[oh8eleven]

Genealogy research is fun, if you haven't tried it you should.
I agree 100%. I had no idea who or how we got here from Ireland and discovered my ggGF landed in NYC in 1851.
After that I discovered why my family history was a secret - lots of alcohol problems, plus, discovered my great grandparents didn't marry until after two kids.
Oh, those Irishmen ...

[Ditter]

My brother delved back into our family history recently. My paternal grandfathers side, the side we knew came out of Arkansas and Tennessee but knew nothing before that. It seems they were in the Isle of Wight Virginia in the 1650’s WOW!

Our earliest ancestor had his ear mutilated by the Presbyterians. Who knew Presbyterians were vicious back then and what did my ancestor do to provoke them? I found that in some collected data from William and Mary College. I am still chuckling over that. :D

[passionfruit]

Sometimes in very rural places, people didn’t see a real minister for years on end. So they married by moving in together, and didn’t have a ceremony until a minister came through the area.