We are Stuck Looking Back because we are Stuckeys....because we are engrossed and become stuck doing family history when we really should be doing other things.....because we have several lines that we are stuck on; having hit a brick wall and always hoping to break through.
We have just recently become bitten by the genealogy bug. That is actually ironic, because I am the director of the
Little Rock Arkansas Family History Center. Ok, so it is a volunteer position and it was assigned to me by my church leaders, but experience has shown that the only way people in the past have gotten out of the assignment (or calling as it is referred to in our church) is to move or die. Really that is fine by me because, I have loved every minute of it! I love helping people, I have loved bringing our facility up to date, I love teaching classes and most thrilling...I love finding out about my ancestors!
In teaching my classes, I fell back on my husband's audio/visual/techie skills and coerced him into helping me when I was teaching classes. In turn, he got excited about working on his own family. Also, our teenagers have been assigned (called) to be family history consultants which basically means they help old farts like me who are technically impaired with their awesome computer skills because let's face it...research is mostly done on computers and teens just come by these skills naturally. Family history has indeed become a family affair!
Today we attended a local genealogy conference. It was awesome, inspiring, and got us excited about trying out some new techniques we learned there. We decided to start this blog so that we can track our progress and keep track of the techniques we are using and the results we get. We are hoping it will be helpful to others and also that we might find some accidental cousins who may find our blog and lead us to some new information or help us break down some of these brick walls!
