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Early this year I created a facebook group for my family, the John A. Adams family. It is by far, one of the biggest reasons I love facebook so much. In the last 9 months I have ‘spoken’ with more of my relatives more frequently than I have in the last 12 years. Which has been wonderful for me, because I forgot how much I really missed that.

Recently, I announced my intention to update and republish the expansive genealogical work that was my grandmother’s masterpiece, “The Adams Family: the Ancestors & Descendants of Frederick Shields Adams*”. There are more than fourteen generations of family history in her book. Since it was printed in 2000, several people have come and gone, with new or longer stories to add. Many relatives who would like to have this book do not. So I am retyping it. And expanding it. Page by page.

With every page I type, I’m reminded that these are the stories that show us for who we are. These are the stories that should be shared. And people shouldn’t have to wait a year or so to read them in a book only a few will be able to buy**.

So I’m making it a blog: “Aspire, Persevere and Indulge Not”.

At least once a week I’ll post a piece of the book, a new informational find, or photographs. If you’re into historical material, feel free to check it out. If you’re family, feel free to send me questions, material or let me know how I’m doing. I hope you love it.

 

*One change I’m proposing to the book (and have applied to the blog) – is moving the title up one generation to read, “the Ancestors and Descendents of John A. Adams”, as the full work encompasses all four of his children, of whom Fredrick Shields Adams was one, and their descendants.

**Once the update is complete, I’ll release our book on Blurb. The book will be available to every member of the family – but as it will include biographies of living relatives, it will ONLY be available to family.

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