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Family roots – I never gave it much thought when I was younger. Now in my sixties and being oldest living member of our family I come to realise how irrevocably oral history of the family is disappearing with passing of each generations. The stories and legends that my grandfather told me about his father and his grandfather will be forever lost with my passing to the “Happy hunting grounds”. It is funny coincidence that Geoff posted this tread because I did started to work on our family genealogy and record what I can remember of family history about four months ago. I’m quite aware that it may not be of any interest to any of my descendants, but if one of them in the future will be interested it will be available to them.
Beside of this it is also fascinating to find some trends in past societies. It seems from historical records that promiscuity and out of wed log children were just as common in seventeen century (despite of strong religious influence) as it is today. Children mortality was shocking in those times. Generally speaking only about fifty percent of children born in seventeen century lived past of age ten. It was also usual for man to be married two to four times as his wife’s died during the childbirth.
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