Year: 1936
Sometimes, family history is passed down to those who merely want it or to the eldest, etc–but these heirlooms of human history are best served when it engages with genealogy, not merely ones personal genealogy, but the global genealogy. Shared.
I remember a feeling of gratitude when I stumbled upon a great great uncle’s eldest son’s eldest son’s ancestry page. He being the eldest of the eldest of the eldest had inherited all of the family photos. I as the eldest of the third, of the second, of the sixth, had nothing. But here he was, this distant cousin of mine, having scanned, dutifully attached, and shared this information out into the world. My information, his information… so many distant cousins able to SEE their great great grandfather because of his contribution to his far flung genetic and digital family.
This long ramble is to say, I’m the eldest of an eldest, and now I’m uploading my dearly missed grandfather’s baby book out into the world of current cousins, and the future second of fifth cousins who may become family genealogists, so that they might not be left in the dark.
Of the North Shore 