They cut the cable, so might as well process the papers on my desk.

Yesterday, the crew that was installing a fence at our next-door neighbors’ hit the cable while drilling a fence post. No internet, no tv, no phone. Every time we went online to check email, it ate up our cell phone data allowance like it had chocolate sauce on top. So, I started to work through some of the documents and book extracts I have been collecting. I could not find where I had downloaded the entire book from the HathiTrust website for one of my items. So, I went back to look for it. I used the book title in the search. Came up with a four-volume set. Downloaded it (the title and author were the same as was on my report). Searched every one of those volumes. Not there! OK, let’s try this again. Searched and searched and got the same results. Then I noticed the new 4 volume set had the additional comment Third Edition. Back to the HathiTrust “card” catalog. Found the non-Third Edition version (Volume 4) and grabbed it. It was the right one with my Munn Family defined.

Those subtitles on books will make the difference between frustration and elation.

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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.
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