Actually started doing serious genealogy on Ancestry about 2013. Formally signed with Find A Grave more recently to set up virtual cemeteries and develop smaller trees for various family and friends. Easier for most people to "get acquainted" with a few ancestors at a time and, hopefully, some of them will find genealogy fun and interesting.
I was adopted by my father's parents in 1950, so my whole family situation is a bit more complex than most...basically shifted everybody forward one generation. Not sure if its more common now or just less hidden. Still learning about some of this. Really glad for the understanding and family history this site can provide.
Happy to help others figure out some of the incredible blocks we encounter along the way.
My current project is tracing side families (siblings, spouses and children of each direct ancestor). Wealth of information there. Teaches good record keeping (theoretically!) Besides, how else can you be sure you have put the right family together at any given time? Just have to love puzzles! And to borrow someone else's words, I love doing "the whole bloody forest".
Also important to me to re-connect family members. Memorials just there, empty, with no family, no information, sometimes with no dates even...like no one cares that they lived or died just outside of our little circle. These people are how we got here!
This is another way to honor them.

Please let me know if you are a closer relative. Right now I just want to put as much information on these memorials as I can and it will be faster if I manage them. After that is done, I will happily turn them over. Very complex, interwoven histories. I want them to keep that connectedness.
Also looking for a relative interested in stewardship when I can't do this any more. While I do plan to be here for awhile, it may take some time and a few emails to find the right person. In case you're wondering, this does not require going to cemeteries, traveling , cleaning head stones, etc. Find a Grave volunteers do all of that. It only requires that you care about people and history and accurate information. Please contact me directly if stewardship sounds like a possibility for you.

Actually started doing serious genealogy on Ancestry about 2013. Formally signed with Find A Grave more recently to set up virtual cemeteries and develop smaller trees for various family and friends. Easier for most people to "get acquainted" with a few ancestors at a time and, hopefully, some of them will find genealogy fun and interesting.
I was adopted by my father's parents in 1950, so my whole family situation is a bit more complex than most...basically shifted everybody forward one generation. Not sure if its more common now or just less hidden. Still learning about some of this. Really glad for the understanding and family history this site can provide.
Happy to help others figure out some of the incredible blocks we encounter along the way.
My current project is tracing side families (siblings, spouses and children of each direct ancestor). Wealth of information there. Teaches good record keeping (theoretically!) Besides, how else can you be sure you have put the right family together at any given time? Just have to love puzzles! And to borrow someone else's words, I love doing "the whole bloody forest".
Also important to me to re-connect family members. Memorials just there, empty, with no family, no information, sometimes with no dates even...like no one cares that they lived or died just outside of our little circle. These people are how we got here!
This is another way to honor them.

Please let me know if you are a closer relative. Right now I just want to put as much information on these memorials as I can and it will be faster if I manage them. After that is done, I will happily turn them over. Very complex, interwoven histories. I want them to keep that connectedness.
Also looking for a relative interested in stewardship when I can't do this any more. While I do plan to be here for awhile, it may take some time and a few emails to find the right person. In case you're wondering, this does not require going to cemeteries, traveling , cleaning head stones, etc. Find a Grave volunteers do all of that. It only requires that you care about people and history and accurate information. Please contact me directly if stewardship sounds like a possibility for you.