About Kathy's Family History Project
Currently I am seeking the endpoint of a tree-building phase of my family history research, a long period of work that started with my parents in the 1980s. We went to the big library in Salt Lake City before I was a teenager. Twenty years later, I started independently digitizing the photos my mother held in boxes in her closet. This work sparked a larger effort to capture more information about the individuals pictured and I started an account at FamilySearch.org. My relatives have shared documents and photos from their closets as well. Having moved all the treasures from Texas to my home in Massachusetts, I remain overwhelmed by the tasks of archiving items, captioning them, and finally, adding to this website in order to their value.
Despite knowing that there is never an end to what I can learn, I want to wrap a bow on my discoveries and focus on sharing with my cousins and other researchers. In December 2024 I participated in an online course given by professional genealogists at my local New England Historic Genealogical Society. I'm learning now to recognize when the records have run out and the end of a branch can be clearly designated in a way that allows future family researchers to pick up the virtual magnifying glass.
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