When she was in her mid
twenties she met her great aunt from Georgia.
Her aunt lived in the same small town where the young woman’s mother was
born. The Aunt was old and bent over from working endless hours in the carpet
mill. She told the young woman about the
many hours she spent in the library digging for her roots. This was long before
the internet and ancestry.com. Where books, wills, and the census were harder
to locate than it is now. The young woman returned home wondering if she was
intelligent enough to begin her own search. It seemed like it was a very
daunting task.
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Ten years went by before the
young woman thought to give researching a try.
Her mother passed away when she was 33 and the desire to know more about
from whence she came was stronger than ever. She was very unsure what to do or where to go
for help. Then a friend told her about a woman, who’s IQ was equal to Forrest Gump,
who could help with the research. She
gave what bit of information that she had to the researcher and waited in
anticipation. Before long a new
generation was discovered. Questions
were asked and the young woman told herself that if the researcher can do this,
then so can she.
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Each generation represented
our country. They stood up for this great nation. Her family fought in World
War I & II, the Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Revolutionary War. Her mother would be very proud to know that
her daughter found the path that was paved back to the beginning of this nation
by her ancestors. She felt honored, but
most of all blessed. When she found two
relatives who fought in the Revolution, she then thought that she just might
want to become a daughter. Not just any
daughter, but a Daughter of the American Revolution. The application was filled out, the mound of
documents copied and stapled together, then sent to the gods, hoping for
approval. In a few short weeks the
answer came. Then she smiled.
The “she” in this story is
me.
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