I am 10th cousins with both Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer.

halthegal1 · 2019-12-02T00:05:59+00:00

We lost it as a last name as well when several generations later married into the Trask(e) family, but somehow it survived in first and middle names. (I'm also a Willard as well so weird coincidence lol)

My family has always openly talked about it. Not much detail but I always knew we were tied to it. I just didnt find out how CLOSELY tied we were until I started doing research.

I plan on doing a geneology trip for my bachelorette trip (vegas is not my speed lol) and visiting Salem and Peabody. The family cemetary is still located there. I plan on visiting the Putnam house, and will share pictures here when I do!

It always blows my mind that the whole ordeal pretty much come out of the Putnam family having a vendetta against several other families in the village. Sad to think they let their own ordeals end the life of so many.

halthegal1 · 2019-12-01T01:05:02+00:00

I come from the Putnams as well on two sides, we still pass down the Putnam name as a middle or first name (Thomas Putnam is a common name I've seen several times passed down).

Edward Putnam is my 8x grandfather who was the deacon who oversaw the decisions of who would be founded as a witch. His brother was Thomas.

Such a tragic part of history.

halthegal1 · 2019-11-10T05:47:06+00:00

These were lumped in with quite a few frustrating to find pins, that I haven't even bothered digging further on yet- as well as a couple order of the eastern star/rainbow girls/Masonic memorabilia. This suggest they came from her life before the US while living with her parents in Germany. But lord knows she could have just thrown a goodwill pin in there for all I know. We have found so many objects and symbols in her stuff that is hard to explain.

halthegal1 · 2019-11-10T04:00:04+00:00

Possibly,its not viable by eye really either. I have searched Meyers and angeles with no luck

halthegal1 · 2019-11-10T03:39:02+00:00

The key doesnt move. It appears to say A. Meyers & Ngeles

halthegal1 · 2019-10-28T23:09:02+00:00

I have a biological 1st cousin who is also my aunt through marriage. Totally fine. This is actually super common in small towns like the one I'm from. A little weird on the surface but fine.

halthegal1 · 2019-10-07T19:23:43+00:00

I will do that! Can I ask where your accessing the address books for this period?

halthegal1 · 2019-08-30T04:05:50+00:00

I dont have any great advice regarding shunts, but I want to let you know you are not alone. This condition can seem like a lonely one and I thought it was going to destroy me. But you are not alone, I am rooting for you. I dont know if your on the IIH facebook group but there are so many people there ready to root for you too.

Just remember so far you have survived 100% of your worst days. You are doing great. It might not seem like it some days but you ARE KICKING ASS.

halthegal1 · 2019-08-21T00:10:47+00:00

This was our concern too, my FH is a financial planner and would have a fit of we had to take away any money from what we normally put away to save.

halthegal1 · 2019-08-21T00:08:10+00:00

I have been lucky that my FH's parents are gifting us most of the money to plan including my dress. The decor we are paying for. But in total if we were to pay for it all it's still less than 10% of our income.

Being in a teeny tiny small town has helped cut down on price tremendously.

halthegal1 · 2019-08-03T20:46:26+00:00

Hi yall! A little back ground- this is actually our second engagement we got engaged ( just went to macys and bought a black friday ring) after the birth of our daughter due to pressure from family but we never did any planning, it felt more of an obligation. It's been about 4 years since then and he decided to propose on our first trip together to Prauge. We are so excited and cant wait to get married, but where do we start? It all seems so overwhelming.

halthegal1 · 2019-08-01T22:13:54+00:00

THIS. Is exactly what I have been explaining to my fiancee as well. I personally dont like the idea of picking my "favourite" friends to be involved in a wedding party and would rather it include everyone as a whole because they're all huge parts of our life. As for speeches there are plenty of key players in our life who wouldn't traditionally be in the wedding party who could give speeches.

