My mother is the keeper of great grandpa Van Helsing's personal writings. I found out he is actually my great-great grandfather, and he was much much older than his wife, like about 30 or 40 years.
I asked her about what she knew regarding his chronicles about fighting a vampire in the 1870's.
She said the exact records of that one is lost, but it is referenced in some of his other writings. I asked if I could see them, or better yet, if any photos of him existed. She said yes.
There was one photo, a portrait photo of a couple - they were my great great grand parents. He looked like a scholar, hardly one who looked like one who would hand-fight a vampire and win, or even be competitive - but looks can be decieving.
Now that I can kind of picture him, meanwhile Mom was bringing me tons of papers written by him. I could begin my research. There was a lot of material to go through.
I asked her about what she knew regarding his chronicles about fighting a vampire in the 1870's.
She said the exact records of that one is lost, but it is referenced in some of his other writings. I asked if I could see them, or better yet, if any photos of him existed. She said yes.
There was one photo, a portrait photo of a couple - they were my great great grand parents. He looked like a scholar, hardly one who looked like one who would hand-fight a vampire and win, or even be competitive - but looks can be decieving.
Now that I can kind of picture him, meanwhile Mom was bringing me tons of papers written by him. I could begin my research. There was a lot of material to go through.