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#11506 - 12/29/03 09:02 PM
Re: preserving our ancestry
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Registered: 02/19/03
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Yes, my father and I wrote stories together after I had interviewed some of the relatives. Now my cousins children are asking me questions and will continue this on. I shared what I found with all the relatives and some of these are being handed down in the families. This Christmas there was quite a discussion among my cousins children about who my grandparents were and where they came from. On the maternal side they were from Sweden. I would encourage anyone to start asking the relatives simple questions. They love to be asked and will usually tell you a lot even some of the secrets if you promise to be careful with them. It was fun to compare what my cousins daughter had learned with what I already knew and then send her in the direction she wanted to go. Maggie
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#11507 - 12/29/03 10:49 PM
Re: preserving our ancestry
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Registered: 06/26/03
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Older folks are the greatest treasure we have. I have learned so much from them. Some it was their craft in life and one in particular would have died with the gentleman if he had not had the opportunity to teach my husband how to make a wooden mast from a tree.
Now, most people would think that really isn't worth much in today's technological world but you may be surprised. Crafts and techniques can be adapted if understood properly. And if we forget our past where is our future going?
My husband's brother interviewed their grandmother who was 99 at the time. The interview was on tape (VCR's were not on the horizon yet). She told about her trip to the US from Germany and she paid her way by shelling wheat. She finally made her way to Kansas - which felt comfortable because she understood their crop etc. The interview is fascinating and I hae not listened to it in about 20 years. Might be time to dig it out and put in on CD.
Lynn
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#11511 - 12/30/03 10:00 PM
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Registered: 02/19/03
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Dotsie, I love the resolution. The Mormons have the best Geneology sites from what I hear. They do this as part of their Church. Before computers some of us visited the part of their church where they would help you with your Geneology. Now the computer has sites for this too. I am thinking about your aunts recollections and perhaps you could find the dates by typing in the name and ship. Not sure because I haven't tried it. My cousins daughter plans to type in the names of our grandfather and great uncle, the ship they came over on and hopefully will find them. Thanks, Maggie
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#11514 - 12/31/03 03:18 AM
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Registered: 11/08/03
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My heritage traces to Pocahantas. I am a direct descendant. Imagine it. Our ancestors could have met, either when the Mayflower landed or when Pocahantas traveled to Europe with her husband. I wonder what they thought. Boy it's been a while.... smile
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