My Godfather
Let me present my godfather !
At this moment he is 93 years old and has a great curriculum:
- Defender of the local heritage in his region
- Historical expert of the region
- School teacher for 45 years
- Jounalist and wrote more than 40000 articles
- Still active in the local community
- He investigated our family tree and writed down a research of accademical value
SO IF WE HAVE A LACK OF INSPIRATION JUST TAKE AN EXAMPLE !
I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM !
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Great post! Very inspirational AND admirable man, he looks to be in great shape for being 93 also.
/All the best
It is very encouraging to see your grandfathers accomplishments Attila.
I have a lot of respect for teachers because of how significantly they contribute to their students lives. If it wasn't for my high school chemistry teacher, I would not have chosen to study chemical engineering during college. If it wasn't for my English teacher, I would not be able to write as well as I do now.
Cheers
Juan
Nice! Becky :)
One day I'm going to purchase the Ancestry DNA kit that I always see being advertised. And I hope that day comes soon!
That's also a nice picture of you and your godfather! ~ Becky
Hello Attila
A nice tribute to your Godfather, for him to be so active at 93 is really inspirational, and for you to dedicate time to him and honour him the way you do enhances my faith in my fellow man,
nice to have you back, not heard from you for a while, all the best my friend.
Gary
Hello Gary,
I had some troubbles but troubbles are there to be solved !
And now let's kick ass !
Thanks for the kind reply.....
He investigated the family tree up to the year 1600 !
Attila
Wow Attila,
I am glad you got sorted, nothing too serious I hope.
What methods did your Godfather use in his investigations?,
I would like to start a family tree of my De La Cruz heritage, it is from Spain, I was told by my late Grandfather. It would be great to know how to start. here is a WA member with a site
http://thegenealogyguide.com/#comment-1623
I visited a few times but there is not much to go on there.
Once again great to have you back Attila, my friend.
Gary
It's a very difficult study, you need tons of patience, archieve consulting if they grand acces, baptise acts,.........
I advice to consult every older person in the family and listen to their stories and writeit down and than you start to compare !
And build a tree....
My godfather spend more than 50 years to do this...
Attila
Older people of a family are living databanks !
They master the story telling and give good details !
For example this blog is a mass communication we have to adapt to fast writing and answering, but the quality of a discussion suffers a lot.....
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That is a great man . And looking so good at his 93!
Unbelievable! I bet he influenced you in lots of positive ways!:))
Hell Yeah ! :):):)
:))