Breaking Down Walls..

This isnt really a post about Genealogy, but Im sure it will bend that way as it is undated history.  One of my relatives who I loved very much and enjoyed her time while she was on this Earth.. I wish I had got a chance to talk to her the way that I talk to adults now.  I was just a child when she passed away.  She taught me so much in the 12 years that I knew her, but so many unanswered questions now that she is gone.  There really is no one who can answer them.. and the one that is so private to most women of her time era, were her pregnancies..

Women just didnt talk about things like we do today, how its going, how does it feel, etc.  Or if there was trouble, did you have a miscarriage, did it hurt, etc.  I have been looking at photos of this woman, and in various photos over a 15 year time span, in the early 20's to mid 30's, she looked pregnant, using her hands to cover her obvious growing belly, but then, in later photos, there is no child, and then a massive gap between her 2nd and 3rd children.... almost 11 years.  In those years, I see the baby bumps, but no one can tell me that part of the story.  Just something that I've pondered and talked over with my own Mom, who doesnt have answers to these questions either.  We will never know, and always wonder...

Reading Others Work

Since getting all the Genealogy from my Grandmother, I have been putting it away, hoping to get to scanning all documents, mementos and keepsakes. I came across the Ellis Family Genealogy compiled and researched by John Plunkett of Florida. He did such a wonderful job in getting this book put together. It is my great hope to be able to do this for my family lines. Being a good researcher is key, but also being able to write and tell a story is another crucial part. For me, I struggle with writing, I am the artist sure, but mine is photography, scrapbooking, but never much for the writing, I have a lot to say, and a lot to tell as far as my families history, BUT, the words rarely come the way I want them to. But in that, the more I work at it, the easier it will come right?