ANCESTRAL

Each spring, a group of Enos, Eno descendants and spouses visits ancestral graves in Connecticut and Massachusetts to decorate, meditate, and -- believe it or not -- have fun, and we have a great time! The trip this year took us from southeastern Connecticut, through the Hartford area and Granby, up through Williamsburg, Mass. Four of us made the first leg of the trip, joined by four more at lunchtime, two of whom completed the rest of the day with us. Along with remembering our blood -- an important thing to do -- we enjoyed each other's company as we always do, had a great lunch, once again visited the Haydenville Country Store, and again capped the day with a glass of wine at the Whateley Inn. It was a beautiful day in our ancestral country.

The Visits were really late this year (usually they're in May) and there were comments that summer was a better time of year. After all, during the 2004 Visits, some of us wore parkas!

Cindy Eno Bessette, Jackie Eno and Bill Bessette at the Eno plot (Cindy's parents and uncles) at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Eight family members gather for lunch

at the Maine Fish Market restaurant in

Windsor Locks. From left, clockwise,

are Jacky Marek and daughter Jody, Jackie Eno,

Paul Eno, Joe and Lu

Cousins Paul Eno, Cindy Bessette

and Joe Wactowski visit their

great-grandfather, Civil War

veteran Luther Eno, the common

ancestor of everyone currently involved

In a Family Cemetery Visits first,

the group arrives at the grave of

Luther's grandfather, Revolutionary

War veteran David Eno III (1758-1837)

Cindy decorates the grave of

great-great grandmother Emeline

(Searle) Trask (1818-1840) at

North Granby.

The group visits nine Eno graves at

Haydenville, including Joe's and Paul's

grandmother Charlotte

Crowell Demings Eno and uncle William

Eno, killed in World War II.