GypsyRoadLady
New Member
- Location
- The great state of Michigan
I spent just a short time with Ancestry.com a week of pure fun and hunting. I understand how it can become a full time hobby. I found so many interesting facts and people that I so wish I could have shared with Mom, who knew little other than stories of her parents. She was told her father was on the Orphan Train, I found parents. Dad on the other hand did not believe any of the relations I was able to find. I mean he had been told his father was an orphan. That was all he needed.
Ater a week of searching and reading and looking at stones and pictures I got sad. I realized dah they all died and most were younger the farther back I went. Most had lots of births. Many had lost spouses and remarried of course. The really only good thing was I found my great grandmother's home and binged it. Then when I was visiting dad I drove that road and saw the house, long time expanded and remodeled over the 100 plus years. I thought of the fact the owners had no idea that many kids had been born there and a man from Germany had built the original tiny home from his own hands. Worst was I binged my Mom's parents home from when she was baby in Flint. Oh how sad to to the small city home now.
I closed the account and never to look back. Did you enjoy the history of your relations if you did this?
Ater a week of searching and reading and looking at stones and pictures I got sad. I realized dah they all died and most were younger the farther back I went. Most had lots of births. Many had lost spouses and remarried of course. The really only good thing was I found my great grandmother's home and binged it. Then when I was visiting dad I drove that road and saw the house, long time expanded and remodeled over the 100 plus years. I thought of the fact the owners had no idea that many kids had been born there and a man from Germany had built the original tiny home from his own hands. Worst was I binged my Mom's parents home from when she was baby in Flint. Oh how sad to to the small city home now.
I closed the account and never to look back. Did you enjoy the history of your relations if you did this?