If you’re wanting to work on your genealogy, but need something a little different, pick an age. Then determine what each of your ancestors were doing at that point in their lives. Try and answer the following questions: Where were they living? Who were they living with? Were they employed/still earning a living (assuming the age chosen wasn’t one for a child)? What immediate family members were still living? Which ones were living nearby? What national events were going on that might have reasonably impacted your ancestor?
Affidavits in court cases and pension applications may mention how long the person giving testimony has known the person about whom they are giving testimony. Do the math. In what year did they first become acquainted with each other? Was it when they were living somewhere else? Was it during a time when you know nothing about your ancestor? Does it mean that they had known each other since they were children? That “length of time known” could help you trace your ancestor’s origins.
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