we hit the 60's today.....and should get there a few more times in the next week
....it has been windy for the last couple of days...love seeing the leaves flying ...
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some pictures of my great-grandpa Elbert Austin Miller...
Born December 8, 1874
as a young man....in the 1890's...
in 1912 when my Grandpa was born...
and once he retired from teaching and took to farming full time....
pictured here with his lovely bride Alice....
sometime in the late 1930's or early 1940's
they both passed before I was born....so I only knew them through stories
and pictures......when I found the financial journals that he kept...that was the
final piece to starting this 1912 - 2012 blog....having his daily life
spelled out by what they bought and sold....and written in his own hand...was
just incredible to me....the other amazing thing was the similarities....a good
portion of the MILLER family had occupations of....
Preachers, Teachers or Farmers...and in a lot of cases they were all 3...
gotta love how that has continued generation after generation....
OK...here is the teacher in me.... your homework assignment....
try and go back 3 branches in your family tree....do some research
now so you can pass it on to your kids.....the ONLY way that History
can be cool is if we keep talking about it!!!! :)
Pleasant Dreams!!!
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