Well I finally discovered on Sunday that the good old family history bug is back with me. Yes its BACK.
How and why now is a mystery but it just feels like the time is right to continue on with my research and write it all down.
Who knows I might drop off the perch tomorrow and all my past research and knowledge might be lost. :(
I started researching when I was 16 years old and I am now 49. Whoa is feels like a lifetime ago and I have kept almost all of my handwritten letters and notes from all those years ago.
Now everything is done on computers but I still have some of treasures.
Who started me on my quest at aged 16, well it was my dear Nan and Grandad. Listening to their stories and recollections is where I developed my passion for wanting to know where I came from. I was like a sponge and spent most of my childhood in their company just soaking any story telling up and asking a million and one questions to them both. Nan had already begun a bit of research herself and had kept a good collection of photo's and family hearsay. So I had a good start and just had to continue on where she left off. How lucky was I !!!!!
On one occasion Grandad was so busy telling me a story that I had to stop him at one point and say "Grandad your shoes are smoking" Lol he had put his feet to close to the heater and he got carried away with the story and forgot about his feet, he felt the cold so much. So he had smoky shoes for a few hours. But we had a good old belly laugh and continued on.
What memories :)
Looking forward to getting my reading on this afternoon and refreshing my brain as to where I am up to with it all. So I will brew the coffee and find a calm place.
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