Well, the move is complete, but there is still so much to do! We are slowly but surely getting organized and finding things…. Haven’t found our speakers for our computers yet, but I’m sure they will turn up somewhere! Unfortunately things did not go as smoothly as I had hoped on the move, which is why I haven’t been back sooner.

I can’t wait to get my computer all hooked up and set up so I can sit and do some serious work. I’ve truly missed working on our family. Unfortunately, I don’t have some of the software I need here at work to be able to do what I need to complete Rebecca Ann Corel McGlothlin’s photo archive pages. Soon, I hope…

Mom (Connie), Michelle, and I are preparing for the Relay for Life on June 22. The following weekend we are all going to the Lake of the Ozarks with family friends. The next week will be the 4th of July! Hard to believe how fast time is moving, isn’t it??

Following the 4th, is something else that is important to me…

Now is the time where Michelle will roll her eyes!!

This past fall, I became addicted to an awesome new television show, Jericho. It is set in a fictional town named Jericho, Kansas and is about a town surviving the aftereffects of a nuclear “attack” on the United States. The show was on Wednesday nights at 7PM central on CBS. It apparently did not do too well in this timeslot, so the show was canceled. This upset an enormous group of viewers, which led to what was known as a ‘Nuts’ campaign against CBS. More than 40 thousand pounds of peanuts were sent to CBS through one supplier alone! Yes, I know that is a bit strange, but there is meaning behind the message.

Some may recall that during WWII’s Battle of the Bulge General McAuliffe responded to Germany’s offer to surrender by saying “Nuts!” During the season finale, this story is told, and when Jericho is offered to surrender to a neighboring town wanting to take over their farms, the star responds with “Nuts!”

By the end of the day that CBS announced that Jericho was canceled (May 16), some of the fans thought of an idea to send nuts to CBS in protest. Within a week, an online supplier was found who helped with the cause. Oh yes, for anyone concerned about the misuse of so much food, CBS is donating the nuts to our troops overseas, homeless shelters, and the Bronx Zoo. On June 6, the president of CBS announced that Jericho would return during the next season and that the first season will be shown in reruns during the summer. The first episode can be seen on CBS on Friday, July 6th at 9PM eastern, between Numb3rs and Ghost Whisperer.

I enjoyed this show because it makes you think. It is something that is completely plausible in today’s world. There is no sex, no excessive language, and no graphic violence. Yes, there is a war, but I’ve seen much more graphic violence watching old ‘war’ movies. The true theme for the show is community, and how in times of crisis we can come together as a community. I have not seen a show showing Americans coming together to help each other in a very long time. This show even reminded me of the America I was brought up to believe in. Please do not misunderstand me, I love our country, and I always will, but there is no denying that many things have happened over the past ten years and that this country is not the same place it was 15 - 20 years ago.

OK, I’m done with my preaching. Hope to make it back soon with new genealogy pages and questions…. Remember, if you get an opportunity on a Friday night, please watch Jericho!

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I hope that all of you are doing well. Things are going pretty good here, but we are in the process of packing up all of our belongings to move to a new home. Nothing too exciting, a bit closer to Mom’s in Lawrence, but still in the KC area.

We have been so busy planning and preparing for this move, that genealogy and this website has become a very low priority. Mom keeps telling me that it’s OK to have a life besides working on this website, but I still feel bad about it! Surely by now you all realize how much of a perfectionist I am, and when I can’t juggle it all, I am the hardest critic of all! I know that you are all understanding, and if there is someone out there who isn’t, well, all I can say is, too bad (well, Mom and Michelle know what I would really say, but I do try to keep this site clean and unoffensive!!)!!

I am still checking my email several times a day if there is anything anyone wants to ask or share, please feel free. If it’s a question that requires much thought, I may forward it on to Bobby or Diane, hoping that they will have time to answer it for you!

I have the photo page for Rebecca Ann Corel McGlothlin half done, but there is a problem with the layout. I don’t know what happened, but I will try to get that up by the end of the month. May not be the finished page, but at least you will get to see the photos!

Well, our big move is the first weekend in June. I already have the cable guy scheduled for that Saturday between 11 & 2, so I will not go very long without having a connection to the internet!!

I am taking a vacation the week after we move, and Michelle and Abby will help me unpack and get everything settled. With Michelle’s help, I figure we might actually get it done in hours, not days! If it works out that way, I am already excited about how much space I will have to spread everything out and really get into documenting and creating this site! So, at the earliest, major updates will not be returning until probably about June 5.

A few blogs ago I indicated that we were having some struggles in the Hawk household. I would like to thank all of you who offered me so much support. It is all looking much better now and I am very excited about the future. I keep harping at Rick that this move is the start of a new lifestyle as we are ’simplifying’ our lives.

I hope that all of the mothers out there had a wonderful Mother’s Day. As just an Auntie, I had a super day spending time with the Mothers in my life and I’m looking forward to doing it again with the Fathers in June!

Once again I am so sorry about having to put things here on hold, but I do promise that it is temporary!

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I have been asked by many about the flooding that is occurring in Kansas.  I want to start with that I am not being affected by it personally, but I have been keeping an eye on the Kaw.

