This is the first of many blogs (I hope) about my journey to discover ancestors. I have been on this journey for over ten years. I have travelled all over the country, visiting archives, relatives, libraries, in an effort to learn as much as I can.
I'm just plain nosy. That's what my family think. However, I argue that inquisitiveness is a by-product of critical thinking. I want to know the good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, the mundane, the extraordinary of all my people. Besides, I truly believe that everybody has a story. To tell the story is to breath life into a memory. It is archaeology on a small but no less important scale.
I have already written my family history but a family history is always a work in progress. There is so much more I want to learn and transcribe.
So what?
The answer to that is perhaps as I learn and write about my family, it may help others who are interested in doing the same. It may shed a tiny glimmer on the human condition because a major portion of my ancestors were slaves and those who slept with slaves.
1 comment:
I look forward to reading more about your exploration into your family's genealogy and reading more of your well written posts!
I put up a blurb on NWIblogs where we're trying to connect Northwest Indiana bloggers with each other -- even if it is just via internet links.
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