Duke Family Tree
They say you never really know who you are until you've researched your family tree. I find that is very much the case with this family. The family is so extensive and very much like a raw onion. Peel it back a layer at a time but don't slice it open or you'll end up in tears. Well, I don't know what that is supposed to mean, but It's an interesting group of characters!
What have you found in your family research? Did you find a hidden mystery, answers to a question you had or maybe a secret profession?
Whatever it is, it's always a blessing to find treasures like these gloves when you are a genealogist.
What have you found in your family research? Did you find a hidden mystery, answers to a question you had or maybe a secret profession?
Whatever it is, it's always a blessing to find treasures like these gloves when you are a genealogist.
Strangers in a Box
Come, look with me inside this drawer, In this box I've often seen, At the pictures, black and white, Faces proud, still, and serene. I wish I knew the people, These strangers in the box, Their names and all their memories, Are lost among my socks. I wonder what their lives were like, How did they spend their days? What about their special times? I'll never know their ways. If only someone had taken time, To tell, who, what, where, and when, These faces of my heritage, Would come to life again. Could this become the fate, Of the pictures we take today? The faces and the memories, Someday to be passed away? Take time to save your stories, Seize the opportunity when it knocks, Or someday you and yours, Could be strangers in the box. |