{"id":14,"date":"2009-01-30T11:36:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2009-08-17T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T17:25:43","slug":"peter-hazelbakers-gravesite-the-joy-of-genealogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Peter Hazelbaker’s Gravesite & The Joy of Genealogy."},"content":{"rendered":"

The recent discovery of the tombstone<\/a> of family Patriarch Peter Hasselbacher\/ Hazelbaker points out that it is still possible to find or resurrect very old information about our families. I have to believe that there are still wonderful and illuminating old documents, artifacts, or historical knowledge out among us that are begging for an opportunity to be shared more widely before they become lost. The best part is that knowledge of every new piece of information opens the door to evermore rapid accumulation or new facts and even more meaningful associations between what we have. I want to use the opportunity of Craig Hazelbaker’s adventure to stimulate us to even more efforts of discovery.<\/p>\n

I think that discovering my family history is one of the most exciting things I have ever done. It has given me an opportunity to learn and even stand where my roots came from, and to understand the forces that shaped my family development. I find that leaning about my own family history has also taught me more about the history of the world than I ever new! This literal voyage of discovery has given me the opportunity to travel to wonderful places. It is one thing to drive around the Old- and even the New-country as a tourist. It is quite another to ride a bicycle or walk through the same villages and countryside that your forefathers did 400 years ago. I cannot tell you how moved I was to be able to speak names aloud in prayers of gratitude to people who labored in difficult times enabling me to write this today. I think that for many I was saying names aloud for the first time in centuries. They have not been forgotten by us. This hobby has given me an opportunity to expand and use my interests in photography and computers– to play! Not in the least, I have had the opportunity to meet new family and friends, and to strengthen my bonds to old family. What I am getting at here is that we need to recruit more or our young (and old) folk into this activity that in its essence must be collaborative. This stuff is as fun and exciting as anything else we can do. I am forced to share the experience and opportunity. Help by getting more involved yourselves, and bringing your own family into the effort.<\/p>\n

If you have old documents, photographs, or information, let me help you make them available to the rest of the family on this website. I guarantee you will get back more than you share: I always do. Just drop me a note and we will find the best way to do it.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to leave a reply to this entry. That is why I put it here! Click the “Comments” button just below. What did you know about Old Peter’s Grave? What family treasures of information do you have to share? Let me know quickly<\/a> if you have any difficulties doing so. I am learning how to do this too.<\/p>\n

Peter Hasselbacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The recent discovery of the tombstone of family Patriarch Peter Hasselbacher\/ Hazelbaker points out that it is still possible to find or resurrect very old information about our families. I have to believe that there are still wonderful and illuminating old documents, artifacts, or historical knowledge out among us that are begging for an opportunity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hasselbacher.org\/hblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}