At the risk of getting hacked at, again...
Pointing out that others do not share that interest does not equate to my referring to genealogy as "a hobby" - I also do not agree that it is falling to the wayside. I agree with Sandy that it is as strong as ever. It may, in fact, continue to grow. After all, how many times do we see adds on TV to blindly "follow that leaf" after simply typing in your own name.
I am not a pessimist, I am a pragmatist. I am very well aware of my family origins and communicate that information with any younger family member whenever it is practical. That includes returning to those origins; visiting cemeteries; looking at photos and documents.
Returning to Read Only Mode,
Diane
Diane T. Schug-O’Neill
Digital Conversion Specialist
Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Sands "Sandy" Satterwhite
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 7:31 PM
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Subject: Re: Cemeteries and Burial question
I agree with a large portion of what you say in this post. But I need to add kinda" a wait a minute" to your last paragraph. I work as an historical interpreter and I see hundreds of school children a year that come to learn about the past. Yes, tons are there only because their school brought them and they can't wait to get out, but in the past few years I'm beginning to see an upswing in young children with a deep fascination with learning about the past and how people lived. I've seen that it's often the grandparents who bring them back to the site- because the child told them they had so much fun on the school trip they wanted to come back. So from my limited vantage point, I do see something I have not been seeing in the past and it is noticeable and encouraging.
Maybe I tend to be more optimistic than pessimistic, but I think if history can be presented in a way the younger generation can relate to, you will make converts. Society is very self absorbed just by the nature of all the high tech stuff we live with, but show someone how people like ourselves lived, worked, loved and died and you will find a large majority will be interested..And I believe as long as civilization lasts, there will be that interest in /"how did they do that?"/ as people look back to the past.
Oh, well, enough said, that's my 5 cents!
Sandy
On 9/9/2014 11:22 AM, Eric Huffstutler wrote:
> And forget where grandpa is buried? That goes hand-in-hand with the hobby of genealogy also falling to the wayside. You would be hard pressed to get an answer with todays children as to who their grandparents are including their names or where they live – let alone where they are buried. They just don’t have an interest in “old things” but only live for the moment.
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> Eric
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Schug-O'Neill, Diane
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> I agree with PJFenton, that current migration can cause a lot of "family forgetfulness" and folks just don't know where gramps ended up.
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> On another note:
> I was just told about some dog walking groups paying big bucks for the use of the grounds. They actually pay dues and that can go a long way towards paying cemetery costs. This sort of out-of-the-box thinking can go a long way.
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> Diane
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> Diane T. Schug-O'Neill
> Digital Conversion Specialist
> Geography and Map Division
> Library of Congress
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joanne Fenton
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 3:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: Cemeteries and Burial question
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> We have become so migratory that many family ties are lost. Ancestor searching may repair some. Recently in the Halls Community of Knox County TN the local citizens with County help restored the cemetery of their founder Thomas Hall.
> It takes persistence.
> PJFenton
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