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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 4071474" data-attributes="member: 42584"><p>"I see that ALL the time. and it just pisses me off. People have ZERO respect for ancestors."</p><p></p><p>Yep. I've spent the last 14-years (give or take) compiling a complete ancestry record of my family history from the time that my relatives stepped onto American soil in 1854 to present, to include historical and contemporary documents, records, and photos.</p><p>So far the information fills 11-2" binders and a 'Family Tree' wall chart that lists 243 names (just the males with my last name) including their spouses and children - and I haven't even started yet on putting together the lineage of non-surname (non-family name) spouses and kids.</p><p></p><p>I talked to both of my adult kids about what I was doing and about my wishes that they (usually the oldest daughter of each generation takes the reigns) would take over being the 'guardian' of our family history after I'm gone, and continue adding to the information that I have so lovingly worked on for so long, and pass that task of keeping up on our family history on to each succeeding generation to come.</p><p>This is especially important being that my son is the last living member of our Family Tree with my last name (surname) so when he dies, our family name ends as well.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, neither of my two adult children nor my four adult grandchildren have shown any interest whatsoever with maintaining our family records or history. It's sad, and makes me angry to know that everything will eventually just end up in a dumpster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 4071474, member: 42584"] "I see that ALL the time. and it just pisses me off. People have ZERO respect for ancestors." Yep. I've spent the last 14-years (give or take) compiling a complete ancestry record of my family history from the time that my relatives stepped onto American soil in 1854 to present, to include historical and contemporary documents, records, and photos. So far the information fills 11-2" binders and a 'Family Tree' wall chart that lists 243 names (just the males with my last name) including their spouses and children - and I haven't even started yet on putting together the lineage of non-surname (non-family name) spouses and kids. I talked to both of my adult kids about what I was doing and about my wishes that they (usually the oldest daughter of each generation takes the reigns) would take over being the 'guardian' of our family history after I'm gone, and continue adding to the information that I have so lovingly worked on for so long, and pass that task of keeping up on our family history on to each succeeding generation to come. This is especially important being that my son is the last living member of our Family Tree with my last name (surname) so when he dies, our family name ends as well. Sadly, neither of my two adult children nor my four adult grandchildren have shown any interest whatsoever with maintaining our family records or history. It's sad, and makes me angry to know that everything will eventually just end up in a dumpster. [/QUOTE]
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