when it comes to genealogy
we have so little
much of what we have to go on
is from the yellowing pages of family Bibles
if you can find one
i am curious about my grandfather
and his father
his father's father
i am curious about them all
i know my love reaches back further than i imagine
i know little about them
i know only what little was told to me about my dad's dad
he died before i was born
and i've only a few stories
a few glimpses back
i tell my children about their grandfather
i have only a few stories of his youth
a few glimpses through my eyes
my memories
the past becomes forgotten
all we have left are stories
names and dates etched in stone
i know they were much more than that
when they were here
when it was there time to be
so little is left now
when i die
what will be left here of me
just stories and a stone
descendants
that i hope will grow to know
love and worship their Heavenly Father
to make contact with the eternal things
while it's their time to be
when i am long gone
cold and bones
forgotten
one day
i will move to a higher hill
a greater perspective
see my path
my father's path
and his before him
we can watch together
and talk about the life we had
and how God brought us through each moment
the days of faith
the days of hope
before we came to that final place
He prepared for us there
family and family before
we will all dine together
in the same time and space
with all questions answered
we will no longer have to wonder
but rather smile across the table
see my fathers with my own eyes
live out eternity in each other's presence
there is a low ceiling to genealogy here
trails end and grown over
the earth buries the past all too quickly
the clouds and deep blue distance
limit our view of heaven
one day
one day
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Iam a Farquhar/Farquharson trying to establish the link from the US back to Scotland. Strange event has guided me to this effort. A rifle that I recently purchased for deer hunting and unbenounced prior to its purchase, was inspired by one John Farquharson. Its a single shot falling block action rifle. Further research has locateda manufacturer of Farquharson Arms in Australia. Beauty of a fire arm it is. Please contact me to see if we can work from both sides f the pond to make the connection. Maybe we are related? Thanks Much, Greg Farquhar stickywicket@webryders.net
I can only trace my ancestors back to Cumberland County and Wayne, North Carolina. It would be nice to finally secure that name/connection...the first one to land here in America. Then maybe track that boat over to the other shore and draw that line into the past a little clearer.
My folks were Finlayson by the time they made it to the states. I am sure we are related but very very distant. Nice to meet kin...even if so far apart. God bless and happy hunting!
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