Items stolen by my paternal ancestors which resulted in their imprisonment and transportation to Australia.
+ 2 law books – great great great great grandfather (1788 – first fleet)
+ sheet and blanket – great great great great grandmother (1789 – second fleet)
+ 5lbs bacon – great great great grandfather (1837 – many fleets later)
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I’m absolutely not in the least interested family history, but my maiden aunt is. She sent me a usb stick with a ton of info to me a few years ago – which I uncovered during recent de-cluttering and read for the first time.
I remain disinterested. Indeed, I could have done without reading her editorialising on the death of my father 30ish years ago. This left me in a fairly bleak mood for a time afterward.
When it comes to family history, my motto is “let the dead bury their dead,” though when it comes to early-modern owners of medieval manuscripts, suddenly I’m all over the genealogy and family history—of other families. Context is everything.
Yes, this is exactly it!