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RE: Family History - A Journey of Discovery
I just love learning about family history. We are all so diverse and it has helped me understand some of the reasons why things happened the way they did in our family.
Last year I learned my family once owned the mountains and valley where an Arkansas State Park is now located. It has given me a connection to that area and changed the way i see myself.
You are so very right in that learning ancestry of one's family can be enriching and exciting. So happy to know there is something else we have in common.
Ren
That's so cool! And that's why I continue to research despite it (sometimes) feeling like running in a hamster wheel.
When I discovered my own Irish ancestry this past year, it suddenly gave me a new feeling for Irish folk music. It was now "my" music! St. Patrick's Day became my holiday too. My Finnish ancestor who traveled to Sweden sometime in the 1700s gave me a new love for a country I had sort of "discovered" through my own research... I can't wait for more of their records to come online as I currently can't find any Finnish info either for myself or for my cousins.
That is so cool! Scott loves Irish music. It is always in the house. Always.
Ren