journey through the past

my personal genealogical journey and some things i've learned along the way

20 October 2007

proof

Wouldn't you like to find that everything other people submit to those sites like ancestry.com is posted complete with sources?

All I did was follow a "hint" at ancestry, and bingo! Generation after generation of ancestors apparent popped up. With each new 5-generation chart, more climbed out of the dusty past. When the deluge slowed, the names were Roman and the dates were in the area of B.C.

snorts

Now what self-respecting genealogist would take any of that at face value?

Infinitely disappointed, I simply started over, and decided that all those "hints" would be taken with a grain of salt until proven.

Now I know that we will never prove everything we uncover and believe to be true, but I would like to try to prove as much as possible. There's just something about having all these beautifully lengthy ancestral lines and knowing that they cannot possibly be proven. I accept that fact. Besides life is too short to spend all of it trying to prove things that are impossible.

My new goal is to prove what I can and what I can't prove, then i'll simply enjoy the possibility of it being true.


Happy Hunting!

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