It's time we get down to business here at Ancestry Central and start putting words to print -- so much family history to relay. Because I sometimes feel completely overwhelmed by the amount of information, photos, maps, documents, etc. relating to our ancestors, I thought I would try to organize it all in a fun way and see just how long I can stick to my newly self-imposed schedule. Here's the Plan for today's and future posts:
SUNDAY: History is Fun Day! This will give me an opportunity to plug in some background information; sort of like Current Events class for 1664 (which was a very busy year for our 8x-Great-Granddaddy).
MONDAY: Map Monday. I love maps so much and have quite a photo collection I can't wait to share.
TUESDAY: Family Tree Tuesday. I think I'll concentrate on a particular relative here and where he or she fits into our tree.
WEDNESDAY: Wedding Wednesday. Weddings in any family are probably the most documented events, what with certificates, photos, newspaper notices and all. We have quite a collection.
THURSDAY: Throw Back Ancestor Day. Perhaps I should come up with better phrasing, but playing off Facebook's Throw Back Thursday hashtag, I'll post a bunch of vintage photos of some of our more recent relatives, living or deceased. So if you are living and don't want to be included, let me know. Otherwise, we're all fair game. And honestly, weren't we all the cutest bunch of kids ever??
FRIDAY: Artifact Friday. Heirlooms are precious things; along with our memories, they are the closest connection we might have to our loved ones long gone. I think of myself as "caretaker" of the family heirlooms I possess, and I've been photographing them to share here. I hope you all will consider sending me photos of your cherished family objects.
SATURDAY: Cemetery Saturday. I truly hope no one will be offended or hurt by this one. I think cemeteries are not only beautiful and peaceful, but provide important historic information. We can chitchat more about this later.
Since today is HISTORY IS FUN DAY!, let us just ease into our new Plan and start out with a heartfelt acknowledgement and thanks to the late Clara (Stewart) DeHart, first wife of Robert DeHart (Grandpop Charles DeHart's nephew) [perhaps better known to you young'uns as Jobe's Mom and Dad???]. At any rate, Clara must have spent much time and great effort and expense back in the 1960's to trace DeHart family history as far as she could go -- not an easy task pre-Internet. Many of us have a photocopy of her results, "The DeHart Family." Though the information she discovered, much of it taken directly from The History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey compiled by James P. Snell, 1881, is basically correct, of course, the "Cornelius DeHart along the Old Indian Path" referred to in the article is unfortunately not our guy, I don't believe; a cousin, but not our direct line. The article is at page 805 of Snell's monumental History, clickable from my sidebar under "Documents, Links & Stuff."
Don't worry. We will sort this all out. History really is fun and y'all will thank me some day for my geeky, nerdy history ramblings. --cds
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