This week's prompt FAVOURITE FIND had me pause for a giggle.
How could I choose just one?
The list of favourite finds is sooooo long, and getting longer every week.
It was then I realized this week's blog would be about my favourite find this week.
This week my 2nd cousin on my step-father's side of the family sent me a family tree going back to the early 1600s in Belgium. This was a line I had been having minimal success finding records for. The tree was in an excel spreadsheet, and I manually entered them to my tree on Ancestry.
The cousin in question did not have an Ancestry account before I sent him the invite to see our Bramble Bush. After I was done with our tree I went into his account, and completed his tree.
I had initially asked for a GedCom of the family tree research done by his uncle. All of the research had been done traditional paper trail, and no GedCom existed.
Now that I have set up the tree for my 2nd cousin a GedCom is available for anyone who is seeking.
Through connection & collaboration I was able to advance my tree back 300 years, and set up a digital version for my cousin.
Helping others to advance your own!!!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Photos:
Chalkboard, Collaboration. Retrieved January 15th 2022 from Alpha Stock Images https://www.picpedia.org/chalkboard/c/collaboration.html
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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