About (2020 update)

<small>This site under “cleaning” and will be active as soon as possible.  Over the years links have DIED, plus other items have become out dated, or need editing.
If you have questions, use the comment box (below). Thank you for visiting this blog.</small>

— CAA

UPDATE:
September 2020

I have been doing genealogy research for a number of years.

I was first introduced to ‘traditional research’ when my parents were looking for people related to an elderly neighbor; during the early 1970’s. They frequently visited Alabama libraries, seeking any information about the TURNER family. The most visited research room, was one in the Homewood Public Library.

The most useful leads were found using the microfiche machine; and research articles from old newspaper stories.
Even so, the research trail turned cold; the nieghbor was forcibly placed in a nursing home; and died shortly there after.

The story did not end there — instead that was an awkward beginning, for me at least. Just in recent years, I was contacted by a TURNER descendant — he had found my family trees, and their inclusion of details about the TURNER-Daniels family connection.

Elijah Albert Turner, a long-time neighbor of Mom’s family while she was growing up, ultimately was instrumental in getting her accepted into college at Jacksonville State (in NE Alabama). He testified/gave information about my grandfather being a disabled veteran from World War I — this allowed Mom to qualify for tuition waivers from the US Government. Her life-long dream job was to become a school teacher.

Where is this going?

Around the world; and back.

Mom taught school for many years — my brother and I were moved from one school to another at least twice — once for health reasons; once because of personality conflicts with the school adminstration; and lastly for me — my parents divorced in the early 1980’s.

Circle one: Mom carried me for a visit to JSU in the spring of 1983. I had no interest in college — I had no job, no practical employable skills; and a head/heart full of dreams related to music and writing.

Spring 1983, that changed.

The most import location I learned about during the visit to JSU, was the campus radio station. While waiting for personnel to return from lunch, at the Financial Aid office — I spent over an hour sitting, and observing the activities in and around the broadcast studio.

Right then…I did not totally understand it — but right then I knew I would be enrolled at JSU before the year was out.

Circle two:
Fast-forward to 1996 — the internet was NEW TECH on campus. I had already been introduced to computers while writing music reviews for the Chanticleer, earlier on…along with the writing style of journalism, I started learning computer MARK-UP code so the news articles would print out properly for the final newspaper articles. Combining these two pieces; and adding the desire to know more about families I had grown up with; and mysteries from my own family spoken history — I sat down at a keyboard that summer, signed up for a FREE Hotmail address, then searched for family tree ‘tools’.

Circle Three:
The coding skills I picked up were expanded, after learning from Tripod.com’s website builder (late 1996 I think).
Those skills enabled me to get a job with a team of code-builders (website techs) for a local Social-Service agency in my area.
That job did not last long; but it led to other worthwhile projects, and long-lasting friendships.

There are so many more moving pieces in this story — let me sum it up this way.

People from your childhood, can strongly inlfuence your future; good/bad/a little of both — they add to how you think, and contribute to your emerging personality. Mr. E. A. Turner (junior), my Mother, my Dad, M. Barnette, C. Barden, E. Sani, D. Patty; and many, many others have led to my life and “career choices” to the point where I sit.

I continue to do research, and one day the “BOOK” or books I have been contemplating, and giving serious thought to write, may be ‘born’. What will the topics be?
Only time, and a hyperactive/elusive muse knows.

For now, I hope you enjoy my site.

— C A Abernathy

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== OLDER Notes ===
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April 2, 2019 – UPDATE
“Temporarily” — has become a bit longer than I had expected. This site does still has “issues”…but I have not had the chance to work on them, as of yet.
So, with a new year comes another look at this matter…
and it will be sorted out.
For now I am re-learning how to do HTML coding (yeah, a lost skill these days…) – dusting off some older pages found on my CPU hard drive, and planning at some point to upload the ‘product’ of these HTML sessions to my site hosted on Tripod or one of my other “vintage” pages.

For now? If you can’t stand waiting — try this link “Calcis is My Hometown”.
— C A Abernathy

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NOTE:
Temporarily — this site will ‘default’ to this page as a welcome message. Recently, I became aware of possible “DEAD LINK:, and other issues that prompted me to do some ‘housecleaning’ on ALL my sites. This is one of the older/larger ones — so it may take a while to get the BLOGS where I feel they need to be with the updates and edits.

This blog will return to (full) “PUBLIC” status, as soon as I feel it is ready for it.

Thank you, for your interest and your understanding in this matter.

— C A ABERNATHY

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I know I have written this ‘about me’ theme sometime before now. Yet it does not appear here — thus the readers do not have knowledge “about me”.

Here goes, rapid fire:

I grew up in Alabama
I am a weaver.
I do genealogy research, often.
I write poems/prose.

I have way to many web sites to keep track of, but I do try [MORE to be feature in the near future!].

Three of my passions are:
1) Weaving
2) Writing (various topic, styles, lengths)
3) Genealogy

Each of these interest have strong pull on my “free time”. Some how on the surface they seem separate topics – when I get involved in one, the others seem to draw me in to further research, or furthering a woven piece (by hand or on a loom).

I am a daydreamer, a “south paw”, a “tow head”, — have been known as a misfit, hillbilly and others.

When I can think of more detail, I will update this ‘blurb’.

Thank you, for visiting!

– C A Abernathy