Family History

I’m going to take a bit of a different angle with the blog in the next few weeks.  I have been deeply interested in my family history.  From the research I’ve done I know there are a few famous people, some that came on the Mayflower and probably a few infamous people.  My mom gave me a pile of papers and information on my family that my grandma had put together over the years.  She dabbled in things, but was never really organized.  I plan to digitize her notes and confirm the research she did.  I want to share my work with this blog as I go through the papers as it might help me find a place to share the more interesting finds and help those putting their own family history together with some ideas on where to start and how to do it themselves.

So I’ll share a bit about my closest famous cousin.  He was a famous physicist who was very important in the development of sonar and radar.  He was instrumental in creating systems that allows radio signals to be transmitted much farther than they had been previously.  He went on a mission to fly to the South Pole and actually has an island in Antarctica named after him!  He was part of the Majestic 12 who reviewed the Roswell, NM alien incident.  On top of that he has a high school in Texas named after him.  His name is Lloyd V Berkner.  Unfortunately he has passed away, but there is an incredible amount of information about him and I’ve read his books and ones that were written about him.  Even though we never met, he has inspired me to follow my dreams and not let anyone tell me it’s impossible.  I’ll be putting up some pictures and info about him as I dig into his past.

I’m sure I will find many more stories and hopefully you will find them as interesting as I do!