Comments on: Genealogy and Family History - Old Family Letters, Diaries, and Journals http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/family-tree-history/genealogy-and-family-history-old-family-letters-diaries-and-journals.html Genealogy and Family Tree How-to Help Sun, 19 May 2013 16:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Dave http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/family-tree-history/genealogy-and-family-history-old-family-letters-diaries-and-journals.html#comment-2455 Dave Fri, 27 May 2011 07:12:24 +0000 http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/family-tree-history/genealogy-and-family-history-old-family-letters-diaries-and-journals.html#comment-2455 There are lots of moments in a day that we want to note and cherish. These may be things that even the people closest to you won't care about. However, we all have a tendency in us to etch them in this big world. Is this how social networking updates work as a new medium? We update our status. We post photos of some highlights in the day or season. We let people know. some, we keep private. Beyond tangible journals, I believe, many if not all, have some point of recording and describing how the world appears to us, in our eye view. There are lots of moments in a day that we want to note and cherish. These may be things that even the people closest to you won’t care about. However, we all have a tendency in us to etch them in this big world. Is this how social networking updates work as a new medium? We update our status. We post photos of some highlights in the day or season. We let people know. some, we keep private.

Beyond tangible journals, I believe, many if not all, have some point of recording and describing how the world appears to us, in our eye view.

]]> By: Gay Gantvoort http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/family-tree-history/genealogy-and-family-history-old-family-letters-diaries-and-journals.html#comment-643 Gay Gantvoort Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:38:22 +0000 http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/family-tree-history/genealogy-and-family-history-old-family-letters-diaries-and-journals.html#comment-643 My Grandma Gay's diary like Aunt Maggie's, except once in a while she showed she could say a lot in few words. Feb 1940: went to the dentist. had a root canal. It was no fun. Dec 4, 1941: Dr. here to see Horace (Her husband). He said that Horace was better. We ate lunch and Horace took a nap. ... He never woke up. I have more of the details having grown up with her and she wrote down her life story for us. But I think her entries though short gives a lot of the story. Gay My Grandma Gay’s diary like Aunt Maggie’s, except once in a while she showed she could say a lot in few words.

Feb 1940: went to the dentist. had a root canal. It was no fun.

Dec 4, 1941: Dr. here to see Horace (Her husband). He said that Horace was better. We ate lunch and Horace took a nap. … He never woke up.

I have more of the details having grown up with her and she wrote down her life story for us. But I think her entries though short gives a lot of the story.

Gay

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