My hobby is tracing my family history. I mostly started it out of a desire to find out where I really came from, as my parents never really got on with anyone, so as a child I hardly knew any of my family.
Part of it though, was to find some kind of hero in the family. I war hero maybe or someone who saved a life. With all the people who have fought in wars over the years, and all the common ancestors we have, every family has some sort of hero somewhere. However, my family seems to be the exception. The only person of note I have found was a woman by the name of Florence Crook II, who was the village nutter. That's actually not true. There was an Arthur Millard on the other side of the family who made it to the local press. He attacked a policeman and wound in an asylum for insane criminals where he spent his days talking to the little men who lived in the walls.
No heros, just nutters. Anybody else enjoy family history and do you have any interesting tales of woe, misfortune or heroism worth sharing?
Part of it though, was to find some kind of hero in the family. I war hero maybe or someone who saved a life. With all the people who have fought in wars over the years, and all the common ancestors we have, every family has some sort of hero somewhere. However, my family seems to be the exception. The only person of note I have found was a woman by the name of Florence Crook II, who was the village nutter. That's actually not true. There was an Arthur Millard on the other side of the family who made it to the local press. He attacked a policeman and wound in an asylum for insane criminals where he spent his days talking to the little men who lived in the walls.
No heros, just nutters. Anybody else enjoy family history and do you have any interesting tales of woe, misfortune or heroism worth sharing?
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