I am absolutely thrilled with the resources available through Find A Grave!! The goal I had initially was to fill in holes, but my family has come alive beyond data points entered into my tree. I have a much better understanding of who they were and the lives they led, which includes the place they came to rest at the end of that life.

I was initially working on researching the family tree of William and Mary Woodcock (26188934 and 26188936)- my Great Great Great Grandparents. While they were born in England, they came to NYS in the 1820s. All of their children (12 in all I believe) were born in NYS. Those 12 children were born to farmers, many became farmers themselves or married farmers-- living and dying in and around St. Lawrence County, having spent the entirety of their lives in the county or the surrounding counties. A few spread their wings well beyond St. Lawrence County, well beyond New York and a few even traveled beyond the borders of the United States.

I am also researching the Mangiaracina/Livoti and the Arena/Momamolite/Dagostino lines from Italy and NYC as well as Zimmerman/Weber and the Poppe/Bastian lines from NYC and Germany.

I just started researching the Lashbrooks/Boney lines, which is my cousin's maternal line that she knows little about.

If you connect back to them, or any of their line, I'd love to hear from you-- I am open to messaging and potentially connecting further from there!

I am absolutely thrilled with the resources available through Find A Grave!! The goal I had initially was to fill in holes, but my family has come alive beyond data points entered into my tree. I have a much better understanding of who they were and the lives they led, which includes the place they came to rest at the end of that life.

I was initially working on researching the family tree of William and Mary Woodcock (26188934 and 26188936)- my Great Great Great Grandparents. While they were born in England, they came to NYS in the 1820s. All of their children (12 in all I believe) were born in NYS. Those 12 children were born to farmers, many became farmers themselves or married farmers-- living and dying in and around St. Lawrence County, having spent the entirety of their lives in the county or the surrounding counties. A few spread their wings well beyond St. Lawrence County, well beyond New York and a few even traveled beyond the borders of the United States.

I am also researching the Mangiaracina/Livoti and the Arena/Momamolite/Dagostino lines from Italy and NYC as well as Zimmerman/Weber and the Poppe/Bastian lines from NYC and Germany.

I just started researching the Lashbrooks/Boney lines, which is my cousin's maternal line that she knows little about.

If you connect back to them, or any of their line, I'd love to hear from you-- I am open to messaging and potentially connecting further from there!