- October 26th, 2006, 10:29 am
#37213
OK, I know only grandmas and Mormons are into genealogy ... excpet for me. I'm a hoistory buff who has been hooked on researching my family's roots now for some time. I reveal this rather embarassing detail to alert you to something cool. In a deal with Good Morning America, Ancestry.com is giving away three days access with no strings attached. But you need to go there by November 3rd.
http://ancestry.com
Why would you want access to Ancestry.com? I'm glad you asked. All it takes is a simple search or two and you can have direct access to images of all kinds of great stuff. You can look up your parents or grandparents and see their entries int he US Census from 1930 on back. You can see the actual World War I and WWII draft registration cards of family members and find all kinds of cool stuff about what your family has done. I admit I'm a degenerate for researching this stuff. You can start an online family tree that will still work after your three days of free reearch access is done. And Ancestry.com's tree allows you to connect it into other trees and you will likely discover family members you never knew existed ... sometimes living close by.
I've focused most of my efforts the past couple of years on my great-grandfather who immigrated from Italy and my great-grandmother who came over from France. They divorced when my my grandmother was very young and my Mingori roots were always a family history. Because of my research I have discovered the tiny town in Northern Italy where he originated and have connected in with distant cousins there. They've invited my family to come stay with them and I admit I find that rather cool.
Even if you have no interest in building your family tree (incidentally I've traced my roots to British royalty on both my mother & father's side), just accessing all of the historical data is a blast for anyone who appreciates history.
http://ancestry.com
Why would you want access to Ancestry.com? I'm glad you asked. All it takes is a simple search or two and you can have direct access to images of all kinds of great stuff. You can look up your parents or grandparents and see their entries int he US Census from 1930 on back. You can see the actual World War I and WWII draft registration cards of family members and find all kinds of cool stuff about what your family has done. I admit I'm a degenerate for researching this stuff. You can start an online family tree that will still work after your three days of free reearch access is done. And Ancestry.com's tree allows you to connect it into other trees and you will likely discover family members you never knew existed ... sometimes living close by.
I've focused most of my efforts the past couple of years on my great-grandfather who immigrated from Italy and my great-grandmother who came over from France. They divorced when my my grandmother was very young and my Mingori roots were always a family history. Because of my research I have discovered the tiny town in Northern Italy where he originated and have connected in with distant cousins there. They've invited my family to come stay with them and I admit I find that rather cool.
Even if you have no interest in building your family tree (incidentally I've traced my roots to British royalty on both my mother & father's side), just accessing all of the historical data is a blast for anyone who appreciates history.
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