Kirtling & Carlton Visit 2006 Audio-pod by Sheila
Channel: semw52
Date: 2022-05-28

The very early days of recording family tree research trips--travelling in my VW Campervan around the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire countryside on the trail of the ancestors--visiting  graves, church, villages, towns and cities--also record offices and the archives, libraries and all sources to help verify information......the early days when I  only used a basic hand tape recorder and an Instamatic camera ---no use of smart phones or i-pads back then or GPS---just the OS Maps but when at home I did have my Tower computer and WWW. to find stuff---I just loved the days roaming in the countryside exploring down the little lanes and tracks knowing the ancestors were here, walked here--this is the real tree breathing their air, embraced by their scenes of beauty---today I leave  my recording of 2006 and later 1000s of video footage  of my discoveries---a record in time folks--I only wish I could have heard their voices, their stories and tales and in some cases they did  have images of themselves and writen records, diaries etc....gravestones should be preserved --they are the tablets, the records of the ancestors---should never be destroyed---many are taking images and recording graveyards now which is great----because rubbleization happens where graves are destroyed to make room for more dead people---mass graves really---------yes every dead person was once a living spirit with a story, a contribution in many ways---------we are all connected x Sheila    Especially for the insomniacs--a bedtime story  for you....