I really enjoy your genealogy posts. It's nice to see someone who considers it interesting and worth the time and effort it takes.
My favourite part is finding the names of the women who married into the family and giving them back their identity. Have you run into the old German saints naming tradition? I thought a past researcher had muddled things up royally until I got my research hat on and looked into it more closely.
I've been dabbling at it for years and last year dug in and got more into it. I've been lucky to have both sides of the family searched by others, though I was able to add my father's branch back to the main tree. For some reason (I suspect something quite scandalous) they had disappeared altogether for generations. I've been researching both my grandmothers' families as well.
It's all very interesting and I spend hours researching the history and culture of the places various ancestors have lived.
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Date: 2013-05-06 01:00 am (UTC)My favourite part is finding the names of the women who married into the family and giving them back their identity. Have you run into the old German saints naming tradition? I thought a past researcher had muddled things up royally until I got my research hat on and looked into it more closely.
I've been dabbling at it for years and last year dug in and got more into it. I've been lucky to have both sides of the family searched by others, though I was able to add my father's branch back to the main tree. For some reason (I suspect something quite scandalous) they had disappeared altogether for generations. I've been researching both my grandmothers' families as well.
It's all very interesting and I spend hours researching the history and culture of the places various ancestors have lived.