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THE CIRCLE OF DAYS
Lord, we offer thanks and praise
for the circle of our days.
Praise for radiant brother sun,
Who makes the hours around us run.
For sister moon, and for the stars,
Brilliant, precious always ours.
Praise for brothers wind and air,
Serene or cloudy,
foul or fair
from Canticle of the Sun, St. Francis of Assisi, 1225
Now, it's no secret that no one who lives in our little house in
New Jersey has ever actually
been in Kentucky, so what's the deal with calling our place on the web My Old
Kentucky Home? To tell you the truth, it doesn't really matter,
because the joke occurred so long ago that now it gets a little lost in the
telling. Suffice it to say that it sounds like an awfully nice name
for a home page, so, like many things that get embedded in our lives for silly
reasons, I decided to keep it.
From time to time I discover additional information about the
family genealogy and will continue to share new facts as they're
uncovered. If you have any information about our family history to
share, please do! For the time being, please visit my
sister Nancy's public website which shows names only for living
relatives.
We have recently connected our family tree to two large
families, through "Nell" Barton Carroll, who was...
...mother
of Andy Carroll
...paternal grandmother of Ula Marie Carroll
Seavey
...maternal
great-grandmother of Patricia Ann Gibbs
...and
my maternal 2nd great-grandmother!
Nancy's diligent research of Council, Idaho history determined
that her given name was actually Miranda Ellen Barton. She was born 1861
in Miller County, Missouri, the ninth of thirteen children of Elizabeth
Ann Hendon and Bentley
Barton (click on the names for the official family websites for these
families). More information is available at the private site at MyFamily.com.
You'll need an invitation — just e-mail
me — to view
the pages there.
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| Ray |
2012201994 |
| Abbie (or Rebecca) |
2016375343 |
I hope that you will write and
let us know what you're up to!
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