Learning From The Past

I'm sure everyone is curious about their past. Not just what's gone on in their own life, but what kind of family history they have. When I say the world 'family history' I'm not just referring to your mom, dad, grandparents, and a distant cousin or two. I'm talking about going back much, much farther.

http://www.ancestry.com/

 

I joined Ancestry.com a little over a year ago. Like many of you I was curious about where I came from and who I might be related to. But never in a million years did I imagine all of the information I would uncover when I did this.

 

Take for example that after searching my first day for a few minutes, I was able to find a picture of my great-grandmother from her passport paperwork. My mother never met her grandmother and never saw a picture of her, so it was very exciting to say the least when we found it.

 

My great-grandmother Dorothy and daughter Mildred.

 

After that great find I just wanted to dig even deeper and that's exactly what I did. Currently I have now found over 2,000 relatives! Using this website has certainly opened up my eyes to my history. And in retrospect it's even caused me to look up a lot of events I should have remembered from history class, but I guess it's more interesting when you find out you had relatives in the War of 1812.

 

Some of you may be wondering if maybe you should join Ancestry.com. Is it worth it? Well, if you click on the link in the last sentence it brings you to the web page that will allow you to have a FREE 14-day trial! If you even have the slightest bit of curiosity I urge you to try it out. And for those of you who are still on the fence take a peek at the picture below.

 

My great, great great grandfather (Philip) and great, great, great grandmother (Mary).

 

Yes you did read that above caption correctly. It does say GREAT 3 TIMES!!! I'll never forget the day I found this picture and showed it to my Dad when he was still here with us. Such a smile came over his face and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. So take advantage of that FREE 14-day trial and get searching. You'll never know what you'll find until you start looking!