I’m very, very pleased with my Powerbook so far. It does everything I need it to and it’s a beautiful machine (small, sleek). Laptop sleep mode is something I’d never used before but it’s quite convenient and now I can’t do without it. And wireless Internet is very nice when I’m at school. OS X’s font support is amazingly beautiful. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to PCs…

I’ve been researching my Shanks line, specifically Robert and Elizabeth Shanks who lived in Petersburg, Virginia but were born in Ireland. I know that they must have immigrated between 1820 and 1830 (from the census), but that’s about it. Tomorrow I’m going to the Family History Library in Salt Lake to search more records.