June Update and Historical Treasure

Sorry I've been so negligent with my blogging. Don and I will be going to San Diego to visit with his brother, Walter and Walt's wife, Linda. We will celebrate our wedding anniversaries together...we went to the temple to be sealed to our respective spouses on June 27th (47 years ago). Don will stay with Walt and Linda for two weeks and spend time working on a new cradle with Walter...I will spend the second week in Seattle with Rachel and family (celebrating Charlotte's 3rd birthday and their move to their new house in Enumclaw) and visiting with Aaron and Chrys. Don and I fly to San Diego on Tuesday, June 24th and will return to Salt Lake on the 8th of July. On another note, I have been researching colonial Newbury, MA looking for information on Sarah Chase (wife of Charles or Curmac Annis). I found a website www.newbury375.org (Newbury, MA is celebrating its 375th anniversary in 2010) and found a 1729 map of Newbury, West Parish with the names and house locations of all the families in that Parish...you guessed it...the Annis family homesteads were well marked (oldest sons of Sarah and Curmac, Joseph and Abraham, and grandson, John). Abraham and John are directline ancestors, and when we overlaid the current street map and Google Earth images, we were excited to learn that the original Annis family farm (1666) is now part of the Maudslay State Park and next time we visit Boston, we will look forward to walking the paths where our ancestors farmed. On still another note, we were able to visit for a few minutes, with our old friends, Stewart and Deanna Troxell...sadly, our visit was at Primary Children's Hospital where their little 3 year old grandson is undergoing treatments for cancer...we all decided that Don and I should take a trip to Phoenix this winter for a longer visit. I know there is more to tell, but it is getting late and I have to drive Don to Draper tomorrow for an evaluation by a VA doctor for his VA disability claim; then pack suitcases and prepare the apartment for our absence so I'd better get to bed and try to get some sleep. I'll try to do better next month and I'm sure to have some pictures to share.