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Have you ever visited your ancestors graves? (self.genealogy)

submitted 8 months ago by Pacrat173 to c/genealogy

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I’ve done this a few times including members of my family who passed in the 1800s. It always felted strange knowing this is my family from over 200 years ago and I can visit their final resting place even today. Has anyone else done this and what’s the oldest headstone you’ve visited?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Not yet. I don't believe in an afterlife or that they're watching over us, so before I started my family tree, I didn't see the point.

Now that I'm researching them, I want to get the details of the grave and see where they were buried. Also, my great grandfather died during the first World War and was buried abroad. I found researching his grave to be quite interesting, and I'm going to visit the memorial to him and the other members of the military who died during the war.