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Rated: 13+ · Book · Cultural · #1437803
I've maxed out. Closed this blog.
This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by.
April 15, 2014 at 5:54pm
April 15, 2014 at 5:54pm
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         Early in my genealogy research I saw a couple of distant relatives write that they were finished or almost finished and were ready to publish. I thought "How can you possibly finish? Did you go all the way back to Adam and Eve?" It really is a never-ending process.

         That is until you run into some brick walls. I'm convinced I've hit all dead ends. The DNA tests have uncovered nothing for me. I made discoveries that contradicted what other people had written about my direct ancestors, but, alas, I haven't hit anything new in almost a year. So I'm beginning to understand what they really mean. They, like me, aren't finished, but just can't go any further.

         So all I can do is keep adding deaths and births of current family members, maybe publish what I have, and hope some other researcher can find more or contradict what I have found. When I was unearthing things, it was thrilling, but when you keep turning up empty-handed, interest dwindles.

         Now I will have to sift through all my info for each family line and put it together in an interesting fashion for family members of the future.And that includes listing all my sources, which is the hardest part to keep straight.



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