How Much Do You Know About Your Family?
Lyn here, Pat Simmons post on Monday got me thinking about family history. Pat is doing a lot of research into her forebears. And I’ve done almost none on my own.
My husband’s cousin has done A LOT of research into the genealogy of the Cote family. My husband’s ancestor was Jean Cote who immigrated from France to Quebec in the 1600′s. Evidently Jean was a prolific father and there are A LOT of Cotes.
I recently heard from another Lyn Cote–who like me married a Cote.
My mother’s family was German on her mother’s side and Scot on her father’s side.
My father’s family was from Texas and Oklahoma and supposedly Irish and Cherokee. But who knows?
As a born storyteller, I was always fascinated by family stories. But how to know if they were true or not?
I’d love to take time to research my family history but I always so busy researching history and making up people and their stories that I haven’t had time.
