Comments on: How Well Do Your Grandchildren Know You? http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/homeandhearth/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Charles Downs http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/homeandhearth/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4413 Charles Downs Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:44:08 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/27/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/#comment-4413 My grandfather would tell stories for hours when everyone was together unless a tape recorder was around. I remember my uncles trying to get him on tape secretly but he always found the recorder. They got him once but it was poor quality.Since he passed we have made an effort to get old photos and have them digitally repaired and then printed to display. I have a hallway that i am filling with these pictures. We have ours made <a href="http://www.canvaspress.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> if anyone is interested my wife has the link on her blog also. My grandfather would tell stories for hours when everyone was together unless a tape recorder was around. I remember my uncles trying to get him on tape secretly but he always found the recorder. They got him once but it was poor quality.Since he passed we have made an effort to get old photos and have them digitally repaired and then printed to display. I have a hallway that i am filling with these pictures. We have ours made here if anyone is interested my wife has the link on her blog also.

]]> By: Sandra http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/homeandhearth/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 Sandra Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:10:57 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/27/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/#comment-4203 It was my quest to find more about my 5th great grandfather Soloman Washington, soldier in the War of 1812 and resident of Floyd County, that allowed me to find your blog--a real bonus! It was my quest to find more about my 5th great grandfather Soloman Washington, soldier in the War of 1812 and resident of Floyd County, that allowed me to find your blog–a real bonus!

]]> By: Gary Boyd http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/homeandhearth/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4199 Gary Boyd Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:46:31 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/27/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/#comment-4199 Chasing family history can become an addiction. It was my father's funeral that started me on my own quest over a decade ago. That was when a cousin handed me a printout from a genealogy program that did not match what was in our family bible. The search and research that followed led to proof that both of our families had misinformation stored in our respective oral histories. Over the years I have continued my search. My family history website, which I put online first in December of 1998, has led many distant cousins to get in contact with me. The addition of their family histories to my own has led me to see just how small and interconnected our world really is. Fred, spend a little time on Ancestry.com, they usually allow a two week trial for free, you may be surprised how much you'll find out about your own family... Chasing family history can become an addiction. It was my father’s funeral that started me on my own quest over a decade ago. That was when a cousin handed me a printout from a genealogy program that did not match what was in our family bible.

The search and research that followed led to proof that both of our families had misinformation stored in our respective oral histories.

Over the years I have continued my search. My family history website, which I put online first in December of 1998, has led many distant cousins to get in contact with me. The addition of their family histories to my own has led me to see just how small and interconnected our world really is.

Fred, spend a little time on Ancestry.com, they usually allow a two week trial for free, you may be surprised how much you’ll find out about your own family…

]]> By: lauragayle http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/homeandhearth/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4197 lauragayle Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:07:42 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/27/how-well-do-your-grandchildren-know-you/#comment-4197 One of my cousins on my dad's side did this -- he must have worked for several years to trace the history of our grandparents. He made a wonderful book, complete with photos and maps and made enough copies for everyone in the family. I treasure it, and bring it out to review. Am reading Rodger Cunningham's <i>Apples on the Flood</i> and my cousin's book was very helpful in comparing dates of probable emigration to the US. He included a few stories our grandparents told, as well as his father, my father and their siblings. And a copy from a page of my grandmother's diary -- she noted the weather, who visited, how many eggs were gathered, etc. each day. How very precious! One of my cousins on my dad’s side did this — he must have worked for several years to trace the history of our grandparents. He made a wonderful book, complete with photos and maps and made enough copies for everyone in the family. I treasure it, and bring it out to review. Am reading Rodger Cunningham’s Apples on the Flood and my cousin’s book was very helpful in comparing dates of probable emigration to the US.

He included a few stories our grandparents told, as well as his father, my father and their siblings. And a copy from a page of my grandmother’s diary — she noted the weather, who visited, how many eggs were gathered, etc. each day. How very precious!

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