Wednesday, January 13, 2010

New Cousin found

I have been doing "in depth" genealogy research for many years now and it is always a special time when new relatives are connected to the tree. Well this past week, one of those few great times happened. Since fall I have had my "tree" on ancestry.com and have been connecting a twig here and a twig there. Well finally connected to a cousin on the Tatum line.
Once upon a time Susie Tatum had a baby sister Jeannette Tatum. Around 1917 their respective families got together and had this picture taken.



Susie is my Great-grandmother. (Her daughter Thelma Bell Rustemeyer- her daughter Betty Rustemeyer Vaughn- her daughter me... ??got it?)

So Jeannette Tatum married Ernest Delk and had one son Ernest. Ernest had a few marriages and children and Jeannette Delk Brighton, named for her grandmother is in contact with me and shared the following pictures in her e-mail today....
I hope to learn more about her and her side of the family and share stories soon.

oh, I am having trouble copying and attaching her pictures......may have to add later. anyway, that's what's new here. Stay warm family.

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