10 Years Ago Today

Belle and Mary Tisdale 1841

It was 10 years ago today that I started this blog. I had spent two years transcribing letters from my Great Grandma Belle's collection with plans to use the blog to organize the photos, clippings and letters into a book on her family.

On August 18, 2014 I wrote:

    There are 34 original documents and 41 photocpies plus uncounted photographs and newspaper clippings. The dates range from 1842 to 1929. It's my plan to post one document every two weeks, generally in chronological order, along with information about the people mentioned and associated photos. I also plan to research what was going on in New Orleans and Baton Rouge and post that along with links to sources.

Well, I didn't manage to post one document every two weeks, or even every month. The Corona Virus pandemic came along and my husband's dementia got worse. He died last year on August 4 and then my daughter developed serious medical problems.  Life got in the way. 

I have about 20 more letters and documents to go and I am making a resolution to get back to posting, hopefuly at the originally planned rate of one every two weeks. Wish me luck.