I did my DNA and it is fun. Names of people that I do not know how I am linked. With a comprehensive paper trail and cited resources, I am quite sure of my roots. 34 years and counting doing family history.
With new databases, I revisit information to reconfirm the information.
Two second cousins to whom I had corresponded for many years, did DNA and now they say we are related. Of course the paper trail had proved it along with the cited sources. Good Genealogy.
I have binders full of descendants. But I have taken a step back. As mentioned in another post, I starting with me and my husband, tell our stories. My parents. My grandparents. Go slowly with the stories.
I still need to put a family tree online. I belong to Find My Past so it will be okay to start there.
Sometimes I am hesitant to share every detail with that world out there. I have connected with so many in the genealogy world, sharing as well as receiving information, photos, little tidbits of information.
DNA and all its possibilities is a good thing. I have gone to lectures and attended online webinars on the subject.
I do believe to use all resources as it makes for a fuller history. It is fun discovering new connections. But writing up all that I have which is quite huge makes me stop looking for awhile and getting those stories written.
I was fortunate when I began the journey that two family lines were taken back several centuries. Saved a lot of research.
Writing the stories and putting them here on this blog has paid off with new connections.
There is a genealogist that says to write one story weekly and at the end of the year there will be 52. Nice idea but I am aiming for one or maybe more monthly. So far not on track.
How are your genealogy journeys going?
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