My neighbors across the street love sports. I know this because on any given Saturday you can hear them screaming through their open windows at the football game. My roommate is into Scrabble. I know this because on any given night she can be found challenging online players to a game of word wit. The girls at work enjoy going out on Friday nights to bars and laughing till the early morning hours. I know this because they come into work on Monday and talk about the good times enjoyed Sunday recovering from their hangovers. I love history. I know this because I spend hours searching the internet for the history of photography, photographers, and the history of the time period behind my antique photo collection. I also enjoy researching my family history. I'm the woman crazy enough each month to spend $20 on a subscription to Ancestory.com, another $20 on protective sleeves for my old photographs, and $100 on a family history DNA kit.
People don't always get me...but I'm okay with that because I don't always get other people either. Nothing is more rewarding than to be your own unique person and pursue the things that you love.
I have created this blog in part to find a creative outlet for my love of history and share it with others who have a similar interest, but also to help those who may be searching for the same information I am. I am an amateur at the whole family research game, but I have learned a lot. Studying your family history is like getting to play a CSI agent. You get to follow the clues only to get shut down and have to go down another path. There are good days where you find amazing information and others that you just keep hitting dead ends. But it is so worth it to finally get that big find that makes all the work well worth it! So please hang out for a while and join me in my journey.
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