I'm hoping you are enjoying your genealogy work. Sometimes we hit a standstill and other times we hit a gold mine. I really enjoy it when I hit the gold mine! There are so many places on the internet and also in genealogical libraries to do your research. On my father's side of the family I have traced the family back to the early 1500 in the US. My mother's side of the family I have been able to trace it over to Europe. I started to learn Danish so I could do some Danish research, but that hasn't gone real well!! It's my fault in that I haven't stuck with it. Anyway, I hope you are feeling excited about the results you have been finding and you are well on your way to maybe printing a book about your family.

With summer here, it is easier to meet with relatives, visit cemeteries, etc. and do your family tree research. Most of us have a yearly family get together which makes it loads of fun to check with your relatives and urge them to give you some more family history. It is really important to get all the information you can from elderly family members, because once they are gone all the information they have will be lost, unless they have put it down on paper somewhere. Going to cemeteries and getting information from the headstones is more interesting if you don't have snow on the ground or rain pouring down on you, so the summer months is the best time to visit the cemeteries. Another source of important information is the Family Bible. Births, marriages, deaths, etc. are entered there and can help tremendously in the information you just may be looking for.

How is your genealogy search doing? I am having a wonderful time with mine. I get so excited each time that I start working on it. I'm finding new leads every day and enjoying reading about the life of my ancestors. Sometimes I find pictures, other times I am just able to find dates or read about them, but all in all it is still exciting!

I have discovered a new way to put your family tree online and it is free of charge. You may want to check it out. It is: www.tribalpages.com

Be sure to keep record of the source of your information that you find. Keep the name of the book or article, the date, the author, the page number where the information is found. At first it may not seem like a big deal, but as you find more and more information, it will serve you well to have that available.

Exciting Family Tree Fun!

I have subscribed to Ancestry.com and even though the cost is more than I wanted to pay, I have been having so much fun with my family tree. Once you start up your family tree on the Ancestry website, your tree starts showing little green leaves that circle around and then finally come to a standstill. When they stop circling that means that somewhere in the Ancestry website information they have found information on the name that has the green leaf. You then click on the leaf and it brings up all the information that they have located. It may be a death record with SSI or War Records or even another family tree posted by another individual. You can then attach that information to your family member name. I have found parents names of ancestors so far back I hadn't even gotten that far back in my family tree. This is exciting!!!!