Clues to What a Woman's Life Was Like • FamilySearch
Clues to What a Woman's Life Was Like • FamilySearch
In the 20th century, much of a man's history was preserved in documents. A woman's? Not so much. The story of a woman's life often must be g…
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What a fascinating article. I love learning about the lives of people who were ordinary yet did amazing things in there moment in time. And I find it a shame that so much is electronically saved, it just loses it sense of presence and part of the history is the touch of objects, smelling the pages of an old book, seeing with our own eyes the handwriting on pages. Computers take that part away from us. And that to me is such an important thing to get a glimpse into that time in history. Generations. Thank you
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You can do a Matrilineal Mitochondrial DNA test and find common ancestors a few generations before your great aunts. Then you can find descendants (working genealogy backwards,in effect) until you stumble on records mentioning them. Apologies if you already have your 7-generation pedigree chart and family group sheets done. I recently found newspaper records helpful in filling out more about a deceased ancestor who I didn't know enough about. Best of blessings in your pursuit. If you do decide to do a mtDNA Test, Ancestry and others have articles about them that you can Google or Ecosia.org, like Google, but their profits go to planting trees.
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