tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900471683421755580.post5474594599755125339..comments2024-02-08T02:04:08.219-05:00Comments on Trials and Tribulations of a Family Historian: Fearless Females: Brick wallsShannon Combs-Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10086333811097762754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900471683421755580.post-38541685499344589962013-03-28T22:11:43.849-04:002013-03-28T22:11:43.849-04:00I hope I don't ever learn all my ancestors sec...I hope I don't ever learn all my ancestors secrets... what would I research then?! However, I agree, there is a lot of history there to uncover.Shannon Combs-Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086333811097762754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900471683421755580.post-58302198235815593932013-03-28T21:37:48.898-04:002013-03-28T21:37:48.898-04:00So many lives, so many mysteries! It is so tantali...So many lives, so many mysteries! It is so tantalizing, isn't it, to know these lives and personalities and adventures in a sense "belong" to us, as our ancestors, but we can recover only some of them. And only to some extent.<br /><br />You have for example a pioneer going West (how exciting!), two immigrants from Germany, sisters from Scotland, a woman who spent her life in England and Wales. So much history there to be recovered and each life unique.<br /><br />Your great list makes me think of my own -- I guess we all have comparable lists. I'd like to learn about my female ancestor who bore all her children in Barbados in the 1600s, or the South Carolinian with a French middle name, descended from French traders in Quebec. <br /><br />Will there be a point when we have found out all that is humanly possible about these people? The speed at which they are recovering documents these days, probably not.Mariann Reganhttp://mariannsregan.comnoreply@blogger.com