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From: Cindy <>
Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Recuriting Young Blood into Genealogical Research & Membershi...
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 07:08:24 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <50.11424d3b.27b76f00@aol.com>

Hi Dawn,
That's great that your children enjoy helping you.
I've done the same thing with my son who is now 17. I
started him out when he was younger by picking out
books and giving him a list of names to look for in
the books. Or I'd ask him to find me a map of a
certain country and make a copy of it. He always loved
to have a roll of dimes for the copy machine. Now if
he goes with me, I tell him who I'd like him to look
for and what year and what county and he'll read
through microfilm. Because of helping me all these
years, he is familiar with the surnames I'm
researching and will tell me anytime he comes across
those names.
I agree with you, hope is not lost on the young!

Cindy

--- wrote:
> The younger the better is my belief. I started
> researching my tree when I
> was 20 (8 years ago). At that time, I only had 2
> grandparents left. One died
> within months after I started. Most of his brothers
> and sisters were sitting
> together after his funeral, and they were more than
> happy to tell me as much
> as they could remember about their family. That
> opportunity can never be
> repeated, and I am lucky to have been researching at
> the time.
> My children are 4 and 6. They both sat on my lap
> as infants while I
> researched online. They both love to hear stories
> about their family and see
> old pictures.
> My 6 yr. old helps me look for our surnames in
> the cemeteries. She tells
> everyone "We are looking for people hanging around
> in our family tree." She
> is still too young and restless for a trip to the
> State Library, but maybe
> not too much longer.
> My 4 yr. old cleans dirt off of the tombstones
> and straightens the flowers
> on the graves. At least he doesn't ask any longer if
> he can take his little
> shovel to go "grave digging." My 6 yr. old came up
> with that name for trips
> to the cemetery.
> Hope is not lost on the young. As genealogical
> research gains popularity,
> more of the younger generation will become involved.
>
> Dawn Wine



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