The feeling when, on a whim, you put your long-deceased grandma's name into a search engine and actually find a photo!
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@wilpercy No worries! That was an amazing story about your grandfather, and I'm glad you shared it.
@jeridansky @wilpercy Both of these stories are awesome. Thank you *both* for sharing. (I'm my own family's geneaology nerd, and I love fortuitous findings like this when they happen.)
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@jeridansky @wilpercy Both of these stories are awesome. Thank you *both* for sharing. (I'm my own family's geneaology nerd, and I love fortuitous findings like this when they happen.)
@djwtwo @jeridansky any similar stories, Dennis?
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The feeling when, on a whim, you put your long-deceased grandma's name into a search engine and actually find a photo! #ThrowbackThursday
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I felt the same when after a random search I saw my maternal grandmother’s face for the first time ever — I was at least 60 & had never known any grandparents. -
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I felt the same when after a random search I saw my maternal grandmother’s face for the first time ever — I was at least 60 & had never known any grandparents.@cynblogger Wow! How wonderful! I can barely imagine how that must have felt.
There was nothing really surprising about my find, except that it was there, online, ready to be found. And that someone was selling the photo!
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@djwtwo @jeridansky any similar stories, Dennis?
@wilpercy @jeridansky My recent discoveries have mostly been less happy (stories of family violence, in fact.) But a few years back I discovered I'm not the only person in my lineage with a patent when I stumbled on my 3x-great-grandfather's patent for a removable handle for a cross-cut saw.
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@wilpercy @jeridansky My recent discoveries have mostly been less happy (stories of family violence, in fact.) But a few years back I discovered I'm not the only person in my lineage with a patent when I stumbled on my 3x-great-grandfather's patent for a removable handle for a cross-cut saw.
@wilpercy @jeridansky But when I was a kid in the '70s, we were watching some WW2 documentary, and my mother practically jumped off the couch and said "that's my father!" in one of the scenes. I've been looking for that footage off and on ever since without luck (no one in the family remembers the title of the documentary, and TV Guide archives have not been helpful—too much to search).
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@wilpercy @jeridansky But when I was a kid in the '70s, we were watching some WW2 documentary, and my mother practically jumped off the couch and said "that's my father!" in one of the scenes. I've been looking for that footage off and on ever since without luck (no one in the family remembers the title of the documentary, and TV Guide archives have not been helpful—too much to search).
@djwtwo Wow! But I can imagine how nearly impossible it would be to find that footage.
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@wilpercy @jeridansky My recent discoveries have mostly been less happy (stories of family violence, in fact.) But a few years back I discovered I'm not the only person in my lineage with a patent when I stumbled on my 3x-great-grandfather's patent for a removable handle for a cross-cut saw.
@djwtwo Sorry to hear you've been discovering such disturbing stories. But I'm glad there was at least one cool positive thing, too.
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@djwtwo Sorry to hear you've been discovering such disturbing stories. But I'm glad there was at least one cool positive thing, too.
@jeridansky I can't imagine there's any family without some horror in their back story *somewhere*—I mean, I've met humans and read history. I take solace in that this was generations ago and didn't directly impact anyone still living.
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@cynblogger Wow! How wonderful! I can barely imagine how that must have felt.
There was nothing really surprising about my find, except that it was there, online, ready to be found. And that someone was selling the photo!
@jeridansky
Selling! Wow! That would be a shocker. Do you know any of the kids in the pic?
