You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone that you found the document, contacted a cousin with the family Bible, made a DNA connection, or found a new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.
My Happy Dance Moment for the week:
My father was stationed in the US Air Force in Bermuda when I was a child.
We lived there for three years. I have so many wonderful memories.
After my father died in 2019, my mom and I booked a cruise to Bermuda. We planned to return to all the places we lived and see the sites again. Our trip was scheduled for the spring of 2020.
We all know what happened. COVID hit, and our cruise was canceled. We rebooked, and it was canceled again.
Fast forward to March 2024. My mom passed away peacefully in my home.
I decided that my husband and I would take the cruise in my parents' honor.
I have spent the last year going through photos, making plans to recreate some of them, and visiting the places that meant so much to us.
The only problem was that we lived in two different houses while there and did not have addresses.
Our mail came to a PO box on the base, and the homes were named but not given numbers when we lived there. Mom couldn't remember what they were called, and I couldn't find any information letting me know.
I did find a clue on a map, where one of the locations was circled, but there was nothing specific, just a general area.
There has always been a strong memory of driving to the other home. We would go past a cemetery with white graves above ground. As a child, it was not a sight I liked to see! On a Google map, I was able to locate the cemetery and the road I felt we lived on.
I have photos of the homes and am pretty sure I found one, but the other? The one near the cemetery? The road it was on doesn't have a house that looks like the one from the photo. It's been decades, so I know things change.
Then, yesterday, as I was going through more of Mom's things, I discovered two Bermuda driver's licenses! One for my dad and one for my mom. Each listed different residences.
They have the names of the roads and the name of the cottage that I can't find!
I can't believe it!!!
Hopefully, this additional information will help me locate and visit both homes when we are in Bermuda!
I will be doing this happy dance for some time!
Share your Happy Dance Moment for the week, and let's celebrate together!
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