CarlTheDruid
22-01-2010, 11:33 AM
Hello |wave|. I chose the username CarlTheDruid because I am a student of Druidry and am presently an initiated Bard. In Druidry there is an emphasis on remembering our own ancestors and trying to learn a bit about them so they become alive and known to us; their way of and views on life in their time.
My desire to learn more about my own ancestors became much stronger when my mother passed away last year and I realised I had never met my natural father and could not find anything out about him as talking to my mum about these things was always awkward. Now I feel I can study my genealogy without causing distress.
I am using Ancestry as a way of building my family tree and it is ok overall, though some of the transcripted documents from original to Ancestry database leave a lot to be desired.
One interesting line has been my Great Grandmother, Ellen Baggotts, who I think will lead me back to Belvoir Castle in 11th Century Leicesterhsire and further back to Normandy in France.
My desire to learn more about my own ancestors became much stronger when my mother passed away last year and I realised I had never met my natural father and could not find anything out about him as talking to my mum about these things was always awkward. Now I feel I can study my genealogy without causing distress.
I am using Ancestry as a way of building my family tree and it is ok overall, though some of the transcripted documents from original to Ancestry database leave a lot to be desired.
One interesting line has been my Great Grandmother, Ellen Baggotts, who I think will lead me back to Belvoir Castle in 11th Century Leicesterhsire and further back to Normandy in France.