By Peggy Smith
Henderson County Historical Commission
October is Archeology Month for the Texas Historical Commission. While that may not sound like pure excitement for some, for those of us who have started the trek to finding our families roots, or even just trying to see what life was like in generations past archeology is exciting. Webster defines archeology as “the study of the life of ancient peoples, as by excavation of ancient cities, etc… Since I am now a great-grandmother some might think and one of my grandchildren referred to me as old. We laughed!
In 1998 my mother brought me a folder and a rolled up chart and asked me if I wanted it. When I opened it up she told me that my Daddy had started a history of our family and I was immediately hooked. I was so excited to think of finding out about my family. My Aunt Ruby had also done some work so we also worked together and shared what each of us had discovered. It has been an exciting journey and a frustrating one as I would seemingly hit brick walls down a line of our ever growing tree.
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