Why genealogy?

[elin]

Oh, thank you Cath! That's very kind, I just  hope you don't live to regret it.

Elin

[KathMc]

Nope, cuz what's good for the goose...

Kath

[Josephine]

When I was a child my mother had a set of post cards from the time of the 1st world war.  There were several hundred of them set out in a huge album.  Each one had a verse of a current song or a hymn with a picture depicting a scene from the song and you built up sets to make up the whole song.

Elin,

That is so wonderful.  (But sad about their early deaths.)

I collect that type of postcard when I can find them.  (I don't have many.)  It's unusual to find the set to make up a complete song.  I recently found three of a series all written by a young man to his sister.  He must have mailed them all together in an envelope because there was no address.

I have a "thing" for postcards from the First World War.  I wish I had something like that from my family but no such luck.

Regards,
Josephine

[MarieC]

Elin,

Even better, post on here when you have something to share - then we can all join in the celebrations!   

MarieC

[elin]

Hi Marie - I will, thank you.  I can get very excited I warn you    I just love this site!

Josephine - Yes, I really treasure the post cards and am very pleased that I got hold of them.  Sadly they weren't being looked after at all and some had even been sold to a dealer who cherry picked the most valuable     I was horrified but powerless to do anything about it at the time.   The remainder were just stuffed in a box for years and never even looked at. 

I am so sad about the missing ones and  just relieved that the dealer rejected them.  I like to feel that Adolphus and Dora are remembered now.


Elin

 

[airdlass]

Cath and Jen,

I really relate to what you both say. I get very sad because it feels like  I have nobody to tell when I find exciting things.  Most of my relatives get that glazed look if I tell them even small details and my elderly aunt is positively offended.  I just don't talk about it unless they bring it up,which is rare.

Yet I am fascinated and touched by all the family stories that I hear about on here. 

Elin

I'm the same - my kids aren't interested - although they usually humour me when I try and tell them something. 
Nice to have a place to share things and know that it's not out of politeness etc

[AnneMc]

I took have kids that are not too interested. Hubby is a little bit when I talk about his family. But I do have a nice group of friends who I got started on family history and we always tell each other our finds and we also help each other in finding information and we get excited when we find something for the other person.

Next year hubby's mother will be 90 and I am thinking of doing up a small book on her family to give to her as I knew she will really like it.


Cheers
Anne

[kerryb]

My nephew who is good at history at school and likes history is being encouraged by his history teacher to talk to me about the family tree.  I rather think, that his view is if he gets into family history alongside me, next year he might pick history as a GCSE topic. 

Kerry

[mare]

I remember our children having to do a bit of a family tree at primary school level, and our schools have grandparents day and pioneer day etc as part of the syllabis. I also remember being asked as a long term resident of our town to speak about the olden days  .. of course they were interested in recent changes too but also my mother's days and school.

I'm not totally on my own, have a couple of helpers in the family and everyone moderately interested.

mare