If any of you have seen a river rise from flooding, you may not be very impressed by my photos, but I must admit that seeing how high this River has gotten, was quite a shock!  Especially when you get to the dam, an eastern view from Interstate 435.  On May 2, two or three cranes were removed from the area.  A few years ago, this dam looked as though it was made from a bunch of gravel that had been dumped in the Kansas River to form a road across the River.  This spring they have had the cranes down on the river, I’m guessing to build a better dam.  

The creek in the photos is most often just a trickle.  Now it is completely flooded.  The photos from May 8 show the highest the water has gotten that I have photographed.  Unfortunately, the 8th was also the day I forgot my camera and I took the pictures with a cell phone, which is why they are a bit grainy.

The land of our ancestors, in Lawrence, has flooded, but not to the point of getting into houses or trapping anyone in their homes.  The fields are what have flooded.  I was pretty worried about the land in Lawrence, because the news has compared this to the Flood of 1993 more times than I can count!  That flood did cause quite a bit of damage, but I do not understand why they are comparing the two.  In 1993 we had rain nearly every day for over a month.  This experience has been from less than a week of rain, but the news did report that within 12 hours on Saturday, several places around the area had in excess of what the normal total is for the month of May (about 5 inches).

One other thing I’d like to let you all know is that Rick and I will be moving the first weekend in June!  I am quite excited about that!!  It does mean, however, that the site will continue to crawl along, at least until early - mid June.

Hope you are all having a SUPER week and no one is in fear of floating away!! 

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A great many things has been written about April 30, 2007.  I have chosen to join what is appearing to be a minority who will be participating in a ‘blogging silence’ on Monday.  This was originally thought of as a way to honor those who were massacred at Virginia Tech.  When I first read about this, I happened across another blog, that I am unable to locate now, of a person who knew personally knew a family that lost a child that day.  That family was very touched to hear that the blogging community was trying to organize such an event.  For that family and the other 32 families that were abruptly torn apart that day, I want to show my support by participating in this.

To see the site that started this idea, you can go here. 

To see what others are saying about this idea and their opinions, you can go here. 

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I have completely recovered from the computer problems earlier this week, and I didn’t lose anything I had saved! Today’s update has a great deal of pages that have been updated!

Links

First of all, you will notice on the Home Page that the ‘Interesting Links’ section has disappeared! I have created a new page under the Corel Cousins Info, Links. This page will include not only the ‘Interesting’ links, but also links of pages where I find information on the subject I am researching for any of the updates. As well as the ‘direct’ links that I use for content of the site, I will include the ‘home’ page of the site so users can conduct their own searches of the various sites I find. If you see anything that should be included on the Corel Cousins site that I missed, please let me know! These pages are really put together rather quickly and I may accidentally skip over something equally important that should be put into a different section of the site when I am focused on the section I’m working on.

Corels by Chance

I had struggled with how I would include the Peart family into the site. The Peart children were living with Rebecca Oney and William Corel in Jackson County, Missouri during the 1850 census. In later years, the three children can be found living with different Corel children in the Kansas Territory. I must admit that I do not know a lot about the Peart family, but knowing that they were a part of the Corel family has me wanting to learn more about these three children. I hope that Shawn will help me when I start working on that page!

Matney

Before the ‘crash’ this week, I had completed the Matney page. You can find some great Matney links on the Links page, too! I have found quite a bit of conflicting information, such as when did Brooks Matney die? Also, I have found more than what is posted on the Matney line, but at this time I have decided to leave this page as it is. More is likely to come as I delve into the next generations of Corels!

Dobbins

Although this is not my direct line, I must admit that I am quite thrilled to know that I am related to a family that participated in history the way the Dobbins family did. If you haven’t a great deal of time, please take a moment to read what I have written on the Dobbins family and look at the photo album I have added for them as well. When you do have the time to sit and read a fascinating story, be sure to read Bobby’s essay Four Generations of Dobbinses.

Researchers

Yes, I know, this is not a new section, but I have made a change to this page after a few requests. Now, when you click on the image of the email addresses, your email program will automatically open for you to be able to send an email to the researcher.

Questions & Comments

Not a great deal of questions this time, but I always love to hear how you feel about the changes I make to the site. Do you like them? Does it make it easier to find what you are looking for? Do you have any suggestions on how I can make this site even better?

My own personal comment is on the side menu under ‘Corels by Chance’. I have tried to make the names be in alphabetical order, but that isn’t working so well right now. I know what needs to be done, but I need to have time to just sit and work on that for awhile. Perhaps this weekend I will be able to get that fixed!

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Just a quick note… don’t ’subscribe to this blog’, it isn’t quite working yet. I finally got it to send the notification email, but the link you click is bad and it doesn’t save anything. I hope to be able to figure out

Also, Rick (my husband) complained about the coloring on the blog. I finally figured out how to get more options, so I chose this layout.

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Welcome to Corel Cousins, the website and the blog. The website was officially ‘born’ on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, the blog on Friday, February 23, 2007. For my first blog entry, I would like to give you some background on me, the idea to create a website, and what has led me to search for my ancestors.

