*flickr image originally uploaded by Cassuccino January 27, 2009 I've been spending a great deal of time in the past. I've been sorting through information to learn more about my family heritage. Where I came from, where people lived, trying to put all the names into some sort of order. Amazingly, when I come across a piece of the puzzle it's like opening a box and memories come flooding out of stories remembered, of people remembered and the puzzle continues to grow. I've benefited from the fact that other people, somewhere in this maze of branches in family lines have compiled their own research information and it's online and I've been able to plumb the depths of what they have learned.
It's an incredible feeling to stumble upon a very distant great-great-great....and see a photograph of someone you had previously never known existed and yet you share a bloodline with this person.
I must say, this process is very habit forming...digging through old records, learning things you didn't know, about people you knew and people you didn't know makes you eager for more. And on some level I'm finding it very healing, very cathartic to lay old wounds to rest and in the process there is a forgiveness that is indescribable.
7 comments:
A sense of peace and forgiveness often (but not always!) come from knowledge and understanding.
Good to hear you’re enjoying such a fascinating journey.
I didn't have much family here in Canada and therefore little history ... I miss that. I think it is really healing to process to go through your family history. I hope it's a good journey for you.
It can be fun going through old things and learning the grounds where it all began. I hope the journey is a good one for you. xoxo
Wishing you a healing journey, Sherry Lee! I am fairly cut off from my family tree and the little I know doesn't make me eager to find out more. It's just my issue with the roots, I guess. But I am glad that, for you, getting in touch with where you come from is a positive process.
Good for you...I think it is wonderful!
I wish I could do the same. We are at a dead end on my Dad's side. His grandpa came over on the boat from Czechoslovakia as young orphan. Not sure if he used his real name or adopted last name.
How are you doing the research? I know it is time consuming.. I have a cousin that did a lot of it on Ancestry.com.
Good luck!
It sounds like your research is healing for you . I hope you can find out the information you need - where they lived and what they did in their lives . Luckily the internet is a great place to reasearch yourself these things now .
Good luck !!
What an amazing journey unfolding for you Sherry! How incredible to be able to see a photo of your great-great-great...!
xo
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