"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sights."
- Rossiter Worthington Raymond
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I've always been interested in history, even as a little girl. It has always been my favorite topic to read about, especially the Holocaust, wars, and royal family history.

I spent most of my days after school at the local library getting lost in the pages of these books, amazed at the hardships and pain that all of these past generations had to overcome.

I believe it is incredibly important to pay homage to our ancestors. They all overcame such huge obstacles and it is thanks to these individuals, the lives they lived, and those they loved that we exist.

Though many are long gone, their lives and stories deserve to be remembered and shared so their memory may live on to future generations.
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I enjoy taking photos, so if you are in need of a photo in the Northern New England area, feel free to reach out.

Many of the memorials I manage are graves from the local cemeteries that I noticed were not yet on Find A Grave. If you are a family member of one of these memorials that are not my ancestors, I will happily pass ownership over.

Some of my hobbies include going to my local cemeteries and finding graves that do not yet have a Find A Grave memorial. I also enjoy checking out local yearbooks and obituaries and trying to find the memorial page linked to the individual. If I make a mistake and post a picture to the wrong person, please reach out and let me know!
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I am always looking for stories and photos connected to those in my virtual cemeteries, so if you have any you are willing to share, please reach out!

I am especially interested in information and photos about family related to Marvin Robert Webber, born in St. Johnsbury, VT on March 4, 1935, child of Guy Bradley/Bert Webber and Ada May Donnell.
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THE STORY TELLERS
(Author Unknown)
We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors – to put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve.

To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before.

We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one.

We have been called by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: tell our story. So we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me?

I cannot say.

It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation.

It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe is called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers.

That is why I do genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones.

"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sights."
- Rossiter Worthington Raymond
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I've always been interested in history, even as a little girl. It has always been my favorite topic to read about, especially the Holocaust, wars, and royal family history.

I spent most of my days after school at the local library getting lost in the pages of these books, amazed at the hardships and pain that all of these past generations had to overcome.

I believe it is incredibly important to pay homage to our ancestors. They all overcame such huge obstacles and it is thanks to these individuals, the lives they lived, and those they loved that we exist.

Though many are long gone, their lives and stories deserve to be remembered and shared so their memory may live on to future generations.
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I enjoy taking photos, so if you are in need of a photo in the Northern New England area, feel free to reach out.

Many of the memorials I manage are graves from the local cemeteries that I noticed were not yet on Find A Grave. If you are a family member of one of these memorials that are not my ancestors, I will happily pass ownership over.

Some of my hobbies include going to my local cemeteries and finding graves that do not yet have a Find A Grave memorial. I also enjoy checking out local yearbooks and obituaries and trying to find the memorial page linked to the individual. If I make a mistake and post a picture to the wrong person, please reach out and let me know!
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I am always looking for stories and photos connected to those in my virtual cemeteries, so if you have any you are willing to share, please reach out!

I am especially interested in information and photos about family related to Marvin Robert Webber, born in St. Johnsbury, VT on March 4, 1935, child of Guy Bradley/Bert Webber and Ada May Donnell.
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THE STORY TELLERS
(Author Unknown)
We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors – to put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve.

To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before.

We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one.

We have been called by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: tell our story. So we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me?

I cannot say.

It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation.

It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe is called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers.

That is why I do genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones.