  ha ha

Got some cute animal pics in an email from Sandra Hartzell a while back so if I can remember, I'll post a couple each time I blog.  These are "how your pet reacts when they find out they're at the vets."

And here's a song I'm gonna sing when my physical therapy is done.