Here’s another thing to include in your personal memoir:
A brief bit about why you did genealogy or what interested you in it.
You don’t need to write a ridiculously long amount and (personal preference here), don’t mention ancestral deeds, how good/bad your family is/was, or similar things. Instead talk about you and what your interest/involvement in family history meant to you.
“I liked learning about the stories of my ancestors and how members of my family were involved in historical events or impacted by them. It helped me to see my own fit in my family and motivated me to write down some of my own story…since I wished more of my ancestors had done that. Knowing that there was always more to learn or discover always meant that there was something on my to-do list every day. Genealogy also taught me that life was short and that I needed to seize every day and moment as much as I possibly could.”
Don’t forget to leave behind something of yourself in addition to stories of your ancestors.
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I became interested when in my forties when I realized most of my family before me were dead (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.
I thought of my children who didn’t know Any of them, so I began a search in order to leave something behind for them.
It quickly turned into an obsession.