Researching, while writing magazine articles, always takes one down interesting paths. One can learn so much about topics you never knew much about. Part of an upcoming magazine feature, that I am working on, will involve the Forrestall family history and how they came to be in Nova Scotia. Our family history is a little sketchy pre-1800's, but up till then there is a wealth of documentation that exists on where we came from, lived, married, had children and passed away. My aunt Kitty Forrestall (my dad, Tom Forrestall's younger sister) had done a lot of research and has the most amazing memory of family folklore
above: Tom Forrestall, Chuck Lapp, Bob and facts. My aunt Winkie DeVries (Patricia, Tom Forrestall's older sister) has a great sense of the family history. Both of my aunts are extraordinary story tellers: humorous, detailed and thorough. But well known Canadian filmmaker Chuck Lapp, a member of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, who has been working on a documentary on our dad for the last couple of years, has taken all of the family folklore and fueled by his passion for geneology (and need to research the Forrestall background for his film) has amassed some fascinating family history. Chuck manages, without any family emotion, to sift through fact and fiction. And he has been very generous with sharing his research. Our long talk today was something I wanted to share. The Forrestall family are so lucky to have so many talented, creative, kind hearted and generous people in our lives.
In July 09, when Canadian filmmaker Chuck Lapp and his cameraman Bob traveled down to the Annapolis Valley with dad to do some filming at Three Oaks (our family summer home) I hosted a barbecue for them at our summer house.
Tom Forrestall, Kerry Schuss, Max Schuss, Monica Forrestall
Chuck Lapp, Kerry Schuss, Monica Forrestall; Tom Forrestall, Max Schuss with baseball bat.
Walk on the path to our Karsdale beach; dad, Kerry Schuss, Chuck Lapp & Max.
