Sooo good lookin'!

Asa, what a cutie you are. Who knew you could dance! Sure didn't take it after your Dad!!! Man, you were really gettin' down! You just may have a career there. The crowd sure liked it and Olivia and Sophie LOVED it. They want to know why they didn't get to see it at school. ???
Love, Aunt Sandi

Asa's video

Ok,now you can see it at http://www.youtube.com/jimsladd if he new it was there he would turn red for sure. It's been good to hear from all of you, keep up the writing.

OH BABY!

Tomorrow is the big day! Our postings for the baby picture contest will begin. Just go to the photobucket site and on the left where it says albums you will see BABY CONTEST. Just click on it and download your pic's. I have already downloaded mine so I know it works. I'm reasonably sure this family is competitive and I know we all think we're cute so get to it guys!Good Luck I know this will be a tough one.

Reunion

Hi Everyone!

I'm new here, so I hope I did this right! I'm Diane, one of Gabby's daughters. I think this is an awesome thing you've done Jodi, it's a shame that too many of us have lost touch!

I live in a suburb of Chicago with my husband Tim. We have five kids and an adorable 2 year old granddaughter, Brooklynn! Chrissy is 24, Andrea is 22, Stephanie is 16, Zak is almost 13 and Josh is 11. I'll try to upload some pictures later.

We're going to try to make it to the reunion in July! I would love to see everyone!

Love,
Diane

Doing Genealogical research

I thought I would post some internet sources for those who might like to do family history research. A special note to Ladd males. There is a Ladd DNA project that is tracking the history of all Ladd's from all origins. It's interesting to note that there are very distinct origins of several Ladd roots. They are not all related, therefore the name was adopted, or assigned through various cultures. Currently on the Ladd DNA site I think there are 7 distinct family lines that are not related to each other. One of those lines is Ransom Ladd's line that shows a very different DNA code than the others. The genetic markers are compared which demonstrates how closely related someone is to another.

This test is only for males because they carry the Y chromosome. Females are XX and males are XY. I think I am the only one so far from the Ransom line that has done the test. I submitted the results under my old name so as not to confuse people. I am XXY mosaic chromosome pattern (Intersexed) so the test showed positive results. I would like to encourage you to do this test which will help immensely with the project. It is not expensive and the swab is very easy to do inside the cheek.

Okay, science class is over. Here are some very useful links for you history buffs.

Geneology resources


The Ladd Digging Grounds website started by cousin Misty Ladd-Flanigan
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ladd/

The Ladd DNA project
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Ladd/

National Genealogical Society
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

Largest family tree project on the internet
www.ancestry.com

Website where you can find people searching for the same ancestors.
www.rootsweb.com

Free resources sorted by state.
www.usgenweb.com

To track down people.
www.cousinconnect.com

Cemetary records
www.findagrave.com

Resources by geographical location and by surname
www.linkpendium.com

Family history website run by Church of Latter Day Saints for birth, death, census information
www.familysearch.org

Find ancestors who came through Ellis Island. 40% of all immigrants did.
www.ellisisland.org


Extensive library resources

Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/

Clayton Library Center for Geneological Research
http://www.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/

Library of Congress (especially for Military and Census records)
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

The Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.newberry.org/

The New York Public Library
http://www.newberry.org/

New England Historical Genealogical Society
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/


Many counties published historical biographies in 1976 to celebrate the bi-centential. Prominent familes are often listed there as well as significant historical events. Search this Google sight by county name.
http://books.google.com/

DNA Projects

With a cheek swab you can get a report from the National Geographic Society with detailed migration patterns of your ancestors.
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

Stories on my family

Story #1. When I was 7, I came home from school and saw my dad working. I asked him why he didn't have work off that day. He wondered what I was talking about. I said we celebrated his holiday today at school. He asked what holiday. It was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He said that he wasn't black. I said "sure you are!". He said "if I am black, then so are you". I replied to him saying "no, I am Italian (my mom)". Then I got the speech about him being Hawaiian.

Story #2. We had just moved in to our new house. We got invited down the street so my parents could drink with them. My mom brought a cake over. At the end, we had taken the leftover cake home. On the way down the stairs of their deck, my mom (drunk) tripped on the last step with the cake in her hand. She fell face first straight into the cake. It was a great first impression on our new neighbors.

Photos

Thank you to everybody who is uploading photos to the Photobucket account. It is really cool seeing who everybody is. The other web site is where we will have all of the information on the reunion such as hotels, and locations.