I think the most challenging part of genealogy is realizing that, someday, _you_ will be the ancestor whose life is being reconstructed. How do we leave behind our _own_ compelling story for them?
I also have farmers in my family tree. It’s a big deal aka time for a story when they owned property instead of just sharecroppers. Also another nice story in my line was when they children started attending school and the generation could then read and write their name instead if signing with an “X”! Every family has a story!
Thank you all so much for the research and hard work you do to help make the show WDYTTA….absolutely love that show. Not getting hardly any information from my relatives about my family, watching the stories of the people on WDYTYA about their heritage is actually comforting and exciting for me. Weird I guess but it is what it is. Thanks again
We're so glad you found this discussion interesting, Cynthia! We hope that this discussion will help you in your research! Please let us know if you have any questions and we'd be happy to address them!
Just started looking back into mine and it's so confusing and spooky, from Slaves to Runaways, Slaves that had children with the owners, AWOL soldiers, French Royalty, Scottish Royalty... but many of my Black & Indigenous ancestors seem to be lost in the times taking me back only to the 1900s, maybe getting the DNA will help me with my story because I really want to give my ancestors their names back
Thanks for exploring your family history with Ancestry, Amethyst Amaris. We know that it can sometimes be tricky to research Indigenous or African American ancestors, unfