Originally Posted by Joan Rosemary
I have been doing gaeneology on and off for several years now. When I started I had no knowledge of my Mothers family as she died when I was only 2. Once I started I managed to go as far back as early 1700's. It is like being a detective. Great fun very enlightening and worthwhile.
Great to understand where you are from.
Joan
It's very much like being a detective. I'm researching my DH family (my mom has been doing ours for decades so there's not much for me to do there which is why I'm doing DH's). His family is somewhat difficult to decipher sometimes because they suffer from a lack of imagination when it comes to names. I have a James Spratlin who had (among many others) 2 sons -- Jesse and Henry. These 2 sons both married women named Mary (in the same year and county) and had sons named James (in the same year and county). AARGH!