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I received a genealogy chart made by my great-Aunt Margaret McCurdy back in 1998. She went out to Salt Lake City to the Family History Library, a place with over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed records. Over the years, I’ve been searching online to fill in missing pieces- birth dates, locations, etc.

Last week, I tried again.

I had a reference to a Philip Tipping and in searching for him, I ran across RootsWeb. There, I was able to find a page related to Philip Tippin, a Revolutionary War Captain from Queen Anne, MD. I also found a page by a man in England entitled, Descendents of William Tipping, Esquire, who was born in 1470 in Tipping Hall, County Lancaster, England. His descendents were traced downward.

I found Philip Tippin at generation 8. He lived in a few places before settling in Tattnall County. Tattnall County was a happening place around that time as several of my kin hail from there. I gather when a new county was created, land grants were awarded to soldiers.

I am also related to Michael McKinzie Mattox, from Tattnal County, as well as Edward Kennedy, who immigrated to Tatnall County from Scotland in 1820.

On my mother’s side, I found information about Gwendolyn Hammond Whitmore. The Whitmore line can be traced back to her great-grandfather, George Washington Whitmore, from Rockbridge County, Virgina, where everyone else was from. But, through her great-grandmother, Margaret Jane HUFFMAN, we can trace the line back to her great, great-grandmother, Anna Catharina RHEINBERGER, who was born in 1693 in Otterberg, The Palatinate, which according to this Wikipedia page, is a “historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire known as the Palatinate of the Rhine or Electoral Palatinate.” So, they hail from the Rhine valley of Germany.

Perhaps I’ll do some research today regarding the Fix line (GenGen’s married name). I didn’t find anything on the RootsWeb search page for a Clarence Fix, but if I can find out his mother, father, brother, or something, perhaps it’ll come up.

UPDATE:

Using Roy Fix as the name of my maternal great grandfather, I found this entry for a Roy McFaddin FIX (b: 19 FEB 1880 in Rockbridge, VA) from Rockbridge, VA, which seems right.  He was one of 12 brothers and sisters.

I also found this page that says that Christian FIX, Roy’s grandfather who was married to Sarah SWOOPE,  also had a child named Clamenza Clementine FIX (b: ABT 1859 in Rockbridge Co., Va).  She married Lucian A. HARTIGAN (b: 1851 in Rockbridge Co., Va) and had a mess of kids (12!) with the surname of HARTIGAN.

What the heck was in the water in Rockbridge County?

After a lengthy morning at the dealership, I drove my new, red Honda Fit home.  It’s peppy and fun to drive, and quite roomy for such a small car.  I think I’ll like it.

It seems my Fit is to arrive on Tuesday. I must admit I’m a little suspicious that it will actually be there when they say it will, but I have my fingers crossed. I had another line on one from Liberty Honda in Hartford that I was going to pick up last Friday, but it was sold before I could get there. Anyway, it’ll be nice to have a little zippy car- and much cheaper at the pump!

Well, we have some good news to report. Our house at 74 Cleveland Rd is under contract. Yippie! The inspection went fine. We’re giving them a credit for the cost of termite treatment. We’re also agreeing to fill in the holes created when we remove the baby-gates at the top of the stairs, and to remove the old kitchen cabinets that are in the garage. That last one is, I must admit, a bit of a hassle, but I guess we can do it. The lower ones will be OK, but the upper ones are attached and it’ll be a trick to get rid of them- READ: I won’t be able to do it by myself. (Hey, Chris???)

According to our realtor, we had “an excellent showing” yesterday and the woman who saw the place wants to come back for a second look on Wednesday morning. Also, they’re showing the place this afternoon to someone else.

So, things are picking up. I can’t wait until we can move into our new place…..