Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon
Feature image: Collage of photos from W. Halse collection 2015
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My own take from 2003:
Genealogy
Musty old paper and jaundice photographs
Pave the path like stepping stones
To the doors of our ancestors.
We walk this path with hesitance and hope
Seeking to find a some small clue
To who and why we are.
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Very nice!
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Now that’s a nice Haiku! It fits the Japanese standard for meaningful and thought provoking content. I LOVE it Eilene! Good Job! 🙂
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Thank you, dear!
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Very apt haiku and I love the photos. That’s a well-laid table they set out — simple but generous. 🙂
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Thank you. I think it must have been an epic meal. 😊
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Not just ‘sort of’! That’s a lovely haiku! I once had a quick thought that I should write a haiku relating to each ancestor I research, based on what i find out about their life. (Yeah, that hasn’t happened yet. )
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Sounds like a wonderful project!
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Amazing pictures! I love to watch old family photos. I used to listen stories about them from my dad. The best time 🙂
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I love old photographs. I try to describe or say who is the photographs I take, or else there will be generations to come saying “Who is that?”, like I have done over the years. That’s if they look at them as we don’t have children.
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It’s good to tackle that labeling even if you don’t have kids(as we don’t either). You never know who might be interest in the future. Sometimes the people who have the photos don’t even know who is in them, but when I collect enough from various sources, I can start to figure them out.
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Very true about who may be interested. There are always people in every generation who are interested in genology and history.
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“flipping through the pages”, your haiku caught the eye. Good thing; the photos are great.
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Thanks! There’s such a collection that I need to sort through, organize and label. It’s daunting.
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Definitely thought provoking. I’ve never done much heritage digging, mainly because I never had anyone ignite that spark and/ or give me any basic building blocks.
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Is there a genealogical society or DAR chapter in your area? They would happily get you started.
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There is, but I live in a different area than my ancestors did. Different country. Different continent, so I would probably go have to go back to the roots. Maybe one day…
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Online resources have come a long way in just the past few years. You might be surprised what you can find just sitting at your computer.
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True, true.
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Lovely haiku!
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Thanks!
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