Just
back from the National Genealogical Society conference in Ft. Lauderdale and it
was awesome. Wonderful to meet
face-to-face with folks I have only interacted with online and some I haven’t
seen in person in awhile.
The
only downer was that a colleague of mine from my primary job had to cancel at
the last minute due to a family emergency.
She is working towards a PhD in creative writing and was looking forward
to attending the writing workshops that were offered. Additionally, she is interested in family
history and is the keeper of her family’s records so the conference was a great
fit for her.
As
genealogists, we typically place our family’s first so her disappointment in
missing the conference was minimized by her right on priorities. This got me thinking of the lost
opportunities that we often miss with our own family members. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to just have one
hour with that brick wall ancestor (and maybe a translator included!)? Don’t you wish you could ask dearly departed Great
Aunt Alice a couple of questions? Recording
her answers would be icing on the cake.
Do
yourself and the generations to come a favor and ASK TODAY your mom, grandma,
and if you’re really lucky, great grandma, what you’re dying to know. Make sure you write it down (and seriously, cite
it). It’ll be a Mother’s Day gift that
will be appreciated long into the future.
Enjoy your day!
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