Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Genealogy- Back to the Beginning

I initially started my genealogy research when I was 12 years old. I was assigned a project in history class where I had to interview one of my elder relatives and see how their life was growing up compared to ours. I chose my grandfather Lymus SIMMONS, Jr.

I continued researching on and off for about 10 years and gathered quite a bit of research. Due to a very tragic accident and some unforeseen circumstances, I lost all of my research. It was very devastating to have to start all over, bur it was also a blessing. Most  of the information I had collected was not properly documented and by the time I learned how to properly cite sources, I had forgotten where I had found the information.

Now that I have no choice but to start over, I know how to properly document my sources and preserve my research for future generations.

5 comments:

  1. Oh - reading your post made me ill - I would not want to lose my research (sourced or unsourced). Looking forward to reading more posts.

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  2. I can't even imagine losing all of my research. I did start over as you did though - after a few years of research, I took a class and started over, with sources for everything. It was a lot of work to re-do it all, but worth it in the end.

    Glad to have found your blog through Geneabloggers.

    Jennifer
    www.climbingmyfamilytree.com

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  3. @Tessa- Thanks for reading my blog. Yes it was very hard to accept that all of that research was gone, but you live and you learn.

    @Jennifer- I'm glad you found my blog as well. I think Geneabloggers is the best site I've found so far. I've been blogging for quite some time now, but I just started blogging about genealogy and family history.

    This is definitely a lot different than any other blogging that I've ever done. I don't even know what to blog about when I haven't found any new information on an ancestor. Any ideas??

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  4. My great grandfather Lymus Simmons born abt 1837
    grandfather Charles Lymus Simmons born abt 1893
    Have you ever heard of them and do you have photos?

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  5. @grahamsofhealing Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. My grandfather Lymus Simmons Jr. was born in 1927ish... lol. I found some information on what I believe to be his father.

    I tried to pull up your blogger profile to get your email but it says it is not public. Email me at ninipolite{at}gmail{dot}com and I can let you know what I have.

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