Part 2 - Why do we keep secrets?
At Record My Past, it is not uncommon for us to unearth a secret. Someone relaying their life story might say ‘You know I’ve actually never told anyone that before’, or during our family history research we come across a ‘skeleton in the closet’.
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Exploring a mystery in the GARLAND family
Without a deep dive into my DNA test results, I would never have discovered my newly found Melbourne cousin and he would be none the wiser about the identity of his maternal grandfather, (continued)
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Exploring a mystery in the GARLAND family
Without a deep dive into my DNA test results, I would never have discovered my newly found Melbourne cousin and he would be none the wiser about the identity of his maternal grandfather.
...continue reading.
Part 1 - What is a secret?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I find so compelling about researching my own family history and helping others research theirs. It’s not only to do with completing the jigsaw of my genealogical story. It’s like an almost misplaced fascination about what secrets lie lurking.
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My father sadly has no idea how much he has influenced my career...
All blogs need to have that first starter post and procrastination is the worst enemy of its creator. As Jennifer Saunders so rightly put it: “I wish someone really important would admit to procrastination and turn it into a disease and then there would be a treatment centre”. But start somewhere I must, so I am going to leap in with the motivations behind my drive to start Record My Past...
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