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TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE Has anyone in your family had your family tree traced? I tried to do that in my family, on my mother's side. Unfortunately, the records from where she was born, are too difficult to obtain. I contacted a genealogist and he indicated the odds weren't great. I did contact Family Search run by Mormons. I spoke to a nun, but unfortunately she reached a dead end too. It is a free service and the nun, not surprisingly, was very nice. Ancestry dot com wasn't wonderful. I found all the info that I saw there, all over the internet. It may depend on your family. If you had it done or know someone who did, how did things work out? Are you interested in finding out your family's history? Please explain if you feel it's important or not. Any resources you can provide might help others. I should add, I think it's important for parents and grandparents to tell the younger generation ALL the family information they know. One day they might need it.  Elaine Shuel |
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What a wonderful comment, grandbluff.  Welcome to my blog.  It's great that you've been able to do that. I was able to find out information, that excited me on my family. I can only imagine how thrilled you were, to tie up the loose ends on what you wanted verified on yours. That's fantastic!!!I wish you success in learning how to find out information on Native Americans. I also congratulate you, on helping others find their family roots.  Elaine Shuel
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Back in the late 70's and early 80's a cousin of my dad compiled a lot of information on our family. She wrote to different places in Germany to gather information about the family. Way back in the day a lot of information was kept in a Bible in a church. Information I never knew when I was a child came to light. I have a picture of my family tree hanging in the hallway of my apartment. This was done in 1982 and it would be much bigger now. It is always a good conversation piece when people come to visit. When I got my first computer I did a search on the white pages on the Internet of Germany of our family name. I was able to bring up many names and their address. I sent a note to one of them via mail and corresponded with this lady for a few years. We were related but distantly. She told me that her husband had always wanted to look for his relatives and knew that some of them lived in North America. O the genealogy chart it shows that I am 6th generation.
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Both of my grandparent's families were peasants in Germany & the Ukraine. They emigrated to Canada in the late 1800's. Since that time, not counting the local skirmishes during the feudal days, two world wars have been fought over those areas. My parents were reluctant to discuss the past, so I know nothing of my ancestors. I have little interest in knowing about them. My husband's family has traced their ancestors back to the 1500's in England. I can understand knowing about the past couple of generations since a health record would possibly benefit a person.
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Both of my grandparent's families were peasants in Germany & the Ukraine. They emigrated to Canada in the late 1800's. Since that time, not counting the local skirmishes during the feudal days, two world wars have been fought over those areas. My parents were reluctant to discuss the past, so I know nothing of my ancestors. I have little interest in knowing about them. My husband's family has traced their ancestors back to the 1500's in England. I can understand knowing about the past couple of generations since a health record would possibly benefit a person. It is important to know one's family history due to health, but I meant more for the curiosity of knowing your ancestors.Elaine Shuel
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Back in the late 70's and early 80's a cousin of my dad compiled a lot of information on our family. She wrote to different places in Germany to gather information about the family. Way back in the day a lot of information was kept in a Bible in a church. Information I never knew when I was a child came to light. I have a picture of my family tree hanging in the hallway of my apartment. This was done in 1982 and it would be much bigger now. It is always a good conversation piece when people come to visit. When I got my first computer I did a search on the white pages on the Internet of Germany of our family name. I was able to bring up many names and their address. I sent a note to one of them via mail and corresponded with this lady for a few years. We were related but distantly. She told me that her husband had always wanted to look for his relatives and knew that some of them lived in North America. O the genealogy chart it shows that I am 6th generation. It's terrific that you know so much about your ancestry. How exciting to correspond with a distant relative that you didn't know existed. Thanks so much for your comment. By the way, I entered a chat room tonight and saw people I recognized. I said hi but I don't think anyone was actually in the room. Oh well. I also posted in the group for the first time. Elaine Shuel
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Grandbluff is looking into Native American history. That might be useful for her so thanks for giving that information. Bill. Who is Daniel Gookins? Elaine Shuel
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I think that's great, your grandmother wanting you to know more about your family, Pat. I would love to know about my great grandparents, but I don't know a thing about them. Thanks for that beautiful story. Elaine Shuel
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Welcome to my blog, Graphic45. It's nice to have you here. That's wonderful, having your family's history all the way back to the 1700s. Even back to the 1800s for your dad's family, is terrific. It is easier today, but for some countries, even the professionals can't find the information. Thanks for your comment. Elaine Shuel
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Good blog and comments, Elaine. I confess that, when young, I never was interested in knowing about my ancestors. I never asked, but my mother told me a bit of her parents and grandparents, who came from Spain. So I just know about my relatives from my grandparents down, till some of my cousins' children and grandchildren. It was a large family. The same on my father's side, except that my great grandparents came from Guatemala. If I had to draw a family tree, I'd need a very big sheet of paper.   Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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Good blog and comments, Elaine. I confess that, when young, I never was interested in knowing about my ancestors. I never asked, but my mother told me a bit of her parents and grandparents, who came from Spain. So I just know about my relatives from my grandparents down, till some of my cousins' children and grandchildren. It was a large family. The same on my father's side, except that my great grandparents came from Guatemala. If I had to draw a family tree, I'd need a very big sheet of paper. In my case, i'd really like to know about my grandparent's parents and before. I doubt if I'll ever be able to find out that information.Elaine Shuel
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Back to the 1600s and 1400s, that's fantastic boogie. Any suggestions on how one could do that? Thanks for your comment. Elaine Shuel
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Unless your name is extremely rare, using FB to find out if someone is your relative, would be quite difficult. Some people care about their family history and some couldn't care less. Thanks Graphics45. Elaine Shuel
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I know what you mean, Graphic45. I love meeting new people and getting to know them better. Thanks for your comment. Elaine Shuel
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