AncestralSpace
Made especially for those that cant get enough of myspace/facebook type sites (and yes I realize some of you will have NO interest in this at all)
Some of you may wonder…why a site like this. Well I will tell you. Last year I made a myspace page for my genealogy forum and found lots of friends that have genealogy as an interest. Wednesday, I was “interviewed” about my thoughts on myspace and genealogy….did it help?
I got to thinking, nope, I’ve not found one piece of information or person with which to share information on myspace other than “genealogy news”
Then I got to thinking….I had seen a “myspace” type site for another hobby I’m interested in but I didnt know of one for one of the most widespread hobbies in the world. Why not have a social sight for people that were not looking to “find a date or a mate”.
People that know me, know I have a passion for research and for helping other people find things and for helping other people find living relatives that might help them break down their brickwalls.
Will this work? I don’t know…I have high hopes for it.
This site will be a work in progress for many weeks to come I’m sure, and suggestions are always welcome even if I might not always do what you suggest.
This is gonna be fun….yeah its gonna be fun
Ever wonder about the spanish flu? One of our most esteemed members (who just happens to be my mother lol) posted something on the forum that she had written for our family history awhile back.
It was first printed in Paper Plates, Napkins and Other Musings:
In Flew Enza
I had a little bird
It’s name was Enza
I opened the window
and in flew Enza.
A simple little jump rope rhyme to commemorate the worst epidemic this country has ever seen. One quarter of the population was wiped out in this outbreak. I have no records which of our family members succumbed to Spanish Flu, but there were a number who died in this time frame. It was devastating enough to merit a few paragraphs in any family history.
There has never been absolute proof where the epidemic started. Evidence seems to indicate it began at Fort Riley, Kansas in early Spring 1918. Soldiers burned tons of cow manure. As this was being done a gale sprang up unexpectedly. It became a virtual dust storm. The sun went black. Two days later on March 11 a private reported to the infirmary with a fever, sore throat and headache. Less than a minute later another soldier reported the same symptoms. By noon there were 100 cases, by nightfall, 500. Forty-eight men died in this initial onslaught. Then it seemed to disappear.
This was a good time in this country. Women had the vote, we had airmail, smallpox, anthrax, diphtheria and rabies had all been identified and cured. The country was behind the war effort 100%, celebrating with parades and parties-breeding grounds for an airborne virus. Something no one could hope to identify. Virus were not visible until the invention of the electron microscope, still far in our future.
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I orginally wrote this awhile back….but a conversation about this on one of the mailing lists today was about family bibles and I thought I would recycle this for anyone that might have missed it the first time.
It occured to me today while I was posting some of these on my own genealogy forum that a lot of you just might realize what I am about to tell you. I dont know how many of you use ebay, but there are ALWAYS people on there selling old family bibles that have a wealth of information in them. I know I spent 10 years trying to track down one of my own family bibles and once I found it, of course the information in it was invaluable. While I dont really condone people making a profit off others genealogy information (I know if I came accross something like these things I would do my best to track down someone researching the family and give it to them) it would not hurt you to look on ebay for stuff like this. There are more than you might think….also remember to keep an eye out at garage/estate sales. Unfortunately non genealogists just dont realize what they are getting rid of.
If you go to ebay and just put in family bible in the search you will see what Im saying, and some of these things are not going for cheap prices!!! I have also found MANY old family photos there as well.
Just thought I’d tell everyone about that in case they hadnt thought of it 
I am keeping a thread going on the forum of the finds I make on ebay so be sure to check it out to see if any of them could help you out!!! Some of these sellers actually tell you what listed on the birth/death/marriage pages and post pics of them, so you might want to keep this in the back of your mind next time you’re looking for a bible
Discarded Memories
