Copying, Copying...

Grandmother

Julianna Nagy Kaloczi - 1949

Grandfather
Frank Kaloczi - circa 1930

Mother
Christine Kaloczi Lee - 1946

I'm STILL busy copying things to take on our trip. I've been printing old pics of my grandmother, grandfather (unfortunately, I have only 1 of him), mother, etc. Maybe my Hungarian family will have old photos that I can copy while I'm there. I've also printed out recent pics of my family to give to my Hungarian family. I've copied old documents for my family, also. My grandfather's naturalization and citizenship papers; Hungarian church records that Candace Papai Cole, a wonderful online genealogy friend, sent me; my grandfather's WWI military registration; etc.

Wayne and I made a trip to Divernon, Illinois, in February of 2007. This is the small town that my mother and her 2 sisters were born in. Many Hungarian families, from Rabapatona, settled there after coming to the U.S. We took pictures of the headstones of many with Hungarian names such as Molnar, Takacs, Nagy, Varga, Papai, etc. I know there are families with these surnames still living in Rabapatona so I'm taking pics with us in hopes that someone will treasure them.

When I look at our "Countdown" clock, I am amazed! Only 49 more days!! That seems so close! My list of "things to do" is getting shorter, but I'm ready for it to be completed. Of course there are some things like confirming airline reservations and printing boarding passes, printing last minute train schedules and confirming with all hotels that can't be done too much in advance.

I am going to try to post pics of my grandparents and my mother. We'll see how that comes out!