For the past year I have discovered my inner
love for Family History or
Genealogy.
My father helped me get started and I took
off from there.
Mainly I have been working diligently
on Larry's side of the family.
One of the websites the kids love searching with me
on is called Find A Grave.
People all over the world take photos of gravestones
to help others keep track of their family history.
I thought it would be good to "pay it forward" helping this
free website and offering to take pictures.
That is how we found ourselves walking through a local
cemetery one drizzly summer day searching for 5
different headstones.
The kids did great staying focused and helping out.
We had a talk about proper cemetery etiquette.
Like no sitting on headstones or removing the flowers.
We even talked about how people are buried with
certain versions of their names (like nicknames)
and what a birth / death year are.
Surprisingly they want to do it again too!!
But we did end up with some really muddy shoes.
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