Genealogy Jottings

Given a choice, which do most genealogists prefer? Researching their ancestors or digesting and publishing their findings? This week the Denver Family History Center’s Barb Price, when speaking to our Germanic Genealogical Society, mentioned how she loves the thrill of the research hunt but not so much the grind of creating reports. I find the same to be true of myself. I went years without writing any more than anecdotes on my ancestors. Then I realized that I really wanted to leave behind more than a collection of family group sheets. I want to preserve real family history. To keep myself on a writing schedule, I began writing character sketches and sharing them with family members at Christmas time. Today I started on this year’s subject–Ole and Sofie Bentsen who immigrated from Norway in 1904 and 1905. Sometime next month I will send out my composition on them together with photos and copies of documents. Contact me if you are related to these people and want one of these packages.

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