My name is Bart Brenner (alias GeneaPopPop) and this is my first attempt at a blog. I am a retired Presbyterian minister who loves to fly fish (and I am getting better at tying my own flies). As a pastor and regional executive for the Presbyterian Church, I served in Delaware, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa-Nebraska, and South Dakota.
About thirty years ago, our family received an unexpected visit from my first cousin once removed. He was passing through St. Louis on one of his many trips that combined family business with genealogical research. This was back in the days of paper and pencil record keeping. I was only mildly interested in genealogy, but I realized what a treasure trove his “Brenner” notebook was. With his permission, I copied all the pages of that notebook.
Periodically during the time since that visit I gathered a few more records – no citing of sources, no organization, just a box that got fuller and fuller. My extended family dubbed me as “family historian” and continued to send materials my way.
Toward the end of 2008, I retired. It took two to three months for genealogy to move from a casual venture to an addiction. I admit it... now I am 'hooked,' just like the rest of you. And I am trying to catch up. My biggest task currently, organizing all my digital files so I can expand the citing of sources for my records.
(Next Post: Why “Stardust 'n' Roots?”)
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