Originally Posted by
BengeBoy
I thought maybe some of you folks might have played around w/Ancestry.com.
Seems to me that folks who are 50+ often seem to be the people who start pulling together fragments of family lore to create a family tree. I've sort of avoided this in the past because it seems like it could be a huge time sink....but as my own parents get on in years I'm realizing I'd like to start documenting some family relationships that I can't keep straight in my own head; seems like a service like this would be helpful.
Anyone here use it?
Like it; hate it?
I use it. Also consider RootsWeb.
Major tip. Get yourself in front of all the remaining old relatives you have and get all the info you can. They can tell you more than anything. Once they are gone, they are gone.
I did that about ten years ago. I even took my grandpa on a trip to the county in Kentucky that he grew up in and left about 1938. I now know where he and all his relatives, lived, worked, are buried and some great stories. It was a priceless education and one of the best few days of my life. He died 4 years later.