Dear Ancestor,

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and the date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved.
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot.
And come to visit you.
- Author Unknown

Please feel free to copy and use any of my family photos because that is why I have placed them here - to share with others. Please let me know of any errors. I will gladly transfer records I have created of friends if you are a relative. ~Sandra

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GENEALOGY BEGINS AS AN INTEREST, BECOMES A HOBBY, CONTINUES AS AN AVOCATION AND IN THE LAST STAGES, IS AN INCURABLE DISEASE. AUTHOR - UNKNOWN.

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THOSE WHO FEEL NO PRIDE IN ANCESTORS ARE UNWORTHY TO BE REMEMBERED BY DESCENDANTS. AUTHOR - UNKNOWN.

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Dear Ancestor,

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and the date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved.
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot.
And come to visit you.
- Author Unknown

Please feel free to copy and use any of my family photos because that is why I have placed them here - to share with others. Please let me know of any errors. I will gladly transfer records I have created of friends if you are a relative. ~Sandra

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GENEALOGY BEGINS AS AN INTEREST, BECOMES A HOBBY, CONTINUES AS AN AVOCATION AND IN THE LAST STAGES, IS AN INCURABLE DISEASE. AUTHOR - UNKNOWN.

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THOSE WHO FEEL NO PRIDE IN ANCESTORS ARE UNWORTHY TO BE REMEMBERED BY DESCENDANTS. AUTHOR - UNKNOWN.

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