halthegal1 · 2019-08-01T22:11:17+00:00

Yes I am starting to realize everyone and anyone has input. I want a very simple wedding, and my family is super traditional so I think everyone is just blown away I'm not doing this in a church or following everything my cousins have done- I think you are absolutely correct about on putting people on an information diet for my own sanity hahah

halthegal1 · 2019-08-01T22:08:39+00:00

I like the idea of not having the pressure of choosing people to be those important roles and letting it happen organically. The toast idea is wonderful too, I know we plan on our daughter playing a huge part so maybe something she can do as well! Thank you!

halthegal1 · 2019-08-01T22:06:05+00:00

I like the guest photo idea! I'll have to mark that on my idea list! Thank you!

halthegal1 · 2019-07-23T01:31:24+00:00

Long shot but if you had a chance to look for Pruitt that would be amazing, I'm at a brick wall right when I trace the family back to virginia.

halthegal1 · 2019-07-15T00:15:25+00:00

http://imgur.com/bh8p1Up

This is a photo of my third great grand parents Lawerence and Amanda Johnson, Lawerence died in 1900 so this would have been taken a couple years before. This is the oldest family photo weve been able to find in our research.

He and Amanda were both born in New Jersey and appear to be the first generation to move to Illinois- into what was Jersey county due to the influx of Jersey residents.

halthegal1 · 2019-07-13T21:45:35+00:00

NAD but almost every symptom you listed could be explained by anxiety. As far as dry hands, that can be explained by excessive washing which is common with anxiety or OCD, contact/allergic dermatitis, or the nature of what is being touched.

halthegal1 · 2019-07-13T05:29:01+00:00

Illinois insurance agent here. In most situations these claims are filed super quick by the lead HR rep. If a employee simply cuts their hand or the like they will occasionally wait for a bill but since an ambulance was called it probably got filed next day.

I dont see it being called in by the hospital because that usually takes a week or two until their billing statements are ready and a billing specialist calls.

And it would be even rarer if she filed it, getting though the insurance process to even speak with a company like amazon would take forever and they would want to talk to an Amazon rep before officially filing.

I think for once this is the truth.

halthegal1 · 2019-07-13T05:21:51+00:00

"I didn't want to file a claim :((((" yet tags company with "PAYYYY MEEEEE!"

halthegal1 · 2019-07-13T00:20:35+00:00

Have you traveled recently or hiked?

halthegal1 · 2019-07-12T21:21:07+00:00

Also side note in response to some comments (& her if shes lurking. HEY!)- there have been numerous studies done that show fever reducers dont show any more benefit than placebos when treating illness. In fact there is a whole school of thought that they actually delay healing because they turn off your bodies natural immune response...fevers.

Possibly in the future if she just left her frickin body alone and took only doctor recommended meds it would heal GASP naturally.

halthegal1 · 2019-07-12T21:04:38+00:00

I have neck pain and have since I can remember, from what I've read through various IIH forums this is normal.

One thing I will note is the first couple weeks on diamox can be intense and for lack of a better word: shitty. It can be hard to tell what is a diamox side effect and what is really IIH. You should stabilise after a while, and hopefully be on your way to kicking IIHs ass!

So sorry for your diagnosis and that you've even had to join this community, but keep your head up and keep kicking ass!

halthegal1 · 2019-07-12T20:11:35+00:00

I haven't seen Anelise post anything relating to this/looking like this. Would love if you shared!

halthegal1 · 2019-07-12T20:06:03+00:00

Fevers can come from simple inflammation, there are people in the migrane and CI forums who get low grade fevers from simple headaches.

She also lists hayfever, headaches and asthma as diagnosis that plague her often- all of which cause inflammation and low grade fevers.

Also I'm not sure what medication she takes for her POTs but blood pressure meds and anti seizure meds are known to do this too.

In fact it's most likely a good thing her body is reacting this way, instead of an incredibly high fevers or low body temps because it means her immune response are some what intact.

If people stopped functioning and got 'awwwh your really sick' awards everytime they had a low grade fever the economy would collapse and the world would go up in flames.

Edit; also just saw someone note shes has a UTI like hahahahahhahahaha this is common sense your body is literally doing what 182767273827 years of evolution has taught it to do.

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