No post today. SUPER CRAZY BUSY at work, didnt even get lunch today! :) can't wait for bedtime!
Misty
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Ancestory.Com
I am not having much luck on that site. It is free for the 1st through the 15th, but as far as I can tell, it is only the census records...I did get some stuff done on the big screen, I guess I could have done even when it wasnt free. Entering the things that I have found out so far, on an actual computer is nicer, I think, since I have most of the things saved here in my big computer, along with pictures that I can upload into the family ftree I am making.
I have pictures of some people on my Gramma Bishop (McCarty)'s side. They are the Parkers, so that would be...my Gramma Inez's grandmother, so, my great great grandmother, and her side. That is where, from what my Dad told me, we are related to Billy The Kid. But then again, who is NOT related to Billy The Kid, from what someone father along thier family line tells them!
Bottom line, and not to make excuses, but I have no new information to post today...
I worked on the cards a bit more, and this weekend, weather permitting, I plan to make the questionaire to send to my Gramma for her and my Aunt Robbie to go over, along with an envelope to return it all... It would be so cool to get that info from them. Maybe I will try to go for Spring Break again, so that I can do the video tape thing I mentioned. When my "aunt" Diane told the story of how they did it at her mother's house, it was really touching. Maybe I will ask my mom to take a packet to her Mother as well, when she goes to see her next week. I am pretty sure that Granny Bush has given me all she has, so that might be a dead end?
Anyhow, that is all for now.
I have pictures of some people on my Gramma Bishop (McCarty)'s side. They are the Parkers, so that would be...my Gramma Inez's grandmother, so, my great great grandmother, and her side. That is where, from what my Dad told me, we are related to Billy The Kid. But then again, who is NOT related to Billy The Kid, from what someone father along thier family line tells them!
Bottom line, and not to make excuses, but I have no new information to post today...
I worked on the cards a bit more, and this weekend, weather permitting, I plan to make the questionaire to send to my Gramma for her and my Aunt Robbie to go over, along with an envelope to return it all... It would be so cool to get that info from them. Maybe I will try to go for Spring Break again, so that I can do the video tape thing I mentioned. When my "aunt" Diane told the story of how they did it at her mother's house, it was really touching. Maybe I will ask my mom to take a packet to her Mother as well, when she goes to see her next week. I am pretty sure that Granny Bush has given me all she has, so that might be a dead end?
Anyhow, that is all for now.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Lester Floyd Bishop Part 2
* This is info that I got DIRECTLY from the http://www.findagrave.com/ website. I copied and pasted it. They are not my words or thoughts. I just wanted to make that clear.
Parents Nevada Kathryn Maple & Lawrence Leroy Bishop
Married Dora Agnes Metcalf Nov 27 1908 McMaster Twp, OK
==How I remember my folks by Tracy Dee==
First our folks loved us & provided us with our needs as best they could. They worked very hard against all odds. Dad made many moves to try & provide a better life for 6 boys & 2 girls. In the 20's Dad had farm, an egg and cream store. Dad lost his herd of milk cows to corn poison in just a few minutes, so he sold out & we went to MO, where Grampa & Gramma Bishop lived. After checking things out, Dad decided it'd be best for us to go back to OK.
The 30's were very hard but we survived. They built a home on a little acreage, growing a truck garden, raising chickens & always picking cotton. Dad also worked for a construction company building bridges for extra $. He was gone a lot of the times, but Mom kept us straight & busy. In 1936 they bought a farm outside of Lawton.
World War II came so Ray, Milton & Lewis joined the service. Bob volunteered for the Marines, but Dad needed him on the farm so Bob got deferred. At that time I was married w/2 kids, working for Santa Fe railroad. As Dad needed help I left my job & came to the farm. Things were scarce and you had to make do with what you had. Food, fuel, & supplies were rationed. I never heard them complain. Their main concern was that their kids get back from the Pacific War. Ray was on the battle ship California, when the Japanese sank it at Pearl Harbor. Lewis was delivering troops & supplies w/the Navy. Milton was in the Army Medical Corp.
Dad continued to farm and raise cattle until 1955. Mom was always a housewife. They were quiet, strong, solid Christians.
Dad died from an accident in the bathroom. He fell against the tub. We took him to the hospital in the A.M. & he died the same day.
Family links: ( These links WILL take you to the pages on the find-a-grave site...)
Parents:
Lawrence Leroy Bishop (1863 - 1932)
Kathryn Navada Maple Bishop (1865 - 1959)
Spouse:
Dora Agnes Metcalf Bishop (1891 - 1969)
Children:
Harry Lane Bishop (1909 - 1992)*
Fay June Bishop Sparks Cline (1911 - 2002)*
Ray Murry Bishop (1914 - 1956)*
Hazel Fern Bishop Carter (1916 - 1991)*
Tracy Dee Bishop (1918 - 1997)*
Robert Orville Bishop (1920 - 1972)*
Milton Paul Bishop (1921 - 1991)*
Lewis Vane Bishop (1924 - ____)*
Parents Nevada Kathryn Maple & Lawrence Leroy Bishop
Married Dora Agnes Metcalf Nov 27 1908 McMaster Twp, OK
==How I remember my folks by Tracy Dee==
First our folks loved us & provided us with our needs as best they could. They worked very hard against all odds. Dad made many moves to try & provide a better life for 6 boys & 2 girls. In the 20's Dad had farm, an egg and cream store. Dad lost his herd of milk cows to corn poison in just a few minutes, so he sold out & we went to MO, where Grampa & Gramma Bishop lived. After checking things out, Dad decided it'd be best for us to go back to OK.
