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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 402 Send Message	Carole	Report	10 May 2007 21:02
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 402 Send Message	I don't know about anyone else, but when I'm researching family members of long ago, I tend to get a rosy picture of them in my minds eye. After speaking to a couple of family members recently that view has cetainly altered. I will try to keep an open mind from now on and remind myself that they were human after all. Carole
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6 292 Send Message	Sam	Report	10 May 2007 21:14
	I know - the ancestors I have traced so far seemed to live more colourful lives than the living ones! Some of it has probably been exaggerated over the years, some I have the facts to back up the amazing stories! Sam x
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 272 Send Message	Tricia	Report	10 May 2007 21:48
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 272 Send Message	I know what you mean. When I first started, I had a ' minds eye picture ' of my gt grandfather and had to smile when I looked at a photograph of one of his daughters as an elderly lady and realised that I thought, for a moment, there was no resemblance between them. Tricia