With fade-in / fade- out text.

Suzie and I sat and did the final proofreading, but we missed one. Toward the end of this three-hundred-image slideshow is a photo outside of the Old Hatchery. It shows a bar waiting for text to be added. It should read: Katy and Mike’s Wedding. Sorry we missed that.

In the last quarter, I show some colorized, old photos. Some got colored better than others, but it is an interesting idea.

The music is no longer part of this slideshow—so turn on your stereo if you want music to go with it.

I am mainly capturing my generation before we are gone and forgotten. This is one of several slideshows about us on my YouTube channel.

If you feel like supplying some information about a slide, refer to it by number—each image has a number—and add a comment here or in an email. I am not against the idea of adding images here. Here is an example.

We are gathered on the kitchen daybed. I told Suzie that we should have a side commentary so that people who know more than we do can add information. Here is an a good example: That is not Suzie in the back—it is Jackie. When we were proofreading, it took Suzie herself some time to sort that out and get it right. You can tell us things like this that matter.

You can also take screenshots to show us what you are talking about—if you are watching the slideshow on a computer. Below is a screenshot of the image with some missing information that I talked about above. I use an Apple computer: to select a section of my computer screen I press Command, plus Shift, plus 4. I get something like rifle-sight crosshairs, which I can move around, then draw out to capture any part of the screen; the instant I release the mouse, the capture is placed on my desktop.

Another topic: Our lineage. I recently wondered if we might be related to one of my favoite poets William Butler Yeats. I used some information from factsheets a friend of Noreen made a few years ago. Here are the basic details to help you start doing research if you become interested in family geneology.

My great, great grandfather, Larry Battle, lived in County Sligo, Ireland, in Kilmacteige Parish. His Townland was Cloonydiveen, which is a small community. He married Catherine Spellman.

His son, my great grandfather Lawrence Battle, moved to Ontario and married Catherine Kenedy (now spelled Kennedy). She was the daughter of Thomas Kenedy and Ann Connell, who also came from County Sligo.

Lawrence moved to Paris to be near his son Jack (John Joseph) Battle, my grandfather (Uncle John and George Clement’s father) who worked as a record keeper in lumber camps in Michigan. He left his home in Read, Ontario, where he helped run an inn with a partner. He bought land in Barton Township at 15 Mile Road and Beach and spent the rest of his life there.

In my research, I found that W B Yeats’ family lived in the next parish over from my ancestors in County Sligo. However, after looking deep into our family trees online, I noticed that our family names did not connect. So, I believe we are not related.

I hope you enjoy this slideshow.

Please use my blog email below for any discussions about family history. It’s linked to my WordPress blog, where we can talk about anything related to my creative projects.

johncharles@johnbattle1.blog

Thanks,

John