The 30's were very hard but we survived. They built a home on a little acreage, growing a truck garden, raising chickens & always picking cotton. Dad also worked for a construction company building bridges for extra $. He was gone a lot of the times, but Mom kept us straight & busy. In 1936 they bought a farm outside of Lawton.
World War II came so Ray, Milton & Lewis joined the service. Bob volunteered for the Marines, but Dad needed him on the farm so Bob got deferred. At that time I was married w/2 kids, working for Santa Fe railroad. As Dad needed help I left my job & came to the farm. Things were scarce and you had to make do with what you had. Food, fuel, & supplies were rationed. I never heard them complain. Their main concern was that their kids get back from the Pacific War. Ray was on the battle ship California, when the Japanese sank it at Pearl Harbor. Lewis was delivering troops & supplies w/the Navy. Milton was in the Army Medical Corp.
Dad continued to farm and raise cattle until 1955. Mom was always a housewife. They were quiet, strong, solid Christians.
Dad died from an accident in the bathroom. He fell against the tub. We took him to the hospital in the A.M. & he died the same day.
Family links: ( These links WILL take you to the pages on the find-a-grave site...)
Parents:
Lawrence Leroy Bishop (1863 - 1932)
Kathryn Navada Maple Bishop (1865 - 1959)
Spouse:
Dora Agnes Metcalf Bishop (1891 - 1969)
Children:
Harry Lane Bishop (1909 - 1992)*
Fay June Bishop Sparks Cline (1911 - 2002)*
Ray Murry Bishop (1914 - 1956)*
Hazel Fern Bishop Carter (1916 - 1991)*
Tracy Dee Bishop (1918 - 1997)*
Robert Orville Bishop (1920 - 1972)*
Milton Paul Bishop (1921 - 1991)*
Lewis Vane Bishop (1924 - ____)*
Monday, October 3, 2011
Another Update
I started doing the family tree on flash cards this weekend... That way I can lay it out, and SEE who and how they are related to me...
Eventual goal, family tree painted on the wall. Or, on a GIANT canvas that gets hung on the wall. It might break my heart to have to paint over something that will take THAT MUCH WORK!
So, long and short of it is, no new entry today. Not sure about tomorrow either, turns out I have the info, but not as readily as I thought that it was...
Still have lots of updates that I need!!! Time to harass the family again! It would be much nicer if I could go to see them, set up a camera to record conversations about these things. Get the real story, not just the information... That is why I love that find a grave website, there is a place to add personal stories about the person.
On a different note, I just did the spell check, and it showed NO TYPOS! It must no be working! LOL!
Eventual goal, family tree painted on the wall. Or, on a GIANT canvas that gets hung on the wall. It might break my heart to have to paint over something that will take THAT MUCH WORK!
So, long and short of it is, no new entry today. Not sure about tomorrow either, turns out I have the info, but not as readily as I thought that it was...
Still have lots of updates that I need!!! Time to harass the family again! It would be much nicer if I could go to see them, set up a camera to record conversations about these things. Get the real story, not just the information... That is why I love that find a grave website, there is a place to add personal stories about the person.
On a different note, I just did the spell check, and it showed NO TYPOS! It must no be working! LOL!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Update
I was going to do my grandfathers siblings, but I do not have them in my power point, at the ready. So, I will move on to Milton's parents.
I will start entering info every other day, maybe every third day, so that I can enter the info I do have in the power point, and that info that I do not have, I can look for.
See you Monday!
I will start entering info every other day, maybe every third day, so that I can enter the info I do have in the power point, and that info that I do not have, I can look for.
See you Monday!
Lester Floyd Bishop
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
Born on October 28th 1885
In Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
To: Lawrence Leroy Bishop & Kathryn Navada (Maple) Bishop
Married to: Dora Agnes (Metcalfe) Bishop
On November 1908
In McMaster Twp, Ok.
Died December 10th, 1960
Children: Harry Lane, Fay June Bishop ( Sparks Cline),Ray Murry, Hazel Fern, Tracy Dee, Robert Orville, Milton Paul, Lewis Vane
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Not Really Sure ow to Proceed
I guess that says it all? I am not sure who and how to post next. I think that I will take the weekend off to think about it. I am leaning at this moment toward doing allof Miltons family, siblings and then parents, as far back as I can, and then on to Inez...
More on Monday...
Misty
More on Monday...
Misty
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