The Old Folks Home

[ozexpat]

Wisher, please write and keep the stories for your future generations. I have been doing genealogy for over 14 years and I just love reading everthing I can find on long lost loved ones. I have a story "The Saga of a Pioneer family" and I love it! It tells me of my families trek from New Brunswick to Kansas and the hardships they went thru and the loss of loved ones along the way! I still love looking for new tidbits on the family! And now my kids are all wanting copies of all the records and stories. lol

back in the mid eighties i spent several days on the microfiche pulling up records of our irish and english ancestors that were sentenced to 7 years jail in New South Wales. Imagine getting a ride to Australia with a ball and chain for swiping bread to feed your family.

just doing the research was an amazing experience

 

[Wisher1000]

I love reading everyone's stories!!! How we all came to be who and where we are so much influenced by where our families came from and what they went through. The stories of our past I pray are never forgotten. Maybe we all need to write down what we know so it's never lost to the next generation. My own family either passed away or scattered to the wind when I was still young so that as far as I know, I am the only "elder" left. Through what's been shared here I realize I need to pass on what I know to my children while I still can. It belongs to them.


BTW - I know I am new to this thread and just sort of jumped in, soooo, is it alright if I just find a comfy perch and roost and listen for awhile???

Welcome, welcome, Chickisoup! We are tickled to have ya'. Now most here prefer rocking chairs, but if you would rather roost, could we interest you in a swing? How about a cup of coffee?

 

[ozexpat]

Welcome, welcome, Chickisoup! We are tickled to have ya'. Now most here prefer rocking chairs, but if you would rather roost, could we interest you in a swing? How about a cup of coffee?

i am the sloth lying on the sofa

and a coffee would be great

 

[Wisher1000]

I think your children (and someday WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY in the future grandchildren) would cherish the family history.

I have two granddaughters, now! My daughter (well, stepdaughter, but I've had her since she was four and she is 25 now) has two gorgeous little girls that I don't get to see nearly enough.

 

[ozexpat]

I have two granddaughters, now! My daughter (well, stepdaughter, but I've had her since she was four and she is 25 now) has two gorgeous little girls that I don't get to see nearly enough.

as we adopted our kids, they will have less info on their gene pool history. We are trying to collect as much info we can for them now should they want to look in the future.

 

[chickisoup]

I love reading everyone's stories!!! How we all came to be who and where we are so much influenced by where our families came from and what they went through. The stories of our past I pray are never forgotten. Maybe we all need to write down what we know so it's never lost to the next generation. My own family either passed away or scattered to the wind when I was still young so that as far as I know, I am the only "elder" left. Through what's been shared here I realize I need to pass on what I know to my children while I still can. It belongs to them.



BTW - I know I am new to this thread and just sort of jumped in, soooo, is it alright if I just find a comfy perch and roost and listen for awhile???

Welcome, welcome, Chickisoup!  We are tickled to have ya'.  Now most here prefer rocking chairs, but if you would rather roost, could we interest you in a swing?  How about a cup of coffee?

Ooooo, coffee AND a comfy swing??? ThAnk you!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

My dad is the first generation from immigrants from Lithuania. I grew up thinking certain words were English, and finding out in school that they weren't. We just used the Lithuanian word when there wasn't a good English translation.

My mother's side is from Germany, and somehow we are related to Virginia Dare. My mom had a huge genealogy book on her side of the family but she tossed it in a fit of rage a number of years ago (that showed us!). I miss it.

We didn't get too many family stories - but one thing that is all my family is the train platform that we put up for Christmas every year. My father and his father built it when he was a kid, and a lot of it is still original. I've had to replace some of the O track, and when I was a little girl my dad added the HO track and bought me my own train (which still runs). Over the years I've had to replace all the street lights and building lights and rewire due to the whole thing being a fire hazard, but the original O trains from my dad's childhood still run. The front light is burnt out but it still whistles and smokes! My sister smashed all the original PlasticVille houses when she was little, but I still have them, just don't put them up because they look so horrid. I've upgraded to porcelain houses.

