While home isolating during a recent bout of Covid, I decided to spend a few days exploring my files, checking documents and revisiting old research. Exploring my old research is something I need to do more, fact checking and making sure all documents are properly referenced in my family group sheets, re-reading family stories and the records and details that corroborate (or explode) them.
I always enjoy exploring my files, revisiting old documents and reliving discoveries. As I have been researching for a number of years, the amount of paper I have accumulated is impressive, and I may not revisit certain families for quite some time. Delving deep into my accumulation of records is an exploration indeed.
I also spent time online exploring 'new' data available since I last researched certain branches of my family and making sure I had all the information available.
Another exploration over the past few weeks has been my online family tree, and the hundreds of 'hints' available. While the majority I quickly dismiss and delete, there are always a few treasures to explore and add to my research, details that either I have missed during earlier research or coming from newly available records which have only just been added.
Family History is in itself an exploration - of our past, of the history of our ancestors and the wider history that impacted and changed their lives. Happy exploring!
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