Searching for Ancestors with an Alzheimer’s Family Member
January 15, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
When someone contacted me for information about my ancestors (I’m a genealogy buff), it brought back memories of searching for these people of long ago with my mom as she began her Alzheimer’s journey. She was in the early stages, but began to tell more and more stories about her childhood and young adult years.
She liked to visit places connected to these days and tell me stories about the times and the people. Sometimes it wasn’t convenient to make these forays, but I realized, as I provided information today to another researcher, that I had fond memories of taking these jaunts along …read more




