Genealogy Chat

Paula, your story gives us all hope! I only wish I could meet someone similar in my neck of the woods!! Frances

What a great story Paula . Definitely a case of right place at right time. I think your rellies were looking out for you and wanted to be found. Christine

I've only just started researching my family tree and having an irish mother means getting info on that side is more difficult so i thought i'd share this story with you. We were over in Ireland last week for a get together for a family birthday, so while we are there me and my mum decided to visit the village where her mother lived as a child. We looked in the graveyard (that wasn't very big) but couldn't find my great grandparents graves or the grave of their son who we knew was definately buried there. Infact we couldn't find anyone of the family name. So coming out of the graveyard we saw a man walking with his dog down the street, i would say he was about 70 or 80. Mum asked him how long he'd lived in the village and he'd lived there all his life, she explained we were looking for the graves. Hang on he said i'll just get the book, goes into the house opposite (which turned out to be his) and comes out with a book recording all the details of people buried. Names, dates of death and buriel, ages, size of grave, how much the grave cost, even who dug the grave!! He then showed us where the graves where but they didn't have headstones. He also gave us other bits of useful info and has put us in touch with other people that would have known my grandmother. Weren't we lucky he just happened to be walking past!!