52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 52
Prompt – Resolution
Making resolutions is not my thing. I
know how hard it is to start them and how it is even harder to keep
them. I started this blog 3 weeks after the challenge begun. It was
not part of my New Year's resolution. The idea of crafting blogs
around genealogy was intriguing. Blogging sounded easier than trying
to write a genealogical family book based on my findings. For one thing I am never done
finding new information on my ancestors and that makes it easy to put
off writing anything. It was not until I started my blogs that I
realized how much information I know and have accumulated on the
family. My siblings were often surprised by the family knowledge I possessed. As I wrote in my usual folksy way the stories made
themselves. The prompts allowed me to narrow topics to manageable
stories. (Well some were longer than others). I feel that an
ancestor's story is better when surrounded by the history of the
place and time and in so doing, I hope I brought it to life so to
speak.
Along the way I discovered new things
about the ancestors that I had overlooked the first time through
their information. I also learned what information I still needed to
find.
I know I did not blog on 52 ancestors
but as the founder of this challenge (Amy Johnson Crow) states, it
is about getting something down in writing to share with our family.
It really isn't right that I have this information and not share it.
Sharing is difficult when it is locked away on my laptop or in a file
cabinet.
I had so much fun participating in the
challenge that I was thrilled to hear that she is going to continue
to give weekly prompts for 2019. It is my expectation to continue in
the same manner as I have for this year. It has never seemed like
work to me. It has been so much fun and I looked forward to
doing them. I enjoy the feedback that I sometimes get. I love that
it jogs memories in my siblings when I write of our family history.In fact my younger sister has decided to write family stories. Isn't that wonderful? Way to go Bonnie.
Jackie is giving me a wonderful
Christmas gift of putting all these blogs into a book. She is
editing it now and apparently it will be ready sometime in spring. I
think I heard that it will also be available on Amazon. As I told
Jill who said she hasn't read my blogs yet – not to worry the book is
coming this spring and who knows when the movie will be out. Just
kidding!
Happy New Year!
May all your
resolutions be as easy and fun as my past year of digging around the
old family tree was for me.
Wendy
Awesome pillow!
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