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.
9 comments:
I think that's my kid doing the ripping!
just an acoustical paper shredder.
Sigh, my kids do this to books.
And people complain about contemporary kids?
Happy WW.
Ah, so ripping books is an age old tradition? Now I understand...
Old, cute, little trouble makers!
Did you come down and photograph my kids? :)
Happy WW!
Interesting painting. Happy WW :-)
My dogs do this too!!
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