DAY 18 – June 29, 2013 – Bemidji to Hillsboro and Fargo North Dakota

Have not slept well the past couple of nights so have been on the road early. Apparently last night’s raucous group was a women’s softball team…I just kept the TV on to drown out the noise. Tonight, in Fargo, it’s a class reunion. OKAY….

I scanned a lot of pages last night from the Nielsville book that Curtis loaned me. He came by this morning to pick it up and then I was on my way to Hillsboro. I travelled the back roads and it did not take as long as I thought it would.  I was also a little surprised that Hillsboro was as small a town as it was. Fred’s sister, Inez and her husband Russell drove down from near the Canadian border to join us for lunch. While we were waiting for Inez, Fred told me about a cousin, Kim, who was looking for information on the Schmidt line. I contacted her and we are now talking about skyping once I return…I have her ancestors and she has the continuing line. A match made in heaven (for genealogists).

I decided to stay in Fargo tonight and give my grandparents one more opportunity to “show themselves”. I checked in early afternoon then headed over to Moorhead and my fourth trip to this cemetery. They must have been listening because I FINALLY found them! I cleaned up the headstones as the grass was quite tall around the edges.

Tomorrow, my plan is to stay in Billings then be back in Spokane sometime on Monday.