Comments on: Skarabej http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:05:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/comment-page-1/#comment-337239 Dave Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:29:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/#comment-337239 Very cool gallery of photos. Is it just me, or does anyone else find it odd that people posed for group photos at funerals? Some even included the dearly departed... Very strange to me. I've been on a bit of a lost family history kick lately. That so many people are all but forgotten after one or two generations, even by their own descendants, is very sad. I recently found the gravesite of my great-great-grandfather, who was the first of my family to set out from the northeast back in the mid-1800's, homesteading a farm in NW Iowa. No one in my immediate family even knew his name, much less where he lived or was buried. Sad. Very cool gallery of photos. Is it just me, or does anyone else find it odd that people posed for group photos at funerals? Some even included the dearly departed... Very strange to me.

I've been on a bit of a lost family history kick lately. That so many people are all but forgotten after one or two generations, even by their own descendants, is very sad. I recently found the gravesite of my great-great-grandfather, who was the first of my family to set out from the northeast back in the mid-1800's, homesteading a farm in NW Iowa. No one in my immediate family even knew his name, much less where he lived or was buried. Sad.

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/comment-page-1/#comment-335365 aware Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:52:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/#comment-335365 "Skarabej" makes me want to know how to say/spell "scrabble" in croatian. i re-read it tho and realize it probably sounds like "ska ra bay" but on first glance, skarabej looks like skrabbel. "Skarabej" makes me want to know how to say/spell "scrabble" in croatian.

i re-read it tho and realize it probably sounds like "ska ra bay" but on first glance, skarabej looks like skrabbel.

]]> By: reznicek111 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/comment-page-1/#comment-335166 reznicek111 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:42:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/#comment-335166 What an interesting site - thank you for posting this! My ancestry is mainly Czech, so these old photos are of special interest. What an interesting site - thank you for posting this! My ancestry is mainly Czech, so these old photos are of special interest.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/comment-page-1/#comment-334909 Miss Cellania Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:11:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/#comment-334909 People were shorter on average 100 years ago. Experts attribute it to better nutrition, fewer childhood diseases, and longer education (instead of child labor). How much each factor contributed is still a matter of contention. People were shorter on average 100 years ago. Experts attribute it to better nutrition, fewer childhood diseases, and longer education (instead of child labor). How much each factor contributed is still a matter of contention.

]]> By: Hops http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/comment-page-1/#comment-334896 Hops Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:54:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/07/skarabej/#comment-334896 They look short. Why was everyone like a hundred years ago so short? They look short. Why was everyone like a hundred years ago so short?

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