Back to the Future

Believe it or not I was very excited to recieve my first (and hopefully only) geneology software in the mail.  I have spent several hours learning how to use it, working through tutorials etc.  I have started entering my data, but am finding this rather tiresome, although necessary.  I console myself by the fact that anything worthwhile takes committment, hard work and persistance…so I keep plodding away.  The fear of losing my data, and the ability to create beautiful trees, not to mention the ability to locate all sorts of family anecdotes and tall tales instantly keeps me motivated.  I am frothing at the bit to get back to the excitment of research, past lives and locating more long lost relatives…. ahh all in good time. 

As with all important projects in one’s life it begins with the first step…this will be my tale, my journey.  The story of not just one family but many linked through time.  I tried to commence this epic expedition many years ago but failed.  I guess I didnt fail because you can only fail if you give up, and clearly I have not given up.  Lets say I stalled.

The emergence of the internet and all its wonderful resources made my quest a reality.  I now have a collection of names, dates, critical life events….but my real quest is to bring my ancestors and the times in which they lived to life.  To really try and feel what they felt, to travel back in time and experience, even momentarily their struggles, achievements, sadness and great joys.  To obtain just a glimpse of who they were before returning…back to the future.  Let the journey, through time, begin……