Have you visited the Family Home ?

[Mobo]

 

I just wondered, how many people have actually visited the places there ancestors came from ?

Speaking personally, with one exception, my experiences have all been very enjoyable, and in some instances, very moving, even disturbing.

 

[janetm]

Have great fun dragging the 'hubby' around on the motorbike, visiting different villages, taking photos and generally putting 'flesh on old bones'.

post script.......
he has not the slightest bit of interest in genealogy !

[Kateb]

Toucing the font in the Church where my ancestors were batpised for over 300 years - very moving.

[corbie]

We had a fantastic time on Jan/2/05 The day before we flew back to Toronto We went to 6, HOXTON SQUARE and saw the home of our gg HYATT grandparents, it has been restored to what it looked like on the outside when they lived there. We then walked up to BRIGHTON RD to see another two homes and then on to AMHERST RD for a look at another one It was a great day out ending with a wonderful evening in a COVENT GARDEN Pub
         CORBIE

[mickgall]

Hi all
have to agree with Kateb, visiting the churches were the ancestors were baptized, married and buried is quite moving as is discovering a house that crops up regularly in letters or wills.
Mick

[RJ_Paton]

I have visited most of the places where they lived and worked and strangely my house is on the site of one of the mills where some relatives worked .... completely unknown to me at the time I bought the house.

[honeybun]

The very first thing I looked up when I started my internet genealogy course was my great grandfather's census information on the LDS website.  It was a shock to find that he was living in the same road that we had moved into when were were first married. 

The houses where he lived had long gone and were a car park, but we lived in a block of flats almost opposite.

Spooky or what .....

Honeybun.

[leagen]

I have been to the house my Gt.gt. gd.father built in NY. about 1880.  The first time, about 1990, the owners let me in and showed me the front room but this summer new owners only let us look at the family cemetary out back.  But at least I know he built Well!  My family settled the town of Norwich, VT. and since my mother was born there (some family never left that area ) I have seen Many places they lived in there.  I always feel a part of those places when I visit and it is a nice feeling.   Leagen

[nora T]

 Me and my husband have visited Tyrley Locks the lock keepers cottage, that his greatgrandfather was lock keeper at in the mid 1800,s we were made very welcome, and showed around, Also i know that Dot his relative,we found in USA, has also been to visit the cottage before we did,as she also does family history, and she sent us photo,s, nora.