u/Popular_Sherbert2475

What are some easy things that could be done to make Jackson Heights better? What are some things you think "Why isn't DOT/Shekar/Police/etc doing this??"

I got into genealogy a few weeks ago, curious about an uncle who died mysteriously. Ever since I am full-on addicted to familysearch and it opened up a new door in my life. I feel a greater foundation with my family and created an urgency to talk to my older relatives to fill in the blanks and tell us stories. It might be coincidence, cosmic or earthly, but I also find myself becoming more religious, seeing how the religious principles are what made us who we are and I can see how these traits and habits are passed down.

I see the value of the gravestone now, the permanence. I never figured out my plan but I can see that something permanent, linking our family is heavy, essential stuff.

I started with my own family but then I go down a rabbithole of correcting links and files. I used to play Sudoku in my free time but this genealogy puzzle is more fun and rewarding. Recently I went to the cemetery to find some possible graves of my ancestors. Not all were mine but I make it a mission to work out the ones I take pictures of and get to the end.

It's given me missions to go to different parts of my city to visit cemeteries, libraries, temples to do research. I am learning so many new skills. I used to research food but this is even more wholesome. Now the food comes as a result of the journey, rather than a journey for a place that will go out of business in a year.

My only hope is that familysearch never goes down...

It's been a wonderful, fulfilling addition to my life