tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post115887975716813446..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: What caused you to start genealogy research?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-1158948015423441552006-09-22T11:00:00.000-07:002006-09-22T11:00:00.000-07:00My older sister made a rudimentary family tree for...My older sister made a rudimentary family tree for a school project when I was about 6 or 7. I remember visiting the overgrown cemetery where a few of our ancestors were buried and having a snake crawl over my shoe.<BR/><BR/>Years later, she self-published a more complete family history, which I put online for her in 1996. In the process, I noticed all the missing links and the sources she hadn't consulted. I took it upon myself to supply the extra info—a job I will complete in, say, 30 or 40 more years.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-1158933086533872652006-09-22T06:51:00.000-07:002006-09-22T06:51:00.000-07:00When I was a child some relative of ours purchased...When I was a child some relative of ours purchased several copies of a poster-sized family tree for one of our surnames, and gave my mother a copy. By the time I was a young adult, the document had faded significantly, and was getting hard to read. I had the idea of copying the thing into a computer, and picked up some cheap genealogy software. Then I started looking for more information to flesh out the names and dates I had - and at that point I was hooked forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-1158894667901471742006-09-21T20:11:00.000-07:002006-09-21T20:11:00.000-07:00That yearly family Christmas letter sounds like a ...That yearly family Christmas letter sounds like a good tradition. Others in my family seem to be modestly interested in my discoveries, as in "Oh, so our ancestors came to Canada from France in the 1600s? Cool." But when I request a look-up from their areas, they're never forthcoming. Oh, well. At least there's one of us in this generation who is interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com