So Many Questions - So Little Time

So recently I got myself into Ancestry.com, and it has turned into a mild obsession for me.  It’s amazing how much information you can find out about your family on there and how far back you can trace people.  Without much fuss I've managed to get194 people on the tree already.  And what a treat to have an old picture of a family member pop up.  I sit back and look at the size of the tree and look at how far the tree stretches and imagine how much farther it will go.   If I only had more answers.  So I have to rely on contacting family to see what they know (and what I can’t find out for myself on Facebook). 

But in this day and age of social media (and social distancing), It’s not all that simple. There’s a lot on Social Media sites, but not everything.  So I have to actually interact with someone to get my answers.  Since people very rarely pick up a phone to just catch up and chat, it’s hard to nail someone down (and you’re lucky if they text).    Families no longer get together as much as they did in the past.  Or should I say extended families.  It used to be you got together for all sorts of picnics, showers, birthdays and holidays.  Then it changed to showers, weddings, christenings or funerals.  Now it’s just updates on Facebook and Instagram or funerals. 

I’m glad I take after my Mother – she loved to send cards and remember friends and family and so do I.  I still send Birthday & Christmas Cards to family & friends with notes inside. 

Anyway I digress– looking through all the old photos to upload to Ancestry it got me reminiscing about all sorts of things.   I realize now so much time was wasted not asking more questions.  Or maybe I just wasn’t as inquisitive as I should have been?  There are SO many questions I would ask my Parents and Grandparents now.  They’re all gone.  I’d love to know who their grandparents were.  Where they came from. (Since it appears most of my family came over on boats from Europe). 

So I'll take this to social media and see if my family can help add to the tree.

So many questions…..so little time.