Traditions are the carrying on of our social and cultural customs and religious practices. Traditions are the ribbons that tie one generation to another. They give us the comfort of familiarity, a sense of history, identity and belonging, be it through familiar objects, meals, rituals or beliefs.
Traditions don’t have to be just for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Genealogy’
Tradition
Posted in Acadian ancestry, Family, Genealogy, Life Skills, tagged Acadian, anchor, comfort, cultural, cutoms, Family, Genealogy, grandfather, grandmother, holidays, Louisiana, mother, rituals, security, tradition on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Unsung Heroines
Posted in Genealogy, tagged Acadian ancestry, Canada, descendant, Determination, Family, France, Genealogy, heroism, history, survival on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Genealogy is one of my passions. I am of Acadian descent on my father’s, fathers side and have, mostly in the last year or so, delved into that line of my ancestry. Few facts and records have survived the past 400 years to tell us, their descendants, the story of ‘from whence we came’. But [...]
