As with any historical research – family or otherwise – I suppose the author must at some point use her own judgment to describe how an event may have occurred - because dead people tell no tales. One finds the historical documents and sources, roams cemeteries while silently studying tombstones that can only tell us so much. [I offer up a prayer for an ancestor I never knew.] Listening to family lore passed down, perusing notes left by those who went before; one tries to fill in the blanks in order to tie it all together historically. Prejudice aside; conflicting dates and data need to be resolved as best it can be. Information presented to you the reader, will undoubtedly have moments in time left up to your imagination.
I like to think that most of the time we get it right. For those times that we screw up really badly; I humbly ask your forgiveness.
Jane
I like to think that most of the time we get it right. For those times that we screw up really badly; I humbly ask your forgiveness.
Jane
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