On Friday, Judy and I met my newly-found first cousin, Velda, who had come to Edmonton with two friends. We met in the Tim Horton's restaurant across the street from the CityTV station, where her friend Kim was video-taping a program. We retired to a more quiet spot in the mall, next to an art gallery. There we had confortable chairs and a big table to spread out our photos and papers. I had printed a bunch of old family photos and some pedigree charts and family group sheets, which I gave to her. She wanted help identifying people in some photos I had emailed to her. We took a few photos during our visit. The visit lasted about 1-1/2 hours, and it was wonderful. She is very young for her 79 years, and was eager to know more out her father and the Buchanan and Watson relatives. She has spoken to my brother Ed on the telephone, and they will be visiting this coming week.

After speaking to her on the telephone several times, it was really nice to meet her in person.