A New Approach To Family History

When I was a child, I remember my grandmas filling out pedigree charts that had names and dates on them. None of these names and dates meant anything to me, until one day I saw a picture of one of the people among all of the names.

Putting a face to the name sparked something within me, and I wanted to know more about them. What were they like? What were their favorite foods? What kind of things were they interested in? Did they have any fears? Were they similar to me?

This is what family history is to me. Knowing who they are and what they were like brings me closer to them and makes them real.