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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

W is for Why - 2017 A to Z Challenge


  


Why?  That is the most difficult question that arises in researching family history. With some exceptions, we can usually answer the other four Ws: Who, What, When and Where.  Finding those still leaves with a big empty space in the Why column.

“Why?” is the most interesting part of the search.

Why did they migrate?
Why did they settle where they did?
Why would a young man in the south enlist in the Union Army?
Why did a parent abandon family?
Why didn’t they finish school?
Why did they die so young, or so suddenly?

Why? Why, Why?





2 comments:

  1. I didn't participate in this challenge this year, but have enjoyed your posts. I like that your focus was more on methodology and hints than on surnames of ancestors.

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    1. Thanks, Linda. My focus is more on heritage than on lineage. My immigrant ancestors arrived from Poland in the 1880s. I would like to get to know them.

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