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November 25, 2018 By Nancy H. Vest Leave a Comment

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Thankful

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The prompt for this week is Thankful, to write about what or who are I thankful for finding in my genealogy research.

When I was teenager and my mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) would talk about serious things like boys, I would always say, “Oh, Mom. Things are different than when you were a girl.”

My mom would respond with something like, “Human nature never changes. It’s no different now than when I was a girl, or my mother was a girl, or when her mother was a girl.”

In typical teenage fashion, I would roll my eyes and walk away. But you know, she was right, and I found examples of life’s truths all through my genealogy research.

Here’s a few of the truths I learned along the way with examples I found doing newspaper research:

1-Amusing things happened in the good old days, just like they do now.

A Whale for Christmas (1937)

 

2-Tragedy can beget tragedy, no matter the century. Read the clipping below from a 1785 newspaper in Philadelphia.

 

3-Young people in other centuries did foolish things just like young people do today.

19th Century ‘Drag Race’ Goes Awry (1823)

 

Note: None of these stories are about any of my relatives. They are just articles I found while doing family research.

 

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