About this site
Posted on Nov 15, 2009 01:09:08 PM
As the name implies, this site is for Lloyd Stories, by or about our western Illinois family. As my cousin Steve Lloyd has said, the best part of family gatherings is the stories. I always think the food is pretty good, too. As a kid I enjoyed hearing stories ranging from uncles raising hell to farming Tessie’s Bottom, from hunting stories to fishing on the Rainy River or Amisk Lake, from an ancestor’s child falling out of a wagon and being run over within a few miles of his new home in western Illinois in the 1830s to the hard times of the 1930s, and on and on.
I also recall the many times I have heard, and have uttered myself, “I wish I had asked Dad or Mom about …” Or “I wish I had written something down about the time…” Perhaps this site will help with that.
Mom and Dad, Peggy and Marvin Lloyd appreciated these concerns and were great gatherers. My brother Clayton and I have inherited that material: genealogical information, old photographs and personal papers, newspaper clippings, baby shoes, all kinds of stuff! I hope to share some of this material here as well.
I have come to enjoy writing and have imagined some of the events about which I have information into fictional pieces. These are as true to the event as I can make them. Examples are Suzy Leaving and The Solace of an Hour.
A major goal is to get Lloyd stories from anyone who would like to contribute. So email them to me. If you don’t have my email, leave a comment below and I will get in touch.
With regard to Comments, I would appreciate any, good, bad, or whatever, whether about a story or what would be of interest, or regarding any typos you eagle-eyed people catch.
The site is a work in progress, hopefully improving as my understanding of the process increases. Bear with me.
About getting around: because it is a blog site, you move from one story to another within the category or a month’s archive by clicking the “Previous entries” or “Next entries” at the end of the story.
Ron Lloyd