Posts in March 7, 2016

It is not the size of your genealogy database or how far back you can extend your family tree that matters. What matters is that you tried to document the lives of your ancestors and relatives as accurately as possible. Try and record your relatives’ lives as carefully as you would want someone to document yours.  Would you want someone to have you married to the wrong person, born in the wrong place, and having children before you were born? If that means you have a small tree that only goes back to the 1820s, then so be it. There’s nothing wrong with being stuck in 1820 if that’s as far back as the records allow you to go. ————– Genealogy Tip of the Day is sponsored by GenealogyBank. Their […]