sita posted:I must say this was a good read. I loved to read or hear long time stories. My MIL still talks about the logie days, her parents logie was separated with a wall from my grandparent's. Long time everyone used to live like family. I knows all my husband aunts and uncles and cousins from his mother side, except him
Until one of his cousin introduced us.
Sita, as you can see by the writings on this thread, logie living was a big part of my life until I was 14 and I have many stories and photographs of Albion logies.
As I get older, I find it harder to find older people who can tell stories of this part of the indenture labourer lifestyle and its important that we record on audio or video, these stories for our children. Because its part of our Guyanese history. Even writing them is important.
Much of our personal history from India and Africa to Guyana was lost and as parents with much knowledge now regarding our family history, its important that we preserve our Guyana to other countries history for our children and grandchildren.
Countries like Suriname preserved their indenture labourer language from India, but much of ours in Guyana was lost, because we were forced to speak British English.
When a people lose their language and culture, they might lose a big part of themselves. The Canadian First Nartions People who were placed in residental schools and forced to speak English, is similar to what happened to the East Indians in Guyana, regarding their mother's country language.
When we are younger and busy with a young family, preserving family history might be far from our mind. But by the time we realize its importancer to pass it on to our children, the source from older family members might not be around any more, like your MIL.
So record what they tell you regarding logie stories and your family history, because they will not be around to tell it forever.