Did You Know Your Great Grandparents?

My two-year-old daughter has a great-great aunt who is nearly 90 years old, and has three living grandparents. However, she'll never know great grandparents. I knew one of mine, who passed away when I was about 6 years old.

According to a recent NY Times article, more and more children are getting a chance to know their great grandparents. With that means more people have the experience of being great grandparents. I sure hope my parents live long enough to see my daughter's children.

We can learn a lot from our elders. Unfortunately, many of us don't pay attention when we have the chance. I know I didn't realize just how much good advice my parents could provide until I was well into adulthood.

The more living relatives we have, the more chances we have as genealogy researchers to get first-hand information to preserve for posterity. Memories can fade and some of the information you glean may be fuzzy, but you'll be surprised how much many senior folks recall, and how happy they are to reminisce and talk about what they remember.

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