A New Way to Share!!

I have so many projects started…I have so many family pictures…so many stories…so much history to share with my family… so many “good intentions”…

Here is the current list of projects I have started:

1. “Who We Are and How We Got This Way” Volume One: Alan E. Samuel
2. “Who We Are and How We Got This Way” Volume Two: Doris M. Lichtenthal
3. “Letters Home” – Letters written by Doris Samuel to her mom, while in Japan 1954-1955
4. “Our Archipelago” 2nd Edition – written originally by William and Dorothy Holman

That list doesn’t include all the stuff floating around in my head such as: documenting my grandfather’s imprisonment in concentration camps after his family’s business had been taken by the Nazis, documenting my great-grandfather’s business in Java during the early 1900’s, “Who We Are and How We Got This Way” Volume Three: The Baby Boomers”, researching the families of my new son-in-laws, preserving and cataloging all our photos and documents…I can’t even remember all the things I want to do.

Two things have now become obvious to me:

1. I don’t know when to stop.
2. If I don’t start sharing some of this information now, people may never see it.

“It’s better to share some information now than all information never!

The above is something I learned while attending the 33rd IAJGS conference on Jewish genealogy this past summer. Makes sense. Apparently writing a family history is like owning a home…or paying bills…you’re never really finished. With that lesson finally learned, I have decided to use this blog as a way to begin sharing what I have collected while still continuing to work on completing projects to be published in print.

Last year, I did complete one issue of a newsletter. My hope was to create quarterly editions. Nope. Good idea…lots of time. I think this may be a better approach. I can post a tiny snippet when I’m short on time or create a lengthy post when I’m on on a break (Remember last winter? 13 days out of school for weather- could have accomplished a lot!)

So, there you have it. If you’d like to help, that would be fun! If you have specific questions or are interested in a particular topic related to our family, just ask…that will give me some direction. In the meantime, I think I will try an approach I heard about from….somewhere….focusing each blog post on an ancestor whose birthday is approaching.

See you soon!!

I have so many projects started…I have so many family pictures…so many stories…so much history to share with my family… so many “good intentions”…

Two things have now become obvious to me:

“It’s better to share some information now than all information never!

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