The beginning was our family's desire to know about our parents, our parents' parents, and ever backward.
The next step was *genealogy software* - such a useful tool for organizing the information that we *might* know (and hopefully find).
Another step was finding out that there was a BOX of stuff from our past that belonged to those parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and ever backward.
A fun step was going through to box of STUFF with my mother, jogging her memory, letting her relish in past memories, commiserating with her puzzlement when handed-down lore did not jibe with discovered information, joining in her jubilation when handed-down lore DID jibe with discovered information.
It has also been wonderful to learn more and trot down new paths after speculation, discovery, affirmation and synchronization.
There are HAND-WRITTEN letters dating back to 1895 between our family ancestors! What a treasure. I will be doing my best to type up *transcriptions* of this correspondence to share with our far-flung family (but for our family folks who haven't quite brought themselves to enter this astounding cyber-space phase of life in 2008 (and beyond), never fear - my plans are to share this information with you in traditional written/mail form.
Next time - letters from John & Alice Annie!
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Alice Annie Wren, born September 19, 1869 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England married John Adkins Jones, born March 22, 1862, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on April 4, 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. They had 4 children: Alice Gwendolyn Jones (1897, New York City), David Milner Jones (1899, London, England), Roderick McAlpine Jones (1901, Ascencion, Paraguay), and Horace Adkins Jones (1909, Alvin, Texas)
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- Carol in Albuquerque
- I am 54; I'm a *poverty law* attorney; my family knows the rest.
2 comments:
Oh Aunt C! I'm so excited! What a treasure! I can't wait to read more! Maybe you can scan the letters in and post them on here as flickr links or something! How fascinating! Maybe next time you visit we can make it that direction too! I'd love to know more about how you searched back. I'd love to go back on both sides of my tree! I'm so excited! Thank you for the hard work you're putting into this! What a blessing!
Thanks C - eventually, I'll get a posting of all of the *family tree* that I've put together. It really is interesting.
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