Who Will Take Over My Family History???

[Lynn H]

Hi Christopher, what a brilliant idea that is.

My kids would be more than happy to help with that, if it meant money in their pockets. I might even suggest that they write it and take the credit for it, if it keeps the history going.

                       Wonderful Idea.

                               Lynn.

By the way, Happy New Year.   

[Christopher]

Happy New Year to you too Lynn.

May I have an autographed copy of the book when it's published please?

Christopher

[Lynn H]

  .....OK....

[Cas (stallc)]

Interesting thread....

I think,  I have enjoyed my hobbie, loved my research...so far with what I have found, as FH is always ongoing....where do you stop, when you hit parish records, which besides a few brick walls, I have done.

I have enjoyed the experience, knowledge of my folks, finding out in all aspects I could...and if after me, none of my family is interested, I have gained, gleened, and enjoyed my time with them....so be it!

I would love for mine to take over my thorough and costly research , but if they don't....I am sure in the future it will be looked apoun...by someone with interest maybe?  In disc or paper form.   Please look kin......

Basically, this has been done by me for me....but I do hope, wishfully, in the future mine will be bitten by the 'roots' bug.  Do you think it is an age thing?  when we get to age  we are ready to take up the genealogy bug? I do hope so....

Who knows, but hoping...

Cas

[LoneyBones]

I must say that I too enjoy doing research and find family history an enjoyable and satisfying hobby in and of itself. But I would like to think what I'm doing will last for a while. I like the story idea, I have a couple of very interesting ancestors I'd love to write about. One in particular, I have her photo sitting up in front of me, her whole life except...... no birth & no death!?! She just pops up fully growed, gets herself into the newspapers, travels all over, gets divorced, then disapears. Very frustrating. I look up at her photo and ask, "Dont you want to be imortalised?" But she never answers.
Do you think all this research makes us potty?
cheers,
Leonie.

[Cas (stallc)]

Hi Leonie (lovely name)

Write it down let it flow...your research, thoughts, facts, findings, then go back and correct or add, even embelish within reason, to a degree... in what you have found, think, feel...... I love the written word, and enjoy it very much, along and imagination, but am crap at maths although I teach.... 

I also will do this one day...give a narrative of my findings, possibly for future generations for them to understand my emotions of how I felt at this time, my research, including  connections, facts, stories, my/our  ancestors history, as it was, or as I viewed it...maybe with mine this with envoke/spark future interest

We live in hope

Cas 

[Lynn H]

A funny thing happened to me yesterday    I started this thread because i was worried about who was going to carry on my family tree.
My daughter turned up and asked if she could go through the old photo box. She said she wanted photos for her Facebook friends. She started going through the box and all of a sudden she said "you need to write on these photos so that we know who they are " Shock hit me!! she actually showed some interest in what she had found in the box. She never knew that i had Wedding Invitations printed out, or that i once owned my own business or loads of other things like that.

It put my mind a ease to think that she really does care, and even though she hasn't said as much, i think that my history will be in safe hands.

                             Lynn,

[Ann Baker]

Hi Lynn
Does the heart good to hear that! I'm trying, with a small amount of success, to get my 11 and half year old daughter interested. She's the only one. I told her I'd do the hard bit and get the records and she just needs to keep it up to date.

She is starting to ask lots of questions so maybe just maybe she'll do that! 


Fingers crossed

Ann

[Trees]

Wonderful news your family's past looks as if it will have a future and be in safe hands after all
Trees