Dear Stan,
Thank you for the kind words. I want you all to know this isn’t about me. It’s about all of us. I haven’t done anything special, only seeking to find my ancestors and sharing my ideas with you, and you with me. Its always been a two-way street. This way we all learn from each other and hopefully find what we’re looking for and family members along the way. You’ve done as much as I have, and I appreciate you for it.
I’ve been busy all week, searching an Lula Adkins for a distant cousin. I’ve had to eliminate 13 Loulie’s from the same town just to narrow down the right one. Then try & find the Surname of her mother Emmaline UNK that married Jim H Adkins from Magoffin and moved to Oklahoma. The hard part is that another “same given names” couple were his Grandparents. Everyone has confused the two. So I have been working. I know I haven’t written much lately, but with work, life, friends, family and research, I’ve been very busy.
I do hope you continue to keep looking. I’m hoping this week to find someone that holds a pair of tickets from the Indian train. Its been my dream to know exactly why my Great-Grandparents with my Grandpa, their siblings and all their friends and most of towns people, chartered an entire train and went to Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, forever splitting our line. I still can’t track some of them, but I will! I’ve proved that Eli Adkins & son Volley, were still alive in Ardmore in 1939 from his electric bills. I’m find where he and his line ended up, hopefully soon. Always, something to do.
I’d love to meet all of you, and Lord willing, maybe someday I will. I’m still hoping to attend the Worlds Largest William V Adkins Family Reunion, its coming. I know we will meet when we get to Heaven, but to sit down here with as many of the Adkins cousins as could make it. What an amazing gift!
As always,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf