I checked my mailbox yesterday and received a package from Grandma. She had sent some geneology information she had that took our family back to England in 1539. Looking through the papers, I discovered that my family has been in the US, way before it was the US! Page in hand, I went on ancestory.com and started to build the tree. I AM ADDICTED! I found out we don't have any German on my side of the family as I thought we did. We have 1 Irish relative from the 1600. The rest are all from Massachusettes and England. My favorite part is looking at the sensus information. I have printed the actual written forms and a WWI draft card from my great grandfather Felix Gelinas, who was a first generation French Canadian. My great grandmother was half white/half indian who was adopted in the 1800s and was listed on the 1910 sensus as a "servant" for a Mr. and Mrs. Shakespear, immigrants from England settling in Snohomish.
Have you done any Geneology? What sources do you think work the best? What facinating things have you found in your families past?
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Kim, another good site to use is geneology.com which my father and I use all the time. We also have the software Family Tree Maker 2009, which is easy to use and you can scan any documents or photos right into the notes sections for individuals. Another program my father uses, which I have not had a chance to update on my own computer is Clooz, which is a databse that is great for cross referencing - a word of warning, though, the tech support for this one sucks - it is a program written and administered by one person. We haven't been able to find a comprable program we can change too as yet. Keep it up - finding out fun facts about your ancestors can be a blast and very educational about historical events from a more personal view. One of my ancestors was in the state penitentiary in the late 1800s and we actually were able to get his prison photo!
btw, keep up the good work with your blog - I check in once in a while and have learned quite a bit about your company.
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