Week 7:
The theme for Week 7 is “Letters & Diaries.”
Not much beats finding a letter or diary written by an ancestor. Do you have
any in your family? Who wrote them? If you don’t have any letters or diaries,
which ancestor do you wish had left some?
I’m
always so jealous of the people who have family diaries and letters passed down
through generations. If only… well my people didn’t seem to keep the
information in writing so I have been left with unsubstantiated rumors that I
am trying to find any documentation of. If I could have any letters passed down
from only one of my Archibald ancestors I would choose John Archibald
1693-1751. I would ask him to journal his voyage across the Atlantic from
Northern Ireland in to New Hampshire. My ideal journal of his would include why
he decided to leave home to establish a new life an ocean away and did he stay
in touch with kinfolk back in Ireland. I’d also want to read about the voyage;
how long did it take, how big and crowded was the ship, did they lose any other
travelers during the voyage. But mainly I want to know if he was happy.
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