Genealogy, ancestors and family trees
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By :
Noel Swanson
Submitted
2008-08-24 00:00:00 |
During the eulogy that was part of the funeral service for my Grandmother, my mind wandered to my childhood and stories she told about the adventures of her brothers and parents. Did she maintain our attention by adding fictional pieces to our family history?
Our family history was stories told by my grandmother. My parents had died before my interest in genealogy had surfaced. I realized that I had a limited time to research family history from relatives and pass the family stories to my grown children.
I resolved to start right away gathering genealogical information. When my deceased Gran's service ended I had some ideas. I had not read anything about how to set out on this genealogy journey. I knew one thing -I did not want to spend hours accumulating masses of useless information.
Neighbors and friends who had lived in the same small town as my Grandmother were in attendance at her funeral. One such nonagenarian, still living alone in the house beside my Grandmother's, had known her for more than 50 years. His children had heard the same stories of life in the good old days. I was sure he could enrich our family tree search.
To start building up a list of family history resources, I talked with many people. It was relatively easy to gather anecdotal information as we had lived in the district for four generations. The records of births, deaths and marriages seemed a great starting point for documentation.
I needed an organized system to create my family tree. Oral histories, written records, photographs, documents and artifacts provided an image of my ancestors? lifestyle. I got copies of birth, death and marriage records.
Family history is a rewarding pastime. Each story about the genealogy journey takes a different path. There is no doubt that a strong sense of belonging results. Despite many frustrations it is a worthwhile pursuit. Many friends are made along the way and connections with people of similar interests is inevitable when one traces their family tree.
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