7 Read the family stories and match them with the pictures.
A)
Apparently, history sometimes repeats itself — and you might be unaware of what has been handed down through your own family.
Frances decided to explore her family’s past and she found out many thrilling facts. Without knowing anything about her ancestors and who they were when she started out, she was surprised to find some direct connections. Her great grandparent did things in his life that she does in her life as if their lives reflected each other. When she wanted to organise a football team with local lads [CG], it turned out that her great grandfather did exactly the same more than 60 years ago.
It was exciting to know that she was part of a big family, she felt a real great granddaughter of her great grandfather! The research gave her a sense of belonging and knowing who she was. It was pleasant to know that she followed in the footsteps of her parents and grandparents.
B)
You can really make history come alive if you find out which of your ancestors lived in a certain era.
John managed to find some documents relating to his family back to about 1703. He says that going back in time you feel an immediate connection between members of your family and the events that were happening at that time.
‘I feel as if I have a direct personal connection with that period and the family that were living then. I learned where they were living and later I visited the places. I got a real sense of history when I set foot on a place where things had happened historically. It seems that doing this takes you back in time and transports you to a different period of time’. vC)
If you are curious about your family history, you may go to your grandmother’s house and find a lot of fascinating information.
Gary came across many postcards with little messages on their backs at his grandmother’s attic. He believes that family research isn’t only about surfing the Internet, looking for the data and seeing who lived where. It is also searching the newspapers, and wardrobes’ drawers, and old shoe boxes.
‘My grandmother seemed to put everything into a box and I got hundreds of postcards and old photographs. When I took out a historic photo from the bottom of the box, she told me a story out of it. I have been lucky that my granny had all this stuff and a very good memory,’ he explains.
D)
It is very useful to think back to previous generations. New children in a family may cause many people to do this.
Madeline recalls that when her first son was born, their friend gave them one of those books where people put the child’s first lock of hair, and first photograph, and such sort of things. There was a section for the family history in the book. She realised right away that they didn’t know who her grandfather was. She decided to investigate the details and to find out who he was, where he came from and other details of his biography. This research started her hobby, which has now been going on for many years. This wish to learn more about your ancestors adds to your identity and gives you a sense of who you are and where you come from. This kind of hobby puts you in context and it is even more important nowadays when there are a lot of divorces and family break-ups.
A)
Apparently, history sometimes repeats itself — and you might be unaware of what has been handed down through your own family.
Frances decided to explore her family’s past and she found out many thrilling facts. Without knowing anything about her ancestors and who they were when she started out, she was surprised to find some direct connections. Her great grandparent did things in his life that she does in her life as if their lives reflected each other. When she wanted to organise a football team with local lads [CG], it turned out that her great grandfather did exactly the same more than 60 years ago.
It was exciting to know that she was part of a big family, she felt a real great granddaughter of her great grandfather! The research gave her a sense of belonging and knowing who she was. It was pleasant to know that she followed in the footsteps of her parents and grandparents.
B)
You can really make history come alive if you find out which of your ancestors lived in a certain era.
John managed to find some documents relating to his family back to about 1703. He says that going back in time you feel an immediate connection between members of your family and the events that were happening at that time.
‘I feel as if I have a direct personal connection with that period and the family that were living then. I learned where they were living and later I visited the places. I got a real sense of history when I set foot on a place where things had happened historically. It seems that doing this takes you back in time and transports you to a different period of time’. vC)
If you are curious about your family history, you may go to your grandmother’s house and find a lot of fascinating information.
Gary came across many postcards with little messages on their backs at his grandmother’s attic. He believes that family research isn’t only about surfing the Internet, looking for the data and seeing who lived where. It is also searching the newspapers, and wardrobes’ drawers, and old shoe boxes.
‘My grandmother seemed to put everything into a box and I got hundreds of postcards and old photographs. When I took out a historic photo from the bottom of the box, she told me a story out of it. I have been lucky that my granny had all this stuff and a very good memory,’ he explains.
D)
It is very useful to think back to previous generations. New children in a family may cause many people to do this.
Madeline recalls that when her first son was born, their friend gave them one of those books where people put the child’s first lock of hair, and first photograph, and such sort of things. There was a section for the family history in the book. She realised right away that they didn’t know who her grandfather was. She decided to investigate the details and to find out who he was, where he came from and other details of his biography. This research started her hobby, which has now been going on for many years. This wish to learn more about your ancestors adds to your identity and gives you a sense of who you are and where you come from. This kind of hobby puts you in context and it is even more important nowadays when there are a lot of divorces and family break-ups.
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