Makarioi Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 A few years ago, we had a large family reunion. My bro in law used this site to accumulate quite a large amount of information. We helped him present this on this HUGE tree, with the leaves being family members (very original LOL but very neat). His research led him to Poland where he has visited twice and has taken lessons to learn the language. Both sides of the family are from European origin and we had to deal with the slaughtering of the names when our ancestors arrived at Ellis Island! Now, I want to check out my side of the family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 If I started there, I would probably spend waaaay too much time there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 While ancestry.com is owned by a Mormon, and based in Provo, UT, where lots of Mormons live, it is not part of the LDS church. It has, however, partnered up with FamilySearch.org, which is part of the LDS church, to grow it's database, I'm presuming. I ordered a DNA kit from ancestry.com, but haven't sent it back yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) I found a ton of stuff and shared it with my grandparents, and they thought it was pretty cool. My dad's side are German and Norwegian farmers. I was hoping to trace it back to somewhere in Germany but they came over around 1890, and a lot of census records and things were lost that year because of a fire. My last name isn't very common but we've run into little pockets of families with my last name, so we think we might be related somehow. Apparently there was a big falling out that no one would tell the kids about and everyone involved died before someone could get the truth, so it's kind of a mystery. My mom's side can be traced back to the first French Canadians, and one line on her side back through the American Revolution, though Mayflower times, back to England all the way up to Oliver Cromwell's sister. One guy signed Vermont's constitution. Another was acquitted during the Salem Witch Trials. I have a great great great grandmother named Basilisa, and I stole it for phatmass because I thought it sounded cool. I did find that there's a lot of tragedy on my mom's side of the family. But I also found a story someone had posted about how one of the wives was afraid to come to America from England, but she had a dream where she learned that if she did she'd become the mother of a long line of ministers, so she woke up and agreed to leave. Sure enough, lots of ministers and Quakers and abolitionists from her children, over multiple generations. It makes a good story, at least. They'd all be horrified by my branch's Catholicism. I got really confused at one point until I realized someone married his second cousin once removed. At least it didn't end up looking like the Hapsburg family tree. What was really cool was being able to piece together all these stories from people who really lived, all kinds of people leaving their families to probably never see them again, lots of struggles, and imagining what it must have been like to be in their shoes. I'm not really close with any of my extended family so learning more about where my family comes from was really neat and meaningful. On 3/6/2016, 12:22:03, Maximilianus said: If it wasn't for the information I received from my parents and especially my grandmothers it would have been very hard to get as far as I did on Ancestry.com. Because of them I was able to determine ancestors by verifying the names and location of relatives I had little to no knowledge of. I went of the trail at one point because of the similarity in names and geography. That's been the hardest part for me - everyone uses the same six or so names for their kids in the same area, so even with unusual names it's hard to piece out what's real and what's a false positive from someone else on the site making a bad connection. Edited March 9, 2016 by Basilisa Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Ancestry.com has never worked for me because we have a very strange last name that's confined to a village in Romania. Someone else had our family tree online and I couldn't figure it out until I realized somebody got divorced and then remarried their cousin. This was not that long ago if I remember correctly. Ehrm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 29 minutes ago, Maggyie said: somebody got divorced and then remarried their cousin. Hey. Don't judge me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 It's only good for those with heritage in North America and European countries… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikita92 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 My 10th great grandfather is Thomas Stanton lll who is a original proprietor of Hartfort, Connecticut! foundersofhartfort.org Also, Walter Palmer one of the four founders of Stonington Connecticut who is my 10th great Grandfather via his son Nehemiah Palmer. (on my father's side) I did the DNA Ancestry test. I am 48% Eastern European..via my Mother who is German-Polish 36% UK via my father..Rogers-Palmer-Lampman-Blake-Hand >(Irish..which registered a very small %) Genealogy is one of my passions! It's nice to know, that to some extent that I have a Pedigree. Before expoloring it..I would have said..I was just mutt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I am related to some people in Italy who like to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil'Monster Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I thought vee was going to say that she was somehow related to St. Therese.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 On 4/2/2016, 8:01:08, Lil'Monster said: I thought vee was going to say that she was somehow related to St. Therese.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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