tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post20889122229262248..comments2023-07-31T11:54:15.754-04:00Comments on A Good Life: I Found Adam & BessieChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01725324685109415066noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-557192780659831382010-04-20T07:42:21.025-04:002010-04-20T07:42:21.025-04:00Thanks Meredith-You can tell the real genealogy fa...Thanks Meredith-You can tell the real genealogy fans because they totally "get" this. To other people I probably seem like some nut chasing dead people. <br /><br />The fact that the diary is in his own hand is what makes it special to me. Of course, I should take note and keep my own. I at least filled out the census form right away ;-).<br /><br />That's a funny comment that you expected the hallelujah chorus to be playing when you found the stone! Or perhaps expected that your ancestor would be sitting it when you got there. I get that. <br /><br />I do so love finding something like that though and can almost hear the "click" as something falls into place!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725324685109415066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-50994366422311614232010-04-20T00:56:07.172-04:002010-04-20T00:56:07.172-04:00I am reading this post and I am just sitting here,...I am reading this post and I am just sitting here, nodding my head. <br /><br />So cool!!!!!! FindaGrave is AWSOME by the way, and in no way weird.<br /><br />I know exactly what you mean when you say it is overwhelming and sad. I feel the same way when I “find” someone. Like, I was looking for the stone of my great, great, great grandparents and when I finally found it, I was actually disappointment. It was a lovely stone, but for some strange reason, I was thinking there would be more to it. Like, I was actually expecting them to be alive or something. Or at least have some sort of hallelujah chorus playing from somewhere with the clouds parting and the sun shining right on the stone. <br /><br />Being omniscient – that’s it! – that feeling I get when I am looking through census records and I know that so-and-so will be in the 1920 census and I find them and I know that they died in 1927 and will not be in the 1930 census. I want to say “Hey, don’t eat all that meat! You are going to have a heart attack in 1927!” Or, “stay off that tractor! You are going to have an accident!” Like it matters but it is sad that I know what is going to happen to them and they had no clue. <br /><br />It makes me sad at times because you are right, it is overwhelming, to know what is going to happen to all these people.<br /><br />And some say when someone is looking me up in the 2010 census, they will know things about me.<br /><br />I wish I could go back and tell them to keep a journal. I wouldn’t care if it was all about cleaning out the barn or something. It would be great to see their handwriting. I know that they touched that page with their own hands. That is the best part because I can feel a real connection.<br /><br />Now I am really weird, right?Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384766234421656669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-39671798574324941242010-04-18T23:33:37.084-04:002010-04-18T23:33:37.084-04:00Krista,
I've been pondering finding his desce...Krista,<br /><br />I've been pondering finding his descendants and it's so much more difficult to go forward as the census becomes less helpful and non-existent for the public after 1930 at this point.<br /><br />I have faith (and I'm only kind of joking) that Adam is going to help me out with this somehow!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725324685109415066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-63440129664837465762010-04-17T11:11:46.131-04:002010-04-17T11:11:46.131-04:00So true! I think it is human nature to think of th...So true! I think it is human nature to think of the bad. Well, at least it is THIS humans nature to look at the bad. The glass is always half empty around here. lol<br /><br />I really wish we could find some living descendants of theirs. I am so ready to posthumously stalk them to find out what we can! <br /><br />Yup... my dad's side of the family all drops off young. His dad was 42, my dad was 58, etc. Of course, that is balanced by my mom's side where my grandpa lived to be 92, my grandma is still going strong at 91, her mom was 93 when she died... I might live a nice and average length of time!Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896941341075639503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-44416928754861345452010-04-15T22:10:03.005-04:002010-04-15T22:10:03.005-04:00Krista-
I KNOW!!!!Thank you for appreciating the ...Krista-<br /><br />I KNOW!!!!Thank you for appreciating the coolness factor of this with me. I really appreciate that!!!<br /><br />Krista, I didn't realize you lost your Dad that young.<br /><br />Last night I was out to dinner and a friend and I were talking about how you just never do know. A friend of a friend of ours lost her husband who was 47 just yesterday. And we just saw this person about a month ago and she was having a good time and she had no idea that in a month's time everything would change.<br /><br />However, it always seems like we say those things in regard to bad things. I'd really like to be able to say, "Why just last week I was stressing over money and I had no idea that this week I would win the lottery" or something similar. <br /><br />Of course that would require me to play the lottery but you get the picture.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725324685109415066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-74415557481385933582010-04-15T22:04:18.146-04:002010-04-15T22:04:18.146-04:00Kristin-That's what I thought-That she probabl...Kristin-That's what I thought-That she probably didn't remarry. I imagine her last name is still Filsinger.<br /><br />Although my own grandma, who has been with Bob for 13 years and is not married to him will be buried next to my grandfather where she already has a spot. Most people aren't the swinger my grandma is though ;-)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725324685109415066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-18916327085197452722010-04-15T18:12:25.247-04:002010-04-15T18:12:25.247-04:00Coolest thing ever. I seriously just got chills.
...Coolest thing ever. I seriously just got chills.<br /><br />It makes you wonder what they may or may not have done differently if they had known. <br /><br />I often think about how short life really is, and how we just never know what will happen. I think it comes from losing a parent in my teens?Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896941341075639503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-10138312176779643492010-04-15T16:35:33.969-04:002010-04-15T16:35:33.969-04:00As I started reading the first paragraph I found i...As I started reading the first paragraph I found it all a bit creepy but then my thoughts switched over to "hey my MIL would love that site!" I immediately shot her an email with the link and then I continued to read on about your "find". <br /><br />This new information tells us a bit more about their commitment/love for each other. I would assume seeing as Bessie was buried next to Adam she must have stayed a widow for those 20 years. :\Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268071596147007604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553381271462319984.post-24764576139420893162010-04-14T15:11:35.409-04:002010-04-14T15:11:35.409-04:00oh goodness that is sad.....but in a way legitimiz...oh goodness that is sad.....but in a way legitimizes all the entries-these were real people.....awe....SweetMissMagnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17894699438252915887noreply@blogger.com