tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post8575527345910714272..comments2021-05-03T13:33:27.972-05:00Comments on 3 Writers, For Readers: Write Your History Challenge - Guest Blogger Caroline ClemmonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-8489583734443547162011-03-30T00:06:37.233-05:002011-03-30T00:06:37.233-05:00My cousin has been doing this with our grandmother...My cousin has been doing this with our grandmother for several years--she says getting Grandma to tell her about her childhood or the early days of courtship and marriage to our grandfather is like pulling teeth but she's amassed a nice pile of stories for all us cousins to hold onto. Priceless.Kelly McCradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14811072775266296703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-17684753119044755732011-03-29T18:06:21.634-05:002011-03-29T18:06:21.634-05:00Wonderful Post, Caroline. I remember my grandmothe...Wonderful Post, Caroline. I remember my grandmother just talking about how my grandfather courted her in a horse and buggy. Just one small tidbit gets your mind wondering about how your ancestors lived. Thanks for sharing.Wendy Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13989064196513762106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-82897781020160371452011-03-29T17:44:46.368-05:002011-03-29T17:44:46.368-05:00Great post, Caroline! My brother is our family his...Great post, Caroline! My brother is our family historian and he's found some priceless tidbits...AND some things that would probably be best shoved back in the closet. ;-)Maeve Greysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947265251857551496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-70776871086856594772011-03-29T16:52:48.228-05:002011-03-29T16:52:48.228-05:00Hi Caroline, You might remember that last year I g...Hi Caroline, You might remember that last year I gave my mother a digital recorder. She took an hour every afternoon and recalled childhood stories that involved her many cousins. I transcribed them; printed enough copies for each of her surviving cousins and the eldest child of those who had already passed; added cover pages and folders and shipped them back to Mom. The families were thrilled with the unexpected gifts. It was fun reading their comments. So many said they immediately sat down and read their whole copy, crying and laughing, and remembering other things that happened.Sandra Crowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632425591094120799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-8006180752420066842011-03-29T15:12:33.555-05:002011-03-29T15:12:33.555-05:00Caroline, I really enjoyed your post. Like you, m...Caroline, I really enjoyed your post. Like you, my kindred spirit, I love history and have been doing family research for over 25 years now. I love deciphering the past on a personal level and learning about my ancestors and my heritage. And it's fun...like detective work where one clue leads to another. For other readers of the blog, I've seen the books Caroline published on her family history. They are so beautiful and destined to be a treasured keepsake for generations. ~ Ashley Kath-BilskyAshley Kath-Bilskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073164133698225798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-45281785537955317982011-03-29T14:55:07.968-05:002011-03-29T14:55:07.968-05:00With the revisionists writing history books today,...With the revisionists writing history books today, it's imperative that we write of our time in this world, so that our children, grandchildren, and their grandchildren really know how we lived, what we thought, and what really happened during our lives. Thanks Caroline for reminding us of this.<br />RubyRubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269608145903301622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-51396180271171628192011-03-29T12:40:20.175-05:002011-03-29T12:40:20.175-05:00Hi Caroline! (Geri waving frantically) So glad you...Hi Caroline! (Geri waving frantically) So glad you are here. I enjoy your family stories too, as well as Ashley's. You gals are so put together it makes my family history sound...well boring! But I love to hear about the past. I was told this would happen once I turned older than dirt. Guess I'm there.<br /><br />Thanks again<br />GeriGerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858837905996297824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-19994268091498906972011-03-29T11:49:58.698-05:002011-03-29T11:49:58.698-05:00Great post and idea. One of my grandmothers left ...Great post and idea. One of my grandmothers left her husband, started living with her brother-in-law (husband's sister's husband), had a child by him, then they were finally both divorced and married. We don't think of our ancestors that way...lol, I would recommend people watch the TV show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" So far, two people have discovered bigamists in their past...Anna Kathryn Lanierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607469543348819190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-88864645585247474732011-03-29T11:28:47.383-05:002011-03-29T11:28:47.383-05:00Bobbye and Cindy, so nice to see you. Jenn--pearls...Bobbye and Cindy, so nice to see you. Jenn--pearls of wisdom? LOL Family history stories are one of my soap boxes. One of the reasons is that I remember listening to my grandmother and her eldest brother talk when I was a child. I regret that those stories are lost to the family because no one wrote them down. Many years later, when I questioned my grandmother, she was in her late 80's and only remembered that her family had to leave Scotland because they supported the wrong king. Her brother had died by then and no one else remembered all the stories either. So sad to lose all that rich material.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-89698850282225209432011-03-29T10:30:46.021-05:002011-03-29T10:30:46.021-05:00Hi Caroline, I'm lucky in that my grandfather ...Hi Caroline, I'm lucky in that my grandfather on one side appeared for four episodies on a local history TV show - decades ago. I painstakingly transcribed the transcripts and printed them up. Then my aunt on the other side interviewed my maternal grandmother. Again, it was all on tape and I transcribed it. It's wonderful reading their histories (and their family histories). I guard those transcriptions dearly, because they bring a personal touch to my "background."Cindy Procter-Kinghttp://www.cindyprocter-king.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696886575403097199.post-83360738687224729202011-03-29T09:15:29.031-05:002011-03-29T09:15:29.031-05:00Greta ideas, Caroline. I'm fortunate enough to...Greta ideas, Caroline. I'm fortunate enough to have a family history of my father's side of the family that was compiled at least forty years ago by a member of the clan who became a Mormon. She interviewed the then living historians of our clan and there are a lot of stories in the book, which is all hand-typed in a spiral form. Wouldn't give anything for it.<br /><br />BobbyeBobbye Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401035901042338480noreply@blogger.com