Greetings! I am delighted to have you visit my
Family Stories Blog. My name is Pamela Sue Hutchison Garrett and I have been
researching family history for more than thirty years now. This Blog is a companion site to my family
history database, Family Stories, pamgarrett.com.
I’ve had years now to observe people’s reactions
when I say to them, “I have a passion for family history!” If you speak these words to a like-minded
soul, shared experience will tumble forth.
Speaking the same words to the uninitiated usually invites a few moments
of polite conversation before moving on to other subjects. That’s ok, because we all have different
interests. But, there is something
about the stories, the family stories that can engage the non-genealogist.
This blog is primarily about the family
stories. Some of the stories come from
first - hand accounts, diaries and letters. Others are more second – hand,
extracted from biographies in county history books, or newspaper
obituaries. There will also be
speculative stories interpreted from the social histories of time and
place. Along with the stories there will
be plenty of photographs, a few travel-logs and mysteries, and suggestions for
further reading.
As the Family Stories Blog begins the focus will be
on my Clarkson family. The ancestral
families of Richard Albert Clarkson include Jeffries, Chinn, Bramham,
Crittenden, Moxley, Consterdine, Anderton, and Clarkson. The ancestral families
of his wife, Elizabeth Jane Robinson, include Edmonston, Royce, Van Lear, and
Robinson. Future expansions will look
at: Hutchison, Tanner, Garrett, Svejkovsky, Fry, Rowland, Grant, Nichols,
Lakin, Markham, Matthews, Fleming, Hutchins, Brooks and many others.
If you enjoy the stories and want to know more
about how they relate to your own ancestral past, be sure to visit the family
history database, Family Stories, pamgarrett.com. There are many more
stories available there, along with names, dates, documents, census records,
deeds, Wills, cemetery records . . . (on and on) . . .
I have a passion for family history!!
Pam Garrett
October 2012
Welcome to Geneabloggers :) Goodluck with your new blog!
ReplyDeleteOlga, thanks for the welcome. Geneabloggers is a great encouragement to a new blogger. I appreciate your visit!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Geneabloggers, I look forward to following your blog.
ReplyDeleteDiane, thanks for welcoming me to Geneabloggers. The blogging world is totally new to me, and I have much to learn. I made a visit to your 'Family Stories' and 'The Other Half' - enjoyed reading. I love your header photo on the Family Stories Blog. Thanks.
DeleteWelcome to Geneabloggers! I think you'll really enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteHeather, thanks for your welcome. I'm looking forward to 'maturing' my blog with the encouragement of Geneabloggers. I visited your Leaves for Trees blog and really appreciated the post on Evernote for Genealogy. I can see this as a very useful tool for organizing research for blog posts. Thanks for the tip!
DeleteHi Pam!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment on the Thomas Tew postings at The Prism! With a possible connection to NY Colonial Governor Fletcher and a known NY ancestor, do you have many New England roots too?
I see you began your blog a few months before I started mine. I am joining your site today. I too,have a passion for family history!"
John
John,
ReplyDeleteI'm delighted to have you join the Family Stories Blog. I do have some interesting New England ancestors, but I must confess that my many years of family history research have focused more on my early Virginia family. I am trying to discipline myself to get my work, to this point, online. But, I hope to return to researching before too long. I am determined to dig deeper into my New England ancestry. Thanks for your comment! I look forward to reading along with your Prism Blog.
Pam Garrett