In the Shade of the Family Tree

In The Shade of the Family Tree

Submitted by: JulieKQ

Author: Julie Quick

All the names on these pages,
it's hard to believe,
that hundreds of people
are related to me.

Grandmas and Grandpas,
Uncles and Aunts,
Cousins, more cousins
Me? Stop? No, I can't!

Germany, Canada,
Scotland, and France
All came together
Just out of chance.

To think that I started
with just a blank sheet.
Now put end to end,
the tree measures in feet!

Volumes of info
gathered up from the past,
saved acid free
'cause I want it to last.

It's possible that
there have been some mistakes
but all of these names,
why bother to fake?

I'm hoping some day
some ambitious descendant
will cherish my volumes
so glad that I've done it.

I can't help but think that
if everyone did this
we'd find, none too soon,
we have very few differences.

Please, listen to me
don't leave it to fate.
Gather much from your elders
before it's too late.

--March 9, 1999

to begin

I guess at some point in our lives we begin looking forward and behind us at the same time. The past tells us who we are, as well as giving us a foundation for the future.

This blog was started to chronicle the search for our family ancestors. Stay tuned for more to follow.

Genealogy search - you have arrived

well, it's a beginning - starting.... now!