08/10/08
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Felicia @ 4:10 pm
What an interesting week.
I took a few days off last week, and Adam was on vacation all week. On Tuesday, we went swimming at our usual spot and hung out with his parents that evening looking at some old postcards they had come across. They were all to a couple members of the family and were dated between 1902 and the 1920s. Many of them were in German. Most are in mint condition. There are a couple of Christmas postcards in German that I think we should scan and make into our Christmas cards this year. There were quite a few pictures of buildings in downtown St. Louis, like the Railway Exchange Building in 1913 when Famous-Barr (now Macy’s) went into it. Some of the buildings are no longer there. There were also some old pictures and even a few of Adam as a baby (awwww, a/k/a blackmail - his 40th birthday is just a few short years away!). It was really neat.
I was thinking about the similarities in Adam’s dad’s upbringing, and my paternal Grandfather. Ethnic German neighborhood, speaking German as much as English, etc.
Then, my parents were contacted by a distant relative who said that a researcher had contacted her about wanting to write a book about my paternal grandfather (did I say that right?). My Great Grandfather was a very interesting man. He was a business entrapraneur who went into Monterrey, Mexico and did much for that community, and anything I say now will not do the man and his accomplishments justice because I just don’t that much about him. However, just in the past few days corresponding, I’ve learned so much that I haven’t known about that part of my family’s history, and could potentially be put in touch with relatives we never knew existed - possibly with one having a tie with Ethiopia - could this have meant to be? Meanwhile, we’re in the process of gathering what information we have about our little branch of the tree to send to hopefully help this person out in her research. Yes, I’m pretty sure the researcher is the real deal.
I’ve always wanted to know about that side of my family. I know all about the German part, now I want to know about the Mexican part. Geneology has always been interesting, obviously, since most of you know me as a history nerd full of useless information. It just never was something I felt like taking the time to compile. Also, I’m wondering if our kids would appreciate learning about it. I hope so. We’ll certainly encourage them to learn about their birth families, if they can, when they get older.
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