I plan on participating in National Novel Writing Month in November, which will necessitate a slight decrease in my genealogical pursuits. However, the tentative title for my planned masterpiece is Ahnentafel Falafel.
John, Good luck with the speed writing of your novel, Ahnentafel Falafel. I look forward to reading your binary or decimal recipe for falafel --- chickpeas, anyone? LOL! Terry
Transylvania, Holland, Alsace, Poland, England, Germany, Lithuania and Texas all contain soil upon which ancestors dwelt; Farmers, beekeepers, shepherds, tailors, blacksmiths, salesmen, clergy, judges, and doctors.
As I research ancestral lines I discover some ancestors celebrated Hanuka, others Christmas, and still others the Green Corn Ceremony; Jewish, Methodist Episcopalian, Puritan, Christian Scientist, Mennonite, Choctaw, and Cherokee.
I shall never find the records for my distant ancestors who either came to this continent by crossing the Land Bridge, or originally emerged from the Nanih Waiya in Mississippi.
I delve through obituaries, microfilm depositories, internet databases; I interview relatives, and rummage through attics.
What I find doesn't alter who I am; It illuminates the divergent, yet still intersecting paths of my ancestors.
2 comments:
John, Good luck with the speed writing of your novel, Ahnentafel Falafel. I look forward to reading your binary or decimal recipe for falafel --- chickpeas, anyone? LOL!
Terry
Good luck, John! I'll be cheering for you!
Post a Comment