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Walton: Climbing family tree and branching out

For most of my life I was content to know only the bare bones — forgive the bad play on words — of my family history. I knew the life stories of my grandparents and great-grandparents but that was about it.

Walton: Climbing family tree and branching out

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For most of my life I was content to know only the bare bones — forgive the bad play on words — of my family history.

I knew the life stories of my grandparents and great-grandparents but that was about it.

Like many of us, I had neither the time nor inclination to invest the effort required to reach further back and learn everything I could about those who came before me.

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For most of my life I was content to know only the bare bones — forgive the bad play on words — of my family history. I knew the life stories of my grandparents and great-grandparents but that was about it. Like many of us, I had neither the time nor inclination to invest the effort required to reach further back and learn everything I could about those who came before me.

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