Hello,
I don't know if my post will go through, as I've been having problems with
my Comcast postings for over a year. But, I'll try.
John, I'm sorry for your loss. And, sorry for everyone close to Jim.
Regarding whether a personal collection of genealogy-research is safe, the
stories reminds me of a long-time List Admin, who Admin'd. at least 6-8
Lists. And, "Bunny" helped people whereever she could. She had a room
devoted to genealogy, full of books and her papers and documents, etc.
One day I accidentally found out, in her 60's, she had had an unexpected and
fatal heart attack. I inquired and found out her husband and children
had .no. interest in her hobby. I had fellow researchers who would have
bought her collection of books, but the husband never responded to my
e-mails. Possibly someone else grabbed them.
Then, for myself, I had an unexpected "near-death experience" 6 yrs. ago.
I had been "out of it" for a week and then in a coma for 4 days. So,
thoughts of my many boxes of genealogy papers was not in my mind. And,
then a year and 9 mos. ago my husband had a Brain Aneurysm and then 9 hrs.
of brain surgery. He was one of the lucky ones and survived the whole
ordeal. But, I have been his caregiver ever since. It seems "life" has
not allowed me to spend time organizing my boxes of papers - in any way.
And, my adult children have .no. interest in them. So, I'm praying that
"some day" I will have time. (We've decided we've had our share
of
"near-death experiences" - so we don't want any more !) :o)
There are hundreds of ways that a genealogist can unexpectedly end up in a
hospital's ER. So, don't be like me and procrastinate - for way too long
! Also, I chatted with a librarian many yrs. ago, and usually they
will not accept boxes of personal, genealogy papers which are not -
organized.
Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
(Interested in the KERR / HENDERSON family-group of 9 people, leaving Co.
Sligo, Ireland, in 1823, and migrated to the Prov. of Quebec.)
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Subject: [CARR-DNA] Passing of a dear family member
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James Carr, the creator and owner of the Carr & Kerr website passed away
last April. This is very sad news because Jim provided so much to all of
us in our search for knowledge about our Carr & Kerr ancestors. Our
ancestral search creates a bond that makes us all family. Jim had been
ill for some time, so he was no longer able to keep the Carr & Kerr
website up to his high standards. I am hopeful the site can be maintained
as a legacy to Jim and for continued use by those seeking to learn about
their Carr ancestry. Jim continued the excellent service provided by Joe
Carr in the early days of the internet.
Unfortunately I only learned about this when one of his children posted on
the Carr Genealogy Facebook page recently. To even learn about Jim's
passing is unusual because most often all contact simple ends and we never
know. I want to take the opportunity to say it is our responsibility to
let our families know what we want done about all the ancestral
information we have gathered and especially the genetic results we've
obtained through DNA tests. Who, if anyone, should be contacted. What
they chose to do is up to them of course. But, we make many friends
through our family history search, they will miss us as well.
The DNA haplotypes of many of the early participants in the Carr Family
DNA Genealogy Project have been removed from the project, perhaps lost for
all time, by family members who perhaps do not understand what these tests
are about or share a passion about their family ancestry. They can only
know the importance of these tests if we tell them, which is often hard
because they may not share our passion. Only we can tell get our
relatives to understand that these tests are not a threat to them, that
there is no information that shows anything bad about them nor can it be
used to their disadvantage. Leaving the information accessible by others
unites our human family because others can learn about an ancestral
connection from the data. Sharing our genetic YSTR and mtDNA profiles
with our ancestral information becomes our legacy, our little part of the
shared human experience.
I hope you are all in the best of health and that our relationship through
these e-mails and on the Carr Genealogy Facebook page will continue for a
long time. I'd like to think that people will have access to the
information we have had long after we have left this life and use it to
establish connections with close relatives, as well as learn about their
ancestral past, through what we have all done . I hope you share my
vision.
Our prayer for God to bless Jim's sole and welcome Jim to his presence,
I'm sure he will. And the same for all our members who have passed on
already and whenever their time comes.
Write anytime,
John Carr