So here I go. This is not so much about me, as it is about family, and about finding those connections I've always sought. Over the last year or two, I've been delving into the history of my family, predominantly through online links.
Most of my family is dead. As for the rest, we have drifted apart. My children, and grandchildren, don't really know the family I came from, so this is one way of providing them some insight into what made Mama such a grumpy ol' gus at times - or such a silly goose.
The families I'm searching are listed in Connections, and I have posted gedcoms on both ancestry.com and rootsweb.com. Right now, there is a lot of 'potential' data listed as fact - things that i don't include in my hard copy on my computer. They are there until I can find proof against them - innocent until proven guilty.
I suppose by now you want to know why I think the past is important. Everyone has their take on it. Genetically, we are - as scientists - realizing just how much our DNA affects who we are. Even more fascinating is the fact that our parentage can be traced, often for hundreds of years, back to one or two ancestors by way of that DNA print. We've all heard that those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Perhaps then, it is the past that comes forward, in our genetic code, to doom or to elevate us.
I have found out much, and I intend to find out more. What you, the reader, do with this, if anything, is up to you - I know it has helped me understand things I never knew.
Most of my family is dead. As for the rest, we have drifted apart. My children, and grandchildren, don't really know the family I came from, so this is one way of providing them some insight into what made Mama such a grumpy ol' gus at times - or such a silly goose.
The families I'm searching are listed in Connections, and I have posted gedcoms on both ancestry.com and rootsweb.com. Right now, there is a lot of 'potential' data listed as fact - things that i don't include in my hard copy on my computer. They are there until I can find proof against them - innocent until proven guilty.
I suppose by now you want to know why I think the past is important. Everyone has their take on it. Genetically, we are - as scientists - realizing just how much our DNA affects who we are. Even more fascinating is the fact that our parentage can be traced, often for hundreds of years, back to one or two ancestors by way of that DNA print. We've all heard that those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Perhaps then, it is the past that comes forward, in our genetic code, to doom or to elevate us.
I have found out much, and I intend to find out more. What you, the reader, do with this, if anything, is up to you - I know it has helped me understand things I never knew.
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