I agree Jeanne, I was born in 1966 and I got interested in genealogy as a child when I
would go walk cemeteries in Fountain, Hendricks and Boone County IN with my
great-grandfather and my grandmother (his daughter) both of them lived into their 90's
and I had a close relationship with them. My daughter who is 5 already knows about
genealogy and knows her history. Many of my friends never knew grandparents and know very
little about their family and they are floored when I tell them I knew all my grandparents
and one set of great-grandparents. In a way I guess it proves it is in our genes =)
Sharon Miller
-- s <surberj(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
It occurs to me that many genealogists tend to have ancestors who lived to be quite old.
For instance -- I was born in 1932 (no spring chicken!) and my dad was born in 1896. He
in turn, was partially raised by his grandmother who was allegedly born in 1811. She lived
to be over 100 and was healthy to the end until she sat down to "rest" one day,
fell asleep and didn't wake up. She loved to talk. So I grew up hearing from my father
her stories about the Civil War, the passenger pigeons, fighting Indians, homesteading,
and pioneer farm life in Indiana and Iowa. My ancestors seemed to me like the most
interesting people I'd ever heard of. It was only a few generations back that one of
my "grandfathers" was in the Revolutionary War. History was real to me and
learning more about my ancestors became a priority even when I was very young. This
wouldn't have happened had my ancestors died young before they had a chance to pass on
their stories. I think older parents and grandpar!
ents are more likely to talk to children and carry on an oral history. So it's natural
to want to find out more about the history of our families. And so we become genealogists
and confound our friends because we find old census records more fascinating than a
romance novel.
Jeanne SURBER
Otha b. 1896
George b. 1865
Andrew b. 1809
Jacob Jr. b. 1790 (?)
Jacob Sr. b. 1744 (fought with Washington and Lafayette)
Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site.
http://shelbycountyindiana.org
Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the
surnames that you are researching (mmweaver1864(a)sbcglobal.net) and let me know whenever
that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks,
Melinda
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