It has been probably 15 years since my parents put the train platform up. Last time I drove down to their place I brought it home, and cleaned it up. They visited last year right after Thanksgiving and I put the platform up early, and didn't tell them. They both cried when they saw it.

Anyway, here I am going on and on...

I put it up tonight with some friends, and it still holds the magic it did when I was a kid.





Thanks for letting me share my favorite family memory. Sorry it's not a great story.

 

[ronott1]

My dad is the first generation from immigrants from Lithuania. I grew up thinking certain words were English, and finding out in school that they weren't. We just used the Lithuanian word when there wasn't a good English translation.

My mother's side is from Germany, and somehow we are related to Virginia Dare. My mom had a huge genealogy book on her side of the family but she tossed it in a fit of rage a number of years ago (that showed us!). I miss it.

We didn't get too many family stories - but one thing that is all my family is the train platform that we put up for Christmas every year. My father and his father built it when he was a kid, and a lot of it is still original. I've had to replace some of the O track, and when I was a little girl my dad added the HO track and bought me my own train (which still runs). Over the years I've had to replace all the street lights and building lights and rewire due to the whole thing being a fire hazard, but the original O trains from my dad's childhood still run. The front light is burnt out but it still whistles and smokes! My sister smashed all the original PlasticVille houses when she was little, but I still have them, just don't put them up because they look so horrid. I've upgraded to porcelain houses.

It has been probably 15 years since my parents put the train platform up. Last time I drove down to their place I brought it home, and cleaned it up. They visited last year right after Thanksgiving and I put the platform up early, and didn't tell them. They both cried when they saw it.

Anyway, here I am going on and on...

I put it up tonight with some friends, and it still holds the magic it did when I was a kid.





Thanks for letting me share my favorite family memory. Sorry it's not a great story.

Thank you for sharing!

It is a great Story too.

 

[drumstick diva]

When we were young my sister got an American Flyer train that my father wanted. It used to smoke too & make train noises. The house we lived in had such dry air, that whenever we touched the train we got jumbo static shock - that dampened our interest considerably.

I always wanted cowboys and horses - little plastic figures or stuffed dogs. I don't recall too much what my brother got. One year though he got a bus driver set - the coin changer, the punch, a hat and some tokens. He loved that. Whenever anyone rode the bus they had to save the transfers for him. He taught himself the streets and directions for Chicago and he still knows them to this day. He was about 5 then - now we are all seniors and can't remember where anything is or what we were doing five minutes ago. Thankfully the long term memories stay put.

 

[ozexpat]

My dad is the first generation from immigrants from Lithuania. I grew up thinking certain words were English, and finding out in school that they weren't. We just used the Lithuanian word when there wasn't a good English translation.

My mother's side is from Germany, and somehow we are related to Virginia Dare. My mom had a huge genealogy book on her side of the family but she tossed it in a fit of rage a number of years ago (that showed us!). I miss it.

We didn't get too many family stories - but one thing that is all my family is the train platform that we put up for Christmas every year. My father and his father built it when he was a kid, and a lot of it is still original. I've had to replace some of the O track, and when I was a little girl my dad added the HO track and bought me my own train (which still runs). Over the years I've had to replace all the street lights and building lights and rewire due to the whole thing being a fire hazard, but the original O trains from my dad's childhood still run. The front light is burnt out but it still whistles and smokes! My sister smashed all the original PlasticVille houses when she was little, but I still have them, just don't put them up because they look so horrid. I've upgraded to porcelain houses.

It has been probably 15 years since my parents put the train platform up. Last time I drove down to their place I brought it home, and cleaned it up. They visited last year right after Thanksgiving and I put the platform up early, and didn't tell them. They both cried when they saw it.

Anyway, here I am going on and on...

I put it up tonight with some friends, and it still holds the magic it did when I was a kid.





Thanks for letting me share my favorite family memory. Sorry it's not a great story.

your "not a great story" has the sloth on the sofa teary eyed

i just love it!