“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
― Marcus Tullius
Cicero
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
