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About This Blog

9/12/2012

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This Boorman Family Genealogy blog will encompass many branches of our family, not just those with the Boorman name.  Other sections of this website only summarize the bare facts of our four main lineages:
  • BOORMAN, Terry's father's line
  • THOMAS, Terry's mother's line
  • HENSON, Claudia's natural father's line
  • ANDREW, Claudia's mother's line
Other related surnames are listed at the bottom of our home page.
But there is more to our ancestors and to family history than vital statistics and timelines.  What about the other details: their physical appearance, their personality traits and idiosyncrasies, their occupations and hobbies, their education, skills and aptitudes, their relationships with family and friends, their residences and travels, their health and disposition?  What events and factors shaped their lives, their choice of location, occupation and life partner?  Who?  What?  Where?  How?  Why?  When?

Short of finding personal diaries and photos as well as the usual records (census, birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial, wills, directories, court records, newspapers etc.), it is unlikely that all these details can be found for most of our ancestors.  But even if we only find a few extra details, this adds depth to our understanding and appreciation.  Even if a particular relative is still living, could we answer all these questions?  Perhaps it's time to start taping those interviews to capture our living histories!
There are also stories to be told about the genealogy research journey itself - the search for more answers about our ancestors, relatives and even ourselves.  We plan on using this blog to document stories and anecdotes about our ancestors and about our research, both past and present.
As with all blogs, they are organized and archived by date of posting rather than by content.  So I will try to categorize them, at least by their surname line, to help you locate posts of interest.  As this blgo program does not come with additional keyword searches, I will be adding a search bar to the right as a finding aid once this site has been visited by the search engines - it's still a new site.

You too can join in the fun by following this blog, adding comments to posts, and even sending us a note using the form on our Contact Us page.  The adventure begins!
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    Terry and Claudia Boorman have been interested in their family history since the 1980s.  They live in Victoria BC Canada.

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