My vow to not criticize others is sometimes hard for me to
keep, and I most often break my vow when people do things that I consider to be
strange. Yesterday afternoon I broke my vow when I stumbled upon something
inexplicable. It was then that I found myself asking a computer screen, “How
stupid can you people be?”
“Why were you saying such a naughty thing to a computer
screen?” you might wonder, or maybe not. I plan to tell you anyway.
A recommendation prompted me to explore a no-fee website that allows people to
construct family trees. This fits my budget really well, so I went to work
growing my tree. While adding branches, I used the “find” feature to locate
ancestors. It was during one such search that I came across several entries
made by people I consider to be clueless.
Entering the name “Francis Marion Taylor, Jr.” yielded multiple pages of entries. That meant there was a good possibility the specific gentleman I was trying to locate would be there
someplace. My goal was to find the name of the lady he married, Sarah Anna
Chapman, so her name and information could be entered automatically on my tree.
Thanks to several geniuses, my attempt to locate Sarah proved to be much
more difficult than it should have been. In the column for the name of the
spouse, “Mrs. Taylor” was entered as the wife for multiple Francis Marion
Taylor listings. I had to wonder if it all of these men were married to the
same woman. Other similar entries were, “Mrs. F. M. Taylor”, “Mrs. F. Taylor”, “F.
M. Taylor,” “Taylor,” and “Wife.”
… and this is why I talked to my computer screen.
Some of my tree people:
(L-R; Top to Bottom) Vera Lauretta (Morrell) Lacy, mother;
Raymond R. Lacy, paternal grandfather; Tempa Adeline (Taylor) Lacy, paternal
grandmother; Samuel Harvey and Mary Matilda (Palmer) Morrell, maternal
grandparents; William Amos and Amanda (Lawson) Palmer, maternal
great-grandparents; Yours truly and Hubby on our wedding day; Samuel Harvey Morell and Sarah (Harris) Morell, maternal great-grandparents; Delbert W.
Lacy, father.
The picture collage was made by my bro. If he happens upon this post, I will expect
corrections if the great-grandparents are labeled incorrectly. The others are
correct.
~ Clipart: Mountain.com
