Genealogy Chat

Hi Victoria -- what I have done is have my parents and in-laws write letters to each of my sons telling about their lives - where they grew up and jobs they had etc. They typed up the letters and then added a personal message in their own handwriting. Now the boys have a memento from their 4 grandparents which include their grandparents memories of the boys.

Hi Victoria, Wonderful idea, my research has been quite complicated so far and I'm lucky to have had such brilliant support and help from people related to me and not related, I have decided to record all I have found out and the difficulties it has provided , for my Children and hopefully one day theirs , I never go a day without being thankful to my Mother who told me all she knew about her Birth and Adoptive Families and also the information she gave me about my Father's relations, (he didn't know I knew this ,it was kept QT) .Once our rellies have departed from us its all to late but by recording our info in what ever way we can has got to help. Regards Ellen

What a good idea Victoria,I could do that about my grandparents who we lived with during the war.Although I am not sure how to go about it. How have you started , are you recalling conversations that you had with them? A discription of them,that sort of thing?

Last year, five years after my mother died and I became 'the keeper of memorabilia', it occurred to me that my grandchildren might not be able to read 'old fashioned' cursive writing in 15 or 20 years time - quite apart from the worry of deterioration. 3,500,000 kilobites later I had transcribed all the old letters.The earlierst is a letter written by their 3xGreat Grandfather to his sister when she was getting married in 1891. These letters will give them an incredible insight as to their forebears. Then I thought about the greatgrandparents I lived with as a child. They were born in 1867 and 1870 and I knew them well. But, once I die, so will all memories of them die with me - and I am, therefore, the living bridge between them and my grandchildren. Wouldn't it be truly awful if I didn't tell my grandchildren how absolutely wonderful their 3xgreatgrandparents were? So, I am writing a letter (2 pages down, .... to go)_ to James and Abigail. And when I die/they are of an age to be interested.... All those of us who want to 'put flesh on the bones'

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