Are any of my readers genealogy buffs? For some reason I’ve always been interested in my family history. Actually I think I might know why I developed an interest early on. You see I’m the last child of much older parents. The next sibling closest to me is 10 years older, and my oldest brother was just shy of 20 when I arrived in this world. So I grew up knowing I might not have my parents around as long as most people do, and I only ever had one grandparent.

When I was 12 or so I began asking my only living grandparent about our family history. She was 92 at the time, and little did I know it but it’s a good thing that I did start asking questions when I did because she was gone a year later.

One of the things that I’d learned from her in those talks so long ago was that her branch of the family came from England, Wales, and Scotland. Part of her long family line had been in what was to become Canada since the 1600’s! Another thing that learned was that in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s several lines of our family moved to the US for work. Many of them settled in Ohio and Idaho.

I’d like to learn more about my American relatives so I might travel to Idaho one day. What have begun to do is spend some time researching the history of the areas that my relatives moved to. One of the areas is Boise Idaho.

Boise is a thriving city with a quaint small town feel from what I’ve gathered reading about the city. You know where I got some of my information? From the Boise Home Guide! Yeah, a real Estate page. Actually I’ve learned that the city is growing because many people like the city, and the atmosphere so much and that their real estate market is doing well as a result. Check out these homes on the Boise mls to see what’s available. I really like the style of some of the houses and the prices seem reasonable for the area as well.

Boise seems so nice. Perhaps I’ve discovered one of the reasons why my relatives moved there and ended up staying? I’d love to learn if they’ve started any businesses there or if anyone made a bit of a name for themselves in the area. That would be interesting. It’s always fun finding an interesting gem of information like that.

So how many of my gardening friends also have an interest in genealogy? I bet more of you have that interest than I think.