Genealogy Day 2013

By Terry Orr

Learning about your family roots, experiences, challenges, and travels can be fun, rewarding and perhaps most difficult project in your life.  For more than twenty years now, I continue working on my family tree that has grown from a reality small group of family members to over six thousand and still growing with each new find.  Sadly, there are few family artifacts from my efforts, I do treasure those that are available and are kept in safe and secure environment.

In my physical and virtual travels, many records have been destroyed either by accident, through hatred, or lost. The records that were destroyed over difference religious beliefs are probably the ones that disturb me the most.

During these years I have gotten to meet family members for the first time and establish some very wonderful and enjoyable relationships.  When I travel these days, part of the planning process is to visit them and or new ones along the way.

My goal - at some point in time, turn our family tree’s over to a much younger person in the family.

Getting started can be fairly simple, especially if you have lots of information available and relatives who can help get you started. Below are some good links to help you get started on your family tree.

Let us know how things are going. Thanks!

References and Links: 

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/beginnerscorner/ht/family_tree.htm 

http://www.tedpack.org/howstart.html 

http://usgenweb.org/research/starting.shtml 

http://www.genealogy.com/79_fs-start.html 

http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lesson1.htm

(All images from Google) 

Getting Started ...

Things happen for a reason and on occasion I find myself asking, “God, we have been friends for a very long time, taken some rather unique journey’s together and  just wondering where we might be headed next?  Any where you choose is fine with me, just looking for a little guidance.”

It seems that reconnecting with family and friends and bringing some of them back together may be part of his master plan. Over the past five years or so, this has been highlighted by meeting and building new loving relationships with extended family members, bringing siblings together and being able to lend assistance to both family and friends.

Recently one of my cousin’s suggested that we consider doing a blog.  Now, I’m up for a new adventure - especially an online activity that touches others and in some small way helps them.  After all, I’ve been a very outspoken proponent of the Internet, in particular as a means to connect and communicate with others - not as a replacement, just another means to do so.

We hope that you will join us on this journey, participate in some small way, provide your insights and opinions and help us grow.