Genealogy is my passion, & I've done my family tree AAAALLL the way back to 800AD, but what I don't have are artifacts of my heritage. OK, OK, I have a Mission rocking chair that was my great-uncle's & my father's 78 records, but that's about it. That's just how it is. So when I started seeing family bibles & photos at flea markets, as well as engraved items like "loving cup" or presented pieces, it upset me. It upset me enough to action...... Then I realized that I could reunite articles of heritage with their families...........
This is what I have done so far....... I bought two bibles that belongs to the Pursel/Hough/Heston/Slack families in Bucks County, PA & one bible that belongs to the Stringer/Burchfield families of Philadelphia, Chester County & Lancaster County, PA.
This past Sunday, I went up to The Golden Nugget outside of Lambertville, NJ looking for some thing that I could reunite with their families. I found a picture in a little tooled leather book from the mid-late 1800's with a note pinned on the velvet inside. It had someone's name, so it was a PRIME piece to research. By the time we had ordered brunch at The Lambertville Station, I found her on Ancestry.com:
Catherine Goetschius........mother of Elizabeth Ann Shurly Sutherland Shuart.......
This is just my first post......getting my feet wet....... the NEXT posts will be of the individual pieces & their stories........
Lest you forget,
Michael
What a wonderful gift you are giving others. Hope this will be a huge success. Our ancestors thank you!
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