A little about....Family History

As I have mentioned I love history, and one of my passions is researching my family history. I have been engaged in this pursuit for several years now; however it was not until I made contact with a distant relative also interested in our family history, that I was really able to get the ball rolling. It is amazing that in a little over 4 months I have doubled my family tree and taken the generations back to my great, great, great, great, great-grandparents. (Early 1700s).

I love the stories, the connections, the past that created my future. To me finding an old picture or document with family significance has my heart fluttering and pulse racing.

I don't know what fuels my fascination with the past. Perhaps it is because what is remembered about the people are facts written down on paper. There are few stories left and this makes the people I research seem ideal; none of their faults, mistakes or problems are researchable.

I do like seeing where I come from though. The type of people, their professions, trials that they lived through, and most importantly, the history they lived through.

One day I will have to visit Scotland and Ireland, where all of my family come from. Sometimes I wonder if I would feel some kind of connection, however diluted, with the land that hundreds of my ancestors where born on in a time of deep rooted family traditions and clans.

As recently as today my found relative has given me the email addresses to two other family relations that I have contacted. I imagine each will provide a continued wealth of information that I can analysis and share with my family.

That’s a little about...Family History, until next time,

Torrie