Beautifully written. I alternated between laughing and crying; finished with goosebumps up and down my arms. Your ancestors are surely proud as can be of your gift. Thank you for sharing it with us!   Laura My family history web site: http://livinginthepastlane.com My family history blog: http://livinginthepastlane.blogspot.com/ >________________________________ >From: Drew Moore <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 11:33 AM >Subject: [MDWashin] newly published genealogy article in "Fortnightly Review" > >Dear Fellow Genealogists, > >I want to alert you to an article that I just published in the literary online journal "Fortnightly Review," about the pitfalls and rewards of searching for one's ancestors---inspired by own experience of researching my Moores of PG County and Washington County. > >http://fortnightlyreview.co.uk/2011/11/genealogy-in-america/ > >Hope you enjoy, >Drew Moore > > > > >********* >Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN >********* > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >Relatively speaking,