Family Tree Guide - The Quest For Ancestors

Of all the years I've spent tracking down my family, one thing I wish I would have had was a family tree guide. Something to keep me organized and on track. I would have been more efficient in my research and in turn been able to accomplish more.

I spent about four months trying to track down my grandfathers mother Laura. My grandfather had already passed away by this time so I had little to go on. Laura had died in 1969 of old age(she was born in 1877). I really didn't know where to start looking or how for that matter for the information needed to find her.

I searched all over the internet and called some family members that might have a clue as to her history to no avail. I finally found a census(after about three months) that had her family on it. She had eleven children in that household...have mercy!

Long story short, three months after that initial census discovery I found out that she was given to a family friend by her father. Her mother had died shortly after giving birth to her. Her father then remarried and for some reason had decided he could not handle Laura and gave her to a family friend at the age of three.

Moral of the story is, had I had the proper tools and techniques I would have accomplished so much more by now.

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