My name is Paula. I grew up in the material world of the 1980s and have never accepted that the 1980s have ended! It is very sad, but I do miss the big hair. Not the blue eyeshadow, tho! I will likely never recover from the changes incurred in the music world once Nirvana and Kurt Cobain took over the scene. Music (especially from the ’80s) is one of my bigger obsessions!

I have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and currently work as a Business Manager. Prior to getting this job, I had never heard of a Business Manager position before, it turns out that I am basically a Girl Friday. I do everything for the business, except the technical work that makes the business money.

Prior to this job, I played around a bit with HTML and creating some of the free websites. Since working here, I have created and maintained (including a major overhaul) the company website. I have grown quite comfortable working with two of the most common web building applications, FrontPage by Microsoft and DreamWeaver by Macromedia. Personally, I love working with both programs. Both have distinct characteristics in what they will and will not allow the user to accomplish. I do most programming in DreamWeaver and my touch-ups and cleaning in FrontPage.

I am married to a wonderful man who’s ‘redneck’ ways fit in well with my family! Rick is the father of a teenaged boy, and any of you who has ever been a teen knows, I’m sure, just how fun that can be for a parent!! I do not have any children, but I am a very proud Auntie! I have a younger sister, Michelle (she is very NON redneck!), who has the most beautiful little girl I have ever seen. Abby is my entire world. No matter how bad a day has been, seeing her smile when I walk in makes everything better!

I first became curious about my heritage while still in high school. One of my best friends was learning about her ancestors, so, of course, I had to, also. My Mom did not know much about our ancestry, so she referred me to her grandmother, Kathryn Corel Hahn-Henson. I still remember the day we had gone to Grandmama’s (we called her Grandmama to keep her separate from her daughter, our Grandma). We were sitting out on the front porch and Grandmama was in the porch swing. She had given us an envelope from someone claiming to be our cousin who lived in California! For those of you who may not yet know, this mysterious Californian was none other than Bobby Title. Mom and Bobby wrote back and forth several times. Bobby provided us with a great deal of information that helped us to get started. Eventually Mom (Connie Bishop) and Bobby decided that we needed to have a family reunion. It was decided that it would be in August 1990 and in Lawrence, Kansas, near the area where the Corel family had settled in 1854. Being a teenager, I was very easily distracted, and my curiosity had motivated Mom to doing quite a bit of research. Once the computer era struck, she would read and I would type. At that time, I never thought my mother would ever learn how to do anything on the computer! A few months before the first reunion was to happen, Grandmama died. She never got to meet all of the new family we had found.

I was hit rather hard by Grandmama’s passing. Except to be Mom’s typist, I was no longer interested in genealogy. Mom continued her research for a few years and continued to plan the family reunions every five years. After many brick walls and finally having an empty nest, Mom set her research aside to pick it back up when she ’slowed down’ again.

Then, in 2005, my dad passed away from cancer. I was devastated. One day, I started asking Mom about Dad’s family. Dad was from Michigan and we hadn’t seen his family since I was 3. She encouraged me to email Dad’s sister to ask some basic questions and get their grandparents’ names.

This is how I got back to genealogy. Before long, I was looking back at the Corels. I emailed Bobby to clear up some questions I had about my understanding of our ancestors. Bobby was very kind in catching me up and emailing scans of documents and family stories that she had gathered. Most, if not all, of the info Bobby shared with me will end up on the website.

Once I had felt more comfortable with what I was doing, I posted a horrible GEDCOM file that had too many errors. The worst part was that I had gone through and ‘cleaned’ the file before I posted it to RootsWeb! Every once in awhile I would get an email about something from the GEDCOM, but mostly it was questions that I had no answers for. Then one day, I received an email asking about one of the Corel descendants and how I might know or be related to this person, because she was a daughter of the descendant. I was so very excited and shared as much as I knew about her line. I later sent her a copy of a report of all of William and Rebecca’s descendants. She was shocked and thrilled to find that she and her siblings were located in the 900s. A few days after I received that email, I received another email from another Corel descendant. She had been researching for about 20 years, and happened to see her mother’s name in my GEDCOM. She had a great deal about her line, but she was not aware of the family reunions and that she had so much family living less than 30 miles away!

Before receiving the emails, I was playing around with ideas of starting a website with some of the research I have collected. But I just wasn’t sure of how I wanted to act on the thoughts. After the joy I felt at being able to offer so much information to two people, I knew I had to do something! I did some checking on some different web addresses. Originally I was going to put the lines I had found for my family, my husband’s family, and my brother-in-law’s family. I simply wanted to help the world! That was beyond overwhelming! Then I remembered that we had once played with one of those free websites for the Corel family reunion. So I tried a few more website names to see if I could get a good name for a Corel website. I also emailed Bobby. She has been such a mentor for me, even answering general genealogy questions that I had on other lines I was researching. Once I read her response, I knew that I had to do this!

OK, you may find that I do tend to go on and on at times, but most likely I will not write nearly this much again! Please post comments, ask questions, give me ideas, point out mistakes, or even just say HI!

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