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From: "D. Stussy" <>
Subject: Re: How Did You Get Interested in Genealogy?
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 09:29:20 GMT
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Donna wrote:
> Is there anyone else out there who has become emotional about something you
> found in your family's history? A couple of times I have been typing the
> info into Legacy or writing it down and I have found tears running down my
> face.
>
> An example was ...

Not emotional, but the truth can hurt sometimes. Nevertheless, that still "who
we are" (for each).

I've had a direct ancestor executed for her "crime."

It's not so bad when one finds out that the place was a small village N-NE of
Boston called Salem and the year was 1692.

Probably every third family who was well established lost someone in the Civil
War.

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