Category: Family Tree

Every family tree seems to have that elusive ancestor that just doesn’t want to be found. My family tree has several. On my mother’s side of the family, I have had a wealth of information handed down to me. Photos, previous family trees (some not so correct), books about famous family members, and even a…

While trying to figure out what I wanted to write about today, I was playing a game with my toddler grandson. I pointed at him and said, “Who are you?”. He answered me and I then asked “Well, who am I?”. I followed with each member of our household, some by pointing at the actual…

When I started using the internet to search my family history, one of the questions I kept finding myself asking was, are there any good free genealogy websites? My family was young, we lived paycheck to paycheck, and something like a subscription to a website was not affordable to us.   By trying to keep…