Image courtesy of Roots Tech
RootsTech, a global family history event celebrating families across generations, starts in one week and I am totally freaking out. There will be over 20,000 people at RootsTech over four days and the number of education sessions is overwhelming. I think I'm a few breaths shy of hyperventilating.
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When I found a photo of a tombstone bearing the name Smith among my mother's old research, panic began to set in. Did you know according to the 2000 US Census, there are 2,376,207 Smiths? And, according to Wikipedia, Smith is the most prevalent last name in the UK, Australia, U.S. and the 2nd most common in Canada, 5th most common in Ireland?
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Robert Huebotter and Virginia Roberts circa late 1940s
A lovely recollection of Robert Huebotter as written by my mother sometime in the 1950s.
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