Sometimes you will never the know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory – Dr Suess

AAGRA’s genealogists and record agents understand the value of finding the moments and memories that have been recorded to build the story of your ancestors.   Family trees aren’t just about dates, names and places, though those things are important.  Family trees are also about understanding your ancestors and finding the information about the moments and memories that may have been recorded and which assist us to understand who our ancestors were.

So where are moments and memories located?  Memories of a births, marriages or deaths may be long gone by the people who experienced them but the moments are often still captured in certificates.  However sometimes memories are also captured in photographs, videos or written works such as diaries and newspaper articles.  Military archives can also record a series or moments and some personal items such as letters and postcards record moments in time that have then become the memories of the people who experienced them.  Other important moments and memories of our ancestors may have been recorded in writing or verbal.  There’s criminal records, professional journals, databases of divorces, wills and letters of administration to name just a few.

So, what is more important, the moment or the memory?  They all help build the story of a person or a family so whatever has survived that helps build that story is important and is all collected.

If you need assistance finding the moments and memories of your ancestors then AAGRA’s genealogists and record agents can help you.  To look for one to suits your requirements, click here.