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

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Biographies

This post is actually from yesterday. I did a lot of work but neglected to post after wards. Yes, I am sorry I forgot you ! As I rewrite each biography I am beginning to do several things. First I have redesigned the format of the page so that each is consistent and carries a theme. Next I have begun to use the "Chicago Writing Style" for the content especially when it comes to source and citation. Finally as I write the time line history of the individual family member spanning his generation from birth to death, I am being more selective with a historical time line to mark this person's life against what was going on locally and in the world around him that might have affected his daily life. The initial rewrites are done on the two Thomas Ferris's and Thomas 1 will be 100% complete today. I have written first writes for Robert James Ferris 1 and Donald Aneus MacDonald but will have a few edits to do before going into the testing version of the Summer Version. Adding one more biography to those four is my final plan though I am still deciding on whether the final will be Albert Thomas Ferris or Mary Maloney.

I also continued to organize and add media to the Ferris Library both from Ancestry and from previously found documents which either needed to be scanned and added or from already scanned or printed documents that needed to be added. Finally I created a few new files in the Ferris library for individuals not having their own.

Finally I continued reviewing the Ferris Family Book to better organize and present a historical, genealogical and comprehensive view of the Ferris family from Martin Ferris to the present showing Family Trees, Pictures, Family Group Sheets, Biographies, Vital Documents, Census Documents, City Directories, Wills, Deeds, Maps, and other misc material that help to show the individual family member separated from the family.

It's a rainy day and a great one for spending on genealogy today and I plan on just that. So more to come later. Thanks for following and happy hunting. !!
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