The Narrow Line

We walk a lonely road
Or so I have been told
That life's a lonely journey for us all
But here I'd like to say, somewhere along the way
We choose how we stand and how we fall

For to walk upon this earth, there's a price I have to pay
For all you do and say, and all you hope and pray
And all that you oppose and obey

And all that you believe, and all you laugh and grieve
and what you have become today

And to think the way I do, there's a price I have to pay

Walk the narrow line, walk the narrow line
Walk the narrow line back home
I'll walk until I find, my truth and piece of mind
I will walk the narrow line

Peace will come, your peace will come
When all is said and done
It's only a memory away

And when you find peace, and all your angers cease
Then you'll make some sense of it all
Then the promises of truth, that shone so bright in youth
Give way to greater knowledge as they fall

To be truthful to myself, there's a price I have to pay

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Updating Data

This morning I created a GEDCOM file from Family Tree Maker on my desktop running Windows 7 to import and merge into my GRAMPS software on my laptop running Linux KUbuntu. What this does is allows me to begin the process of updating my Web Site Data files which run on the GRAMPS software. I will update the CSS and also change all the dates to reflect the next version I am putting out which I believe I will call the Summer Version.

I found a list of Ferris's living in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia and finalized a cover letter to send them and see if any are indeed descendants of my great great uncle Charles A Ferris. One of his children named John has my exact birthday October 13 though his was in 1894. I know the family moved back to Nova Scotia to Margaret L Dearmonds family home since I found them in the 1911 census. And I know at least two of her children married and had children so the possibility is pretty good that at least one branch is still alive up there carrying the Ferris name

There won't be any BLOG post from Friday (tomorrow ) until Monday. I am leaving for Vermont tomorrow morning to attend ceremonies that will honor and celebrate my youngest son Daniel's making both the Dean's List and his induction into Phi Beta Kappa at St Micheal's College. He will be moving on this year after graduation having already been accepted at the University of Chicago for his masters graduate work.

I also did some research into my Father's Mother's side of the family on Ancestry tracing Thomas Maloney and wife Bridget Donnelly through the census records. Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland both lived here in Charlestown, MA, Thomas working as a longshoreman. Both are pictured in the Photobucket widget attached to this BLOG in a color picture of them sitting together.

Well, that's all for now. I have a lot to do to prepare for my trip to Vermont. Hope to continue work on Web Site revision on Monday as well as mail out the cover letters bound for Halifax and the surrounding area. It's been a good productive week. See you next week.

John
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