Chasing Dead Ancestors

Simply not possible, so here's one of many favorites. Taken in Van Nuys, California ca. 1953, pictured (left to right) are my Aunt LaVerne, her son and my first cousin Robert, and my Uncle Bill who was visiting his sister while deployed to the Korean War.* LaVerne had been living in California for years, far away from most of the family back in Texas, so presumably this was the first time that Bill had met his nephew Robert. I don't know if Bill was traveling to or from Korea when this photo was taken. I assume the photographer was Harold, LaVerne's husband and Robert's father. (*Since two of the three people in this photo are still living, I am not including complete names.)

I started the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge in 2018 and managed to write for almost four months before being completely overwhelmed by life and abandoning the task. Since then, I've kept up with each week's theme and written little blog entries in my head but never published them (which isn't terribly helpful for those of you who aren't mind readers). Entering 2020, I hope I can make a fresh start. I retired at the end of 2019 from my job of 23 years so I won't have that time-consuming peskiness getting in the way of genealogy research and writing. I won't over promise that I will (or can) write about each weekly theme, but I'll have a better chance in 2020. UPDATE 30 June 2020: Wishful thinking. I wrote for a whopping TWO WEEKS before being completely overwhelmed by life and abandoning the task. And just as I was contemplating another attempt, the COVID-19 PANDEMIC happened.