Comments on: What Happens When You Die? A Genealogist’s Perspective http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/ The ultimate site for your genealogy blog Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yvonne http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11778 Yvonne Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:22:49 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11778 I agree with you on all points!

]]> By: Lorie M. Broedel http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11777 Lorie M. Broedel Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:25:35 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11777 Thomas what a great post! It truly makes you think. I grew up never knowing any of my grandparents, great grandparents or great aunts and uncles but I know so much about them thru my years of research that I know I will meet them on the other side! My son (now 16) knows how important my family tree paperwork is and he has been instructed to give it to someone in the family that becomes the family historian, like I have been all these years.

]]> By: Karen Blackmore http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11776 Karen Blackmore Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:42:42 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11776 Thank you, Thomas. I thought this was great. I love you image and I have lots of questions I want to ask my ancestors.
Now I just wish Grandma would give me some hints about her ancestors since she wrote decades ago that she could trace 3 of her 4 family lines to this continent before the Revolutionary War. Of course, she didn’t leave any notes. Oh, well.

]]> By: Lynn Palermo http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11775 Lynn Palermo Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:57:30 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11775 sniff, sniff, there you go making me cry so early in the day. I love your vision Thomas, thanks for a beautiful post, sounds like heaven!

]]> By: Jen Alford http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11774 Jen Alford Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:19:38 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11774 Thomas-
I love this post. I got all teary at the thought of reuniting with my grandma and getting the clarity over my research. I love the thought of the haunting and nudging the book off the shelf. Really touching. Thanks for writing this!!! Jen

]]> By: Mary http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11773 Mary Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:37:17 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11773 My views are a little bit different than most…being a born-again Christian I KNOW what Heaven and the after-life will be like – mostly praising our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I would hope that most of my ancestors I’ve learned about (and those I couldn’t find) will be joining me there – since we will be eternally happy I would like to think if they are there that I will know them and they will know me. I want to be reunited with my parents, my brother, and my ancestors. But if that’s not God’s plan for heaven then I don’t think I will be even giving it a 2nd thought.

I don’t say this to start a theological discussion on different beliefs,,,,I just replying to the question stated by Thomas. Good subject Thomas, thanks!

]]> By: Dorene from Ohio http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11772 Dorene from Ohio Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:08:06 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11772 Thomas – You spark so much thought & conversation about so many different aspects of genealogy…we are
truly blessed to have you and Geneabloggers!

]]> By: Mariann Regan http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11771 Mariann Regan Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:07:57 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11771 I really like this post. You are quite a guiding spirit, even while alive! There are many people over there I’d also like to thank for supporting my life. And we do so need more haunting and harassing of legislators. (Maybe some of this during life.) I hope our friends on the other side have streaming videos of past events all prepared and ready to show us. It’s only fair.

]]> By: Thomas MacEntee http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11770 Thomas MacEntee Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:00:48 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11770 Skip – that’s why I wrote this post today over at the Flip-Pal blog about preserving your family’s legacy: http://info.flip-pal.com/genealogy-blog/bid/88232/Preserving-Your-Family-s-Legacy-Don-t-Delay

]]> By: Skip Murray http://geneabloggers.com/die-genealogists-perspective/#comment-11769 Skip Murray Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:49:12 +0000 http://www.geneabloggers.com/?p=19703#comment-11769 Nice post!

I always tell people I’m not afraid to die, because I’m looking forward to meeting the people I researched all these years, and finding the ones I never could solve the mysteries for.

My only worry is what will happen to all my stuff? No-one in my immediate family shares my passion. I’ll haunt them forever if they throw all my research into a dumpster!

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