Leaving On A Jetplane

Colleen,Margie,Karen,Moe,Jeanne,Jim,Joanne,Bill,Me,Marianne

Tonight's the night! A couple of my sibs and I embark on a great adventure to the Emerald Isle in search of our ancestral roots. My wrist is very sore from all my mouse work emailing and printing out details of my Ancestry.com searches. I have printed out all the information about our great grandparents and great, great grands I could find online, along with scanned copies of any documents I was able to glean. We are very, very excited. And, frankly, I am a little nervous. Expectations can be a tricky thing, and I find I have a few to say the least.

I wonder if we will resemble anyone there. I wonder if I will be able to garner additional historic information about our paternal ancestors. I'm sure we will all get along, and more than a few whiskeys and beers will be consumed along the way. Thank goodness we will have a driver to get us to the resort and to Dublin after the Gathering.

One thing I am bringing along is this picture of all our siblings to share. I don't know if sharing pictures and histories is done at the Gathering. There are genealogy sessions, so I assume someone other than me will bring along paperwork. What will these long-never-known relatives look like? We'll see very soon. Slainte!