This post is dedicated to my grand kids and hope that they too will wonder about their past ancestors. Also, I want to include a blog buddy, who loves to use pictures as a way to express herself at http://squareonenotes.com/.
My father is the one standing in the middle, right behind his little brother.
This is the original photo, probably from 1911 and it always amazes me when I look at it and wonder what life was like back then. There are no smiles and I wonder why. I know that life was hard for my dad, he lost his mom not long after this picture. He worked very hard at an early age and he told me he started to smoke at the age of 12.
They have all passed on and taken their secrets and life stories with them.
Why didn’t I ask more questions about my grandparents.
They both passed away before I was even born.
I’m so fortunate to have this picture and another where my father is a toddler, but when the picture was taken, he turned his head and I can’t see his face. I wish so much I could see that little face.
I’ll continue with my genealogy and hope to find some answers. Somewhere, someone knows something and I need to find them.♥
Mi casita, mi ranchito 
Sandra
I treasure old photos too! They were taken so rarely. What a beautiful photo Dora! Thank you so much for the mention too! You know I adore your blog! A friend of mine has had great success at ancestry.com with piecing together her family tree.
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laflor5233
Sandra, as I was posting my treasured photo, I thought of you, reason for the reference. Yes, I’ve done a lot on Ancestry, but our names have been slaughtered by census takers, probably because my ancestors did not speak English. Thank you for being a reader of my blog.
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disappearingwoman
What a neat picture! I have an old picture of my grandmother and her siblings when they were young. It’s the only old picture of any of my ancestors that I have. It’s amazing to think of all they lived through.
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laflor5233
Yes, old pictures are such a treasure, I’ m hoping my kids will treasure them as well.
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disappearingwoman
I’m sure they will! 🙂
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