“Patience is a virtue.”
Someone said that and it has a kernel of truth for those of us who are
impatient! I left the story with the
note send to my second cousin along with a Y-DNA sample kit. Well I waited some weeks for a response since
we had only met once. Good thing I did
not pester as the package was returned.
Seems I had used the address xx54 and the correct address was xx56. One would think that the post office just
might deliver with the street address that close. Patience, right??!! So I resent the package after and email
exchange to clarify. And waited again.
On the 21st of March I presented the family story “Lies,
Lies and Damn Lies” to the Sonoma County Genealogy Society. A normal Saturday general membership meeting
like most. Within 24 hours out of the
email world pops a message between two other second cousins I had written postal,
so to speak. Label it serendipity or providence
there was now more to pursue! No patience,
full steam ahead. A series of emails
resulted in a phone number for the newest second cousin in Virginia. This second cousin is gregarious which is a
dream for family history and tidbits.
My daughter was on a U. S. Forest Service detail in Washington, D.C. so it was
time for a fatherly visit and a contact with this newest cousin. It turned out that the cousin was in
Arlington as was my daughter so it was a small matter of arranging a dinner
gathering. Off to D. C. via Southwest
frequent flyer miles and the hide a bed sofa for a week. One does have to go to the National Archives
when in D.C also!!
