I’m the youngest of 6 children…my parents had three boys and then three girls. Only one brother is as intrigued as I am by our family history. He offers memories, encouragement, memorabilia, even money to help pay for Ancestery.com. However, my oldest sister has an odd reaction to all of our searching. She can’t understand why we’re “wasting our time”. I explained we’re doing this for our children, grandchildren and future generations. If we don’t document this information, it will be lost forever.
A few years ago, my boyfriend’s uncle and aunt came to visit. I told them about my genealogical searching and they both became curious about their own family histories. John’s uncle gave me a few tidbits of family information and within minutes I was able to track his family back to the year 1594. Not too shabby. John’s aunt immediately asked me to look for her family. Unfortunately, this otherwise bright woman couldn’t tell me her grandparent’s first names; they were always just Grammy and Grampy to her. She was crushed that her family history was lost.
This why I'm researching my families' history...so all of this wonderful information I'm finding won't be lost.
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