tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011442991086412622.post6645711169955621852..comments2020-02-07T23:21:37.644-08:00Comments on Genealogy and History: Week Five - Back to that box of unlabeled family photosKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087276821806770733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011442991086412622.post-18828850917916202142012-01-30T13:18:21.961-08:002012-01-30T13:18:21.961-08:00Donna, take heart! My dad's family was the sa...Donna, take heart! My dad's family was the same way. Maybe even worse. One year he got all of his siblings to agree to meet at our house one weekend for a reunion just because their mother wanted them all together one more time. Everyone had their special food requests, seating requests, etc. But they all agreed to this one specific date. My Mom cooked and cleaned and prepared, Dad and Grandma were so excited. Everything was ready and no one came! No one! Nor called. Nor ever offered an explanation or apology.<br /><br />Mom was upset, Dad was furious, and Grandma was crushed.<br /><br />They never did get together, even for Grandma's funeral. One couldn't make the drive, another had something else planned.<br /><br />They *thought* they valued family, but words and actions, you know!<br /><br />Life was and is different on my Mom's side, and Mom has been really great about helping to ID photos from Dad's side of the family (since Dad passed away nearly 6 years ago) And I have found that some of my cousins on my Dad's side will help out one-on-one. They are just a careless crowd. I guess I should say "we" are a careless clan (although I think my sisters and I are different!). <br /><br />So soldier on with your research, teach the younger generations to value their past, and keep on poking and prodding to get info from your family! It is worth the effort! GOOD LUCK!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087276821806770733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011442991086412622.post-79838782907164746232012-01-30T12:46:30.610-08:002012-01-30T12:46:30.610-08:00Really good article, Kate! My mother's family...Really good article, Kate! My mother's family has been spectacularly unwilling to participate. At the 90th birthday party for my one remaining maternal aunt, all attendees (my first and second cousins) vowed to make the reunion an annual event. No one, however, followed through when the invitation to plan the next gathering went out. Rats!<br />Well, my genealogy project marches on anyway. LOL!<br />I'm setting goals for 2012 which include more phone calls with family members to gather family stories and gathering more documentation to prove the various connections I've puzzled out so far. <br />Your article has given me the encouragement to search onward! :-)Donna Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17868923547854317802noreply@blogger.com