tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961330773005291297.post8176779622635446952..comments2022-12-24T09:15:11.761-06:00Comments on B.E. Blogging: Talkin' 'bout my GenerationLarry Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249112600227823774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961330773005291297.post-63692976733328870442010-10-11T07:55:46.825-05:002010-10-11T07:55:46.825-05:00Larry: Perhaps what we have lost in the way of a p...Larry: Perhaps what we have lost in the way of a paper trail to find our lost relatives we have gained in the potency of electronic connection - a fast and efficient way to rediscover former generation. <br /><br />Would the guidance of a good geneologist be a worthwhie part of our adult education offerings? If nothing else, it might be a lot of fun.Ellen Blum Barishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990834840808719514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961330773005291297.post-10487227584028347432010-10-09T20:47:55.877-05:002010-10-09T20:47:55.877-05:00Counting generations goes in both directions. I c...Counting generations goes in both directions. I can only count back to my grandparents, but counting forward, I had 24 first cousins, of whom 16 are still alive. I haven't seen or talked to most of them for 30 years or more, Can't begin to guess how many first cousins once removed there are, although there are only four I would recognize if I bumped into them on the street. (One reason for this is that I moved away from home after college; my brother has a lot more contact with the family than I do.)<br /><br />Interestingly, one of those four I met through Google. He is named for his grandfather, my uncle, whom I had mentioned in a blog post. Young Sid apparently Googled himself, found his late grandfather, and thus found his way to me. <br /><br />Although I've gone on line to some of the geneology websites, I'm not confident that I could find much trace of the families in Bershtivke, a suburb of Kiev, or in Kobrin, which was apparently larger than a shtetl, in Belarus. But maybe this emphasis on generations will motivate me to make my List of the more or less contemporary family!Larry Kaufmannoreply@blogger.com