That is a wonderful story. In my own family, I am the only one who has been doing our family history, not only direct lines, but also other connections. My aunt, who is blind and up in her years, still wishes she can do genealogy My mother has done a lot of research until she had to give it up; but she was always jotting down notes, etc until the year she passed away.
As for family, I have one daughter, 4 sisters, 11 nieces and nephews, about 12 or 13 great nieces and nephews, and 3 great great nephews and one more great great niece or nephew on the way in January or February -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:02:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What a wonderful story! I have 2 sons, 5 grandchildren, and 4 siblings with 9 nieces and nephews. I'm praying that at least one of them will carry on my research. So far not one seems interested. Since the oldest grandchild is 11, I still have hope. I became interested when still in grade school, and probably drove my dear grandmother crazy with questions. Good thing I did though, otherwise I would have had a hard time keeping track of her parents. I knew my great grandparents as Charlie and Tensie Burg. But there were time periods that I could not find them listed in city directories or census records. Then I remembered my grandmother's story of how Charlie changed his name from Johnson to Burg, the last part of his wife's maiden name, Malburg. He went back and forth from Johnson to Burg and back to Johnson at random through the years. All this because there were several Charlie Johnsons living in the same area. Knowing this enabled me to find Charlie and Tensie's parents. Best of luck to you and your granddaughter Chuck. Debbie > This is just a general discussion topic I want to toss out there - do you > research with an end result in view (writing a family book etc) and then > plan to "pack it all up"? Or do you research your family with the hope of > passing it all on someday to "next generation" researcher? Any idea yet > who > that will be? Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
