Tomorrow is Another Day

When Rhett Butler walked out on Scarlett at the end of GWTW, she cried, then rationalized that he would ultimately return. "After all, tomorrow is another day!" This philosophy applies to the search for ancestors. If we do not find the person for whom we search today, perhaps tomorrow will be different. After all, modern technology, such as the digitization of records is delivering convenience to our computers. There is always the hope that someone else found what we missed. There is a lot going on. And what once took months to locate as well as some traveling, data such as tombstones is being published to the Internet.

The Case of "Never Give Up"

People like to remember the Alamo because it was a battle where Americans fought to the very last man, never giving up. Ironically, the "never give up" syndrome is ever-present in genealogists who unturn every possible leaf to find clues of their ancestors. Even years later after having researched the last tidbit of information, the memory of particular ancestors is ever-present. It is a deep yearning to have answers.

Tunnel Hill, Georgia

Atlanta Campaign. In 1864 when General Sherman came scourging through Georgia and burned everything in sight, his troops briefly captured this tunnel. It runs through the mountains along the Chattanooga Ridge. Today, as a reminder, an old stone storage house sits beside the route of the Western Atlantic railway at Tunnel Hill.