Okay, I saw this question when I was surfing the net this week, and have thought about it ever since.. What are your thought son this? If you had a chance to know all about all of your ancestors, with no more searching and investigating, would you take it? In other words, how many of you are doing this to learn the information over doing this because you enjoy the challenge of finding the information? Okay gang.. step up to the mike, and tell us your thoughts! Lanita

Lanita, Now this is a very good question and really something to think about. Now take it - YES I couldn't resist taking it - but would I be satisfied? That would be a resounding NO - I would have missed the 'chase', the 'friends', the 'thrills', 'the struggles' and yes even those brick walls. That is the joy, finding that little clue which always opens up MORE QUESTIONS and more to search for. Never-ending, yes - but that is the fun - knowing that if, for some unimaginable piece of luck, I ever did find out all that there was to ever know about even ONE of my direct ancestors, there are always two more, four more, eight more and so on! It is always wanting to know more. If I knew everything and had it just handed to me, I would just be reading continually and missing the 'ride'. Makes me think of the Bible and can readily see why God doesn't provide us with all the answers at once! Are we really ready for ALL the facts on a platter! NOT ME! But please do keep those 'appetizers' coming my way! >smiling< Ann (Jobe) Brown > > > If you had a chance to know all about all of your ancestors, with no > more searching and investigating, would you take it? In other words, how > many of you are doing this to learn the information over doing this > because you enjoy the challenge of finding the information? > > Okay gang.. step up to the mike, and tell us your thoughts!

I have long been a "cross-word puzzler" (fanatic, my husband would say) and that extends to my genealogical searches. I definitely do it first for the challenge and then for the information and all that it provides. It's definitely not one or the other, just one more being more important than the other. Catherine Lanita Sconce Miller wrote: > > If you had a chance to know all about all of your ancestors, with no > more searching and investigating, would you take it? In other words, how > many of you are doing this to learn the information over doing this > because you enjoy the challenge of finding the information? >

Someone find all my missing links and then test me. I won't take it. Honestly, I would take it but I would try to check it myself and fill in the blanks. There is a lot to know other than the just the dry dates. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] discussion topic > Okay, I saw this question when I was surfing the net this week, and have > thought about it ever since.. > > What are your thought son this? > > > If you had a chance to know all about all of your ancestors, with no > more searching and investigating, would you take it? In other words, how > many of you are doing this to learn the information over doing this > because you enjoy the challenge of finding the information? > > Okay gang.. step up to the mike, and tell us your thoughts! > > Lanita > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >

RE: fill in the blanks What blanks? You already have all the info with the documentation.. there won't be any blanks!! See why I struggled with this question! Lanita

I would take the info and continue the hunt. As Jim said, there would always be that question - did the transcriber write it down right? And I love collecting the old documents, photos, visiting the cemeteries and finding the stories there. Even if the documentation is given to you, I just feel a need to personalize the records - fill in my own personal history. I guess you could say it is comforting. BUT, genealogy is not just about learning about your ancestors. It is also learning about your unknown living relatives. I love walking up to someone here and town that I have known all my life and saying "Hey, did you know we are cousins?" Last year I found out my next door neighbor (whom I have lived beside for nine years) is my third cousin on my Bellah side. I went over and said "Hey Don - - did you know we are cousins?" He had known my mother and her brother all his life, but never knew they were related! He started whipping out pictures and talking about relatives - what a blast! SO, I already take all the info I can get (that's why these lists are started isn't it - the helpful nature of the genealogist?) and set about trying to collect my own documentation. Peggy -----Original Message----- From: Lanita Sconce Miller [mailto:ozarkn@southwind.net] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:43 PM To: MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] discussion topic If you had a chance to know all about all of your ancestors, with no more searching and investigating, would you take it? In other words, how many of you are doing this to learn the information over doing this because you enjoy the challenge of finding the information?