Sunday, March 25, 2012
Who Am I?
When I started this blog, I forgot to mention who I am. I'm just doing this for myself, but in case someone else stumbles upon it, it might be a good idea to identify myself. My name is Debra Kay Harms Budge.....Debbie for short. I was born Debra Kay Harms to my parents, Buddy Lee Harms and Kay Elizabeth Robertson....both of whom passed away a couple of years ago in November. I have been interested in my family history since I was 17 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I've been working on it off and on since then. I joined the church May 27, 1972, so I've been working on my genealogy for a long time - - in between having and raising 8 kids. I'm not quite done with the raising part. I still have a 14 year old teenage boy at home - Matthew - and 1 unmarried daughter left - Rachel. All together I have 4 girls and 4 boys in this order: Amber Rochelle Budge Sheber, Aaron Michael Budge, David William Budge, Shiloh Kristen Budge Jorgensen, Adam Spencer Budge, Sarah Elisabeth Budge Shirley, Rachel Noelle Budge, and Matthew Carl Budge. I have accumulated a lot of information on my family since 1972 and, since I haven't been able to always be consistent with my research, I tend to forget what I did and why I did it in between research sessions. Then, every time I sit down to start researching again, I have to try to 'remember' or catch up on where I was and what I was doing. I end up bouncing around a lot...jotting notes here and there....and it's been frustrating. I feel like I'm covering the same ground over and over. It's like starting to read the Book of Mormon over and over. I've read 1st Nephi a lot! lol I always seem to start over at the beginning so I never get as far a I want to. So this time I thought I'd start a research blog and write down everything I do and all the questions I have along the way. Then, when I have to take a break for awhile, I can come back and just read the blog to catch myself up. So.....I'm starting at the beginning again so that I can have a complete record. I'll begin with my mother's father, Homer. Later I'll come back to my parents and here and there a little bit about my own family.
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