Granduncle Mark's Genealogy Parlor
This
Genealogy-Compatible
Home
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Welcome to the living room.
The Steinway grand piano was made in 1872,
so someone's ancestor played it.
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Listening to music like our ancestors heard...
on a phonograph machine
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Amber, a doberman-german shepherd mix,
guards the Christmas tree!
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Gingerbread here and there
ads a nostolgic ambiance.
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Now step into the parlor
and see if you can't almost imagine
hearing the rustling
of your great-grandmother's petticoats
as she might have walked through this room.
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The old houses were drafty
but everyone knew
the fireplaces were comfy
and beautiful, too.
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Hey, Greg! It's supposed to be the cat
that sleeps by the hearth!
Greg Clark is a neighbor,
and he works with me, too.
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Jo Hargesheimer's gracing the organ
and isn't she sharp in her business suit.
She's married to Greg
the man shown above.
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The Square Grand Piano
is from 1854.
There's a player piano, too,
for those with "a foot for music."
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The wood weight clocks still keep the time.
Do you realize that almost everything
in this house keeps working
when the electricity is out?
(Except, alas, for my beloved computer!)
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If you listen intently
do you think you might hear
your great-grandpa a laughing
as he played on these stairs?
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This ceiling fan hung in an old Baptist Church,
in southwest Arkansas, generations ago.
Now it hangs 14 feet high
in the open space of the turret
that rises over the bed.
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Grandmother would have been quite comfortable
cooking on that old gas stove.
This is how kitchens used to be,
with room for neighbors
who stop by to see what's cooking.
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Even the bathrooms
(upstairs, and down)
give one the sense
of Victorian town!
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Now before you leave,
take a walk though the yard.
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