I haven't posted anything in a while, since I haven't been focused on research lately. It's something that always frustrates me because I love researching and all, but I know I'm not going to do it every single day. I also know that I tend to go for several months at a time on a researching high or low. Right now I'm on a researching low, but I want the high. Especially since my ancestry.com subscription expires in July. Of course I know I can research without ancestry.com, but I have to admit that it is a very useful resource. There are a lot of things I am going to want to print off before my subscription ends because I know it is likely to be a while before I can renew it again. Life gets in the way sometimes and I just don't have that kind of money lying around.
In the meantime, my thoughts have been on this blog lately and the lack of journaling I seem to be doing in relation to all of my work. A new idea has been rolling around in my brain for the past day or so... I really want to get these people's stories written down somewhere and this seems like an ideal place to do that. Now, of course, I have more information on some than I do on others, and it's not going to be the same kind of write-up for everyone. But I really want to do this. I think it will help me to get a better grasp of who my ancestors were and to think of them as real people and not just information.
I will be finding a way in the near future of posting a family tree to make each person identifiable. I've been thinking that this blog needed that anyway. Now if I can just figure out a way to do it... I'd like it to be more than just a picture file. I'd love for it to be interactive, but I'm just not sure how to go about that. Well, it's been this long without one, I don't suppose me taking a few more days/weeks/months to figure something out is going to hurt.
If anyone happens to be reading this, please let me know what you think. Especially if you have any suggestions for making an interactive family tree somewhere on this blog. Any advice would be welcomed.
2 comments:
Keep researching! I stumbled on this by chance, but I find your family to be interesting- especially your great-grandmother. I'd love to know more about her and her life...
That's so nice of you to say! :-) Thanks! At the moment I feel like I've exhausted all of the information I have specifically on her, but I have been trying to find out more about her 'context.' When she lived, what life was like, and what was going on in the world.
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