| monday, march 30th, 2009 @ 3:01 pm |
So today I called the Warren County Courthouse of Pennsylvania, in search for my Grandfather's birth certificate. The woman I was supposed to talk to wasn't at her desk, so I left her a voice message. Usually you can order a copy of the certificate online, but since this birth certificate is prior to 1906, I have to talk to someone at the courthouse about it. I hope she calls me back soon. If not, I'll just have to call her again tomorrow.
I'm feeling good right now because I'm making progress with the genealogy research I'm doing. It's very small progress that hasn't gone too far back into into the family tree, but it's satisfying regardless. I found the house I lived in as a baby in San Pedro, before moving to Orange County to the house I remember as "the house I grew up in". It's crazy, I did a Google Maps street view of the house, and I totally recognized it! WHAM! It just slapped me in the face. I remember standing on that front porch, and I have a photo of me standing there too! It's crazy. I just got to see the house over the internet, like it was no thing.
See what I mean:
See how the windows are the same in both images? And the address is right too, look at the address on the curb on the Google Maps street view and then look at the bottom half of the address on my old photo.
Hey, the lady from the Warren County Courthouse just called! All I have to do is send them a $5 search fee, along with a self addressed envelope. I love this, this is really fun for me. I feel like I'm slowly crackin' a case. I love it.
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