Chances are you've probably never met someone with my last name, Purser. Other than my extended family I never have either. They are out there somewhere though. I know because there are 124 of us in the Facebook group "Famous Pursers." The group is dedicated to helping to link the Purser clan by providing an open forum for information sharing. It is a small example of the expansion of family history work going on over the Internet. The desire to know where you came from is more than just a curiosity, it comes from the deep emotional ties we feel to our family. The Internet not only provides an overwhelming amount of information for those wondering about their predecessors, but also an easy way to discover and collaborate with distant living relatives who are also searching for their ancestors. The potential of social networking in family history even caught the eye of the New York Times last year. The wealth and ease of information and relationships available on the internet is just what is needed to perform family history. Social networking will help us connect back to the original social network, the family.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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Hey, was interested when I saw your post, our family have the last name purser as well, however we live and have done for the last few generations in New Zealand. It's interesting there are so many in the states, may be a family link somewhere.
Yeah, my ancestry comes from Great Britain (England in particular). Pretty sweet deal that families that have spread all over the Earth can come back together using the web.
Definatly, like yours we have links to the uk and to california, although the information we have been given is a bit hazy in places, for our future generations it's interesting and important to know our ancestory.
Interesting. How many generations have you guys been in New Zealand?
Our family has been in New Zealand for 3 generations, that I know of, we did have a ancestral tree that went way back, however as with extended families there are problems and one member has taken it, hence we have to do our own research about our ancestors now.
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