I’m curious about what has happened in the past in my family, in the lives of my ancestors, perhaps this is why I started years ago gathering information about our family tree. It has been a long time since I read the forms I asked family members fill out for me…this month they will be pulled out of storage. It will be bitter-sweet looking at some of those forms because at least 3 of the people in my family who completed them are no longer living. This makes the fact that information was gathered from them even more precious.
Lets face it, many of us may not want to know certain facts about our family’s past…but all of that information can help you know more about yourself, tendencies that may exist in your family, and if you are a person who believes in God’s power to heal (the God of the Bible), it can open the way to pray that God will help you through the things that you learn about yourself and your family.
Most of all, it can be great fun to learn who is part of your family history…like it was for me to learn that Charlotte Bronte is in my family tree…and others. There’s a tool for working on your family tree in the sidebar, and I am also interesting in looking at some of the new resources on the internet.
May is Personal History Month, learn something about your personal history.
