When and where were your parents born? What are their full names? What do/did they look like? What were their occupations? How did they come to meet and marry?
Again
the plan here is to the more interesting information about our families
histories. Understanding if they were born in the same town they live
in now. Were they born overseas and where? Understanding what there
full names will help in looking for future generations, because of the
use of common naming patterns. Understanding if names were changed and
why.
I am
always struck the looks of ancestors two generations ago and the
resemblance to the people of today. My father is short, but if you look
at my grandpa and all his brothers they are very tall.
Where
did they work? The jobs of yesteryear are often ones that do not even
exist in today's world. Were they laborers, farmers or work for the
railroad. Occupations and the accumulation of wealth often explains the
lack of a paper trail. People that did not have a lot of money did not
normally have very good paper trails.
Where
did they meet shows the closeness of neighborhoods. Did they meet at
church or school? Were they a friend of another member of the family?
All important items for putting the pieces of the puzzle together.
