The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is a centuries old trek across northern Spain done by following "The Camino de Santiago", the road to Santiago. Before February of 2001 I had not heard of "The Camino" nor of the Pilgrimage. By the end of October of that year I was in Santiago after completing the walk myself. I thought that when I reached Santiago my journey was over but I see now that my journey started way before I got to Spain and still has not ended.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Digging In The Past Again 2
My great-great grandparents on my father's side. I can see my father in my great-great grandmother's face.
Interesting, la p. I have all sorts of photos from way back when. No one in my family cares about such things except me. I like that you posted this. If my scanner ever worked, then I might try to do the same thing. Do you feel any connection to these people?
I don't actually have these photos, Ally. Someone in another branch of the Shannon line has them and posted them on Ancestry.com. Any connection? Not really. When I first saw the photo of my g-g-grandfather I thought of abolitionist John Brown. My g-g-g is a bit scary looking. The photo of my g-g-grandmother is so blurry I can't get any impression of her so I don't feel connected to her either. I do find the photos fascinating though. These people are part of me.
Interesting, la p. I have all sorts of photos from way back when. No one in my family cares about such things except me. I like that you posted this. If my scanner ever worked, then I might try to do the same thing. Do you feel any connection to these people?
ReplyDeleteI don't actually have these photos, Ally. Someone in another branch of the Shannon line has them and posted them on Ancestry.com. Any connection? Not really. When I first saw the photo of my g-g-grandfather I thought of abolitionist John Brown. My g-g-g is a bit scary looking. The photo of my g-g-grandmother is so blurry I can't get any impression of her so I don't feel connected to her either. I do find the photos fascinating though. These people are part of me.
ReplyDeleteI wonder about that, too. Digital copies are so much more fragile that paper.
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