Comments on: How Far Will You Go To Dig Into Your Family History? http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/ VanFossen, West, Anderson, Farlin, Knapp, Elwell, Disbrow and More Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:58:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Sue Melin http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2299 Sue Melin Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:51:23 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2299 Can anyone tell me why it is so difficult to get relatives to open up about my family's history? The exuses abound, and are absurd. Is this typical? Can anyone tell me why it is so difficult to get relatives to open up about my family’s history? The exuses abound, and are absurd.
Is this typical?

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2301 Lorelle VanFossen Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:35:16 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2301 @<a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2299" rel="nofollow">Sue Melin</a>: Yes. Very. They have many reasons, all justifiable by them and their sense. They vary all over the place from "what you don't know won't hurt you" to privacy to "best forgotten" and everywhere in between. It helps first if you do the research on paper as much as possible so you get a sense of who the people are. Then family steps in and says "Well, that's fine but you don't know the truth of things" and then you get their version of the truth - bingo - information. People love being right, but they don't like being challenged. @Sue Melin:

Yes. Very. They have many reasons, all justifiable by them and their sense. They vary all over the place from “what you don’t know won’t hurt you” to privacy to “best forgotten” and everywhere in between.

It helps first if you do the research on paper as much as possible so you get a sense of who the people are. Then family steps in and says “Well, that’s fine but you don’t know the truth of things” and then you get their version of the truth - bingo - information. People love being right, but they don’t like being challenged.

]]> By: Steve Harold http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2372 Steve Harold Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:38:55 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/how-far-will-you-go-to-dig-into-your-family-history/#comment-2372 I keep meaning to get around to investigating my family background and from what I have seen it seems to becoming easier as more records are made available online. I guess it can be a bit bit like tackling a jigsaw puzzle. You don't have all the bits but you can make some logical assumptions from what you do have. I keep meaning to get around to investigating my family background and from what I have seen it seems to becoming easier as more records are made available online. I guess it can be a bit bit like tackling a jigsaw puzzle. You don’t have all the bits but you can make some logical assumptions from what you do have.

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