52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Week 1 Thanking My Aunt Alice

Getting to know my ancestors better week after week


I am going to cheat a little and start with sharing my first post back in March 2009.  It was in honor of my aunt Alice Zion Moore who is the one who got me interested in my family history. It is her fault that I am drowning in papers, binders and photos. 
Many times I will share with my family something and I sense them thinking of something else, but later I will say something and they will comment " I remember that." Or they will bring up a piece of family history, rumor or secret. I feel a sense of happiness that maybe they were listening to me. 

I love my ancestors and know they are always near me. Sometimes I think of them as my guardian angels. 

Grandma Alta right hand side at graduation

One time I heard my grandma Alta Hall Zion's voice in my head.  She had passed before I was born.  I was expressing I wish I had known her as I gazed at her picture.  This voice within said you have.  I felt a feeling of comfort sensing her within me. 

So here is a copy of my first post.. my tribute to my aunt Alice 

My Aunt Alice Lives On In Me

 Aunt Alice and Uncle Houston on their wedding day

My interest in family history started many years ago. My father had a twin sister who had the genealogy bug. Aunt Alice was her name. She would come to visit from California with her husband in their motor home. I loved when she came. Into the house she would walk with her arms full of pictures, charts and graphs and tons of information of what she had found. They would travel the US visiting towns where our family had lived. She met many distant relatives. She love to visit with them. She would share family stories and search family bibles for information. She was very big on family reunions. Being that I lived in Minnesota and the reunions were in Washington I only made it once, but I remember how great it was. I have memories of my father's brothers playing horseshoes. Every one is gone now but I have the memories and the photos of that day.
She passed away several years ago but I feel she lives in on me. I have been working on my family history for over 10 years. My aunt Alice never knew all that we can find on the Internet today. Oh how I wish she was here to see it. One thing she did was pass on what she had in paper form with us and the Mormons genealogy center. She shared her pictures with several cousins so they are out there somewhere.
I love family research, the pictures, the family stories and visiting cemeteries. My favorite cemetery visit was in Boston. They have 2 or 3 old cemeteries. Somewhere buried there is a distant great grandmother that lived about 300 years ago. I have in my papers her name. I know I will come across it as I work at getting my papers, pictures and stories together.
I have started to put my information on Ancestry.com From there I have heard from distant family. Because of the Internet and Ancestry.com I have seen pictures of great great grandfathers I would of never seen if not for the Internet. This is the beginning of my genealogy blog. Hope that you will find it interesting as I share my stories and ideas I am using in my search.
My goals are to get organized and put together family books to show my children and grandchildren. By doing this I hope I can pass on the genealogy bug to one or more of them and maybe even one of you.
I have read many articles over the years on different aspects of family search. I plan to share with you in the next days what I am doing now and what I will be doing in the future to get my genealogy information organized so can move on with my treasure hunt of family roots.

So that is my first posting of 2019 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks.  I am still as unorganized but maybe this will be the year I  finish this challenge, get a little more organized and break down some brick walls.  I have broken a really BIG one for me and I will share that SECRET BRICK WALL I KNOW I HAVE BROKEN with you soon but you have to promise to keep my secret. 

By for now.. if by chance you think we are related please comment and get a hold  of me. I would love to hear from you.. Even if we are not related I would love to hear from you.