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From: "Rose Brunais" <>
Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] Sharing the good times [in genealogy!]
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 21:03:46 -0700


Some of these finds and stories are really what keep us going. The fact
that these are for the most part family members of ours makes them even more
important to us. Some of these stories are happy ones and some not so
happy. I have not been looking nearly as long as you have, June, and I
admire your patience and perseverence. As well as others who have made this
a lifetime search.
I recently found my father's line back to 1822 in Scotland thanks to a post
made by a then unknown cousin. They were asking about my branch of the
family that they were totally stumped on. I was able to give them names,
dates and other information they were unaware of. What they told me that I
didn't know was that my great-grandfather and his brother were very close
and that when my great-grandfather died at an early age (27) from measles
and spiral meningitis, his brother was known for years afterward to be seen
at his grave weeping. This is a very sad story, and that it happened to my
great-grandfather makes it even more sad, but an important part of who I am.
My brothers and I are not close at all and that these two members of our
family were so close greatly affects me. Sometimes we find a lot more than
we ever imagined in our searches.

Rose




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