tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post8817342721110259209..comments2023-08-25T18:09:09.834-07:00Comments on Wrote By Rote: Recording Family History for Future Generations : Guest Post by Pauleen CassArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-27800963977148327482012-08-09T03:53:34.871-07:002012-08-09T03:53:34.871-07:00A great post and you are so right about preserving...A great post and you are so right about preserving memories. Until I started blogging, I never really thought abut recording my own childhood and have enjoyed writing to the various online prompts. On my lengthy "to do" list is the intention to bring these all together into some kind of volume. Watch this space!ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-14020549403462616862012-08-09T00:30:25.731-07:002012-08-09T00:30:25.731-07:00Hi Pauline .. great info here and though none of u...Hi Pauline .. great info here and though none of us have kids - I'd still like to go back and learn some more - I seem to have become a sort of 'historian' since I started blogging really from articles and ideas that I was talking to my mother about before she died recently. Not having to worry as such about the future will be easier for me - the family history is very interesting on both sides of the family going back - and I have some records. Certainly plenty of stories to weave in - just alone from the characters.<br /><br />Your history sounds fascinating and I hope you'll release it in another not so personal format ... as the connection with Papua New Guinea would interest many ...<br /><br />Cheers Lee and Pauleen ... have good weekends - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-5636554725817237682012-08-06T20:00:50.515-07:002012-08-06T20:00:50.515-07:00I enjoyed this post. It's interesting to think...I enjoyed this post. It's interesting to think about how to record information for future generations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-89035907846285460322012-08-06T15:46:49.663-07:002012-08-06T15:46:49.663-07:00A great post Pauline on how you started your resea...A great post Pauline on how you started your research. I am still busy with mine & getting the last glitches sorted out with my book too. Speak soon.Julie Goucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368170005503879489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-72579485606224257252012-08-05T02:55:38.819-07:002012-08-05T02:55:38.819-07:00Good advice Linda, we never know when time's r...Good advice Linda, we never know when time's running out. It's also important to write our own stories.Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-3193660553558103672012-08-04T21:06:26.145-07:002012-08-04T21:06:26.145-07:00Thanks for this post, Pauleen. You said, "It ...Thanks for this post, Pauleen. You said, "It would be rare to find a family historian who doesn’t wish they’d asked questions of their relatives and listened to them while they were still alive." You are so right. Not that I'm the family historian, but I am considered "the writer" in the family. And I sure wish I had written down my mom's stories before it was too late. I had no idea Alzheimer's would one day come along and steal them. So catch those stories while you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-41659568180470343822012-08-04T17:08:00.944-07:002012-08-04T17:08:00.944-07:00Dee,Dana and Wendy. Good luck with your publishing...Dee,Dana and Wendy. Good luck with your publishing plans...glad this was helpful. <br />Kmckendry -if you click on the link to the 52 weeks prompts you will get ideas of topics you could ask your grandpa about. You've got a great opportunity with a grandfather that age: do it now & enjoy the bonding that will come!Do remember life was different when he was young and try not to be judgemental.<br />Shelly, how lucky you are to have that journal! Great opportunity to make it into a story :-)Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-49855792379041567262012-08-04T07:02:07.017-07:002012-08-04T07:02:07.017-07:00Dear Pauleen, thank you for this short essay on wh...Dear Pauleen, thank you for this short essay on why and how you've written about your family and all its travels. It's wonderful that your children and theirs will have your work to read and to grow with.<br /><br />I'm glad, also, to learn about Blurb. I've been writing an on-line memoir of my own life and so this is a good backup for me. Thank you. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-36475478001284430302012-08-04T06:36:26.824-07:002012-08-04T06:36:26.824-07:00I've recently been thinking I need to do this....I've recently been thinking I need to do this. My grandpa is 91 and i'd love to sit down and record his story but I don't know what questions to ask. Great post.kjmckendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534751311630921447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-38726930206595411252012-08-04T06:27:57.327-07:002012-08-04T06:27:57.327-07:00Very interesting. I'm working on something sim...Very interesting. I'm working on something similar right now. Thanks for posting this. :)Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272293468239097754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-51120774331984576992012-08-04T04:48:49.201-07:002012-08-04T04:48:49.201-07:00This was very interesting. My dad enjoys researchi...This was very interesting. My dad enjoys researching our family tree. About a month ago, he gave me my grandmother's journal, It is full of intersting stories.shellyhttp://www.shellysnovicewritings.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-21389195128069735802012-08-04T03:37:07.798-07:002012-08-04T03:37:07.798-07:00I need to do this. Thanks for the link to Blurb a...I need to do this. Thanks for the link to Blurb and your thoughts on using it (I went back and read your post on AtoZ too).Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com