The world wide power of the internet never ceases to amaze me. About two years ago a lady in Australia (JL) wrote to our Parish council asking if there were still people living in the village with her maiden name. The answer was that yes there were and after gaining her permission they passed her letter on to me (it was the farmer's surname).
Since that day we have sporadically texted and she has kept up with my blog. She wrote to me when the farmer died and then about a couple of months ago e mailed to say that she and her daughter were coming to Britain to look into Family History amongst other things. And so it is that this week (and for the past two weeks) they are here. Today they have been visiting our little market town (there are plenty of family members in our village churchyard) and this afternoon they arrived on my doorstep to see me (I had been texted in advance).
It was a delight to see them, they are such interesting characters and we had two or three hours together. Pre computer days I doubt this would have happened but as it was we now have a lasting connection so three cheers for the old computer.
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How amazing to have met these people who's ancestors must have come from Yorkshire before leaving for Australia. So pleased you enjoyed their visit. My father had cousins who went to Australia for health reasons nearly 100 years ago and I often wonder if there are still people out there who carry his family name.
For once something wonderful comes from the computer. How wonderful for them and you.
I have always wanted to go to Poland and look up family but because of the war our family history has been lost. Bombed, burnt and destroyed
Still hoping someday to find some information.
cheers, parsnip
What fun to meet people that way.
What a great story!
I'm sure you had a lovely visit and they will take wonderful memories (and some insight into family history) back home.
It's good to hear some good news from "internet-land"!
The internet does have some good points. My paternal ancestors come from a small village in Oxfordshire and I was lucky enough to visit the village a few years ago. I went to the only church there where my ancestors worshipped, but couldn't go in as there was a service being conducted. I did lay flowers on the graves of my twice Great-Grandfather and my Great Uncle who had a lot to do with the church and I walked through the village streets with names that were familiar to me. A precious time for me and I'm sure that your visitors must have felt the same way about your village.
That is a good story Pat. Hope they enjoyed their stay. Sounds like a fun thing to do.
And were they related to your late husband?
If it wasn't for the internet, I would have never met my late husband (the Yorkshire lad) - we came across each other in a Star Trek chat room in the late 1990s! Also, after his death, I would have never met O.K., the man I want to spend the rest of my (or his) life with.
It would also be much more difficult to remain in touch with my Yorkshire family, or with many other friends I have made over the years, some of them through blogging.
And work? My job would not even exist without the internet!
Cro - they have a lot of research to do now, but as David is gone I gave them the birth certificates of his family history as far back as we had done it and they can take it from there. It is a large family but quite an unusual name and they have already done a lot of research. So we shall see.
The ability to research my family history on it has been the major benefit for me of the internet, it has been invaluable.
Keeping track of family past and present..the internet has made it possible, as well as making friends and connections everywhere...and blogging of course
Apart from other things - blogging, internet dating in the past :-) - these kind of possibilities are the reason for me to like the world wide web.
Must have been very nice to finally meet the Aussies.
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Life without computers is inconceivable now, eh?
That's a very interesting story. How lovely that you were able to meet them. In these instances the internet is a marvellous thing. I enjoy reading your blog and a couple of others that I read religiously. You can form, like gz said, connections, even friendships that otherwise would never be possible. I am part of a chicken keeping forum and the members have been invaluable giving advice and sharing experiences. It's lovely to be part of it all and have these "friends" that in your normal life you would not encounter.
I was talking to a 93 year old today living in the alms houses in Norwich and she was telling me about some of her friends and "dropping them an email" just like it was nothing. I said nothing.
How fantastic to be able to visit with folk met through the internet. May your visitor be able to find interesting family tidbits!
How wonderful to have that link with your husband's family. I am sure that they were equally delighted to make your acquaintance. I have met distant cousins too, and am regularly in touch with my . . .4th? cousin (we share g.g.grandmothers), and share Christmas cards and messages with the wife/family of the same lineage though that cousin (her husband) sadly died a couple of years after we all met up in Devon. The internet is indeed a wonderful tool for family history and I have all sorts of links I would never otherwise have had.
Thanks everyone. Loved Rachel's comment - very heartening considering one meets folk half that age who shudder at the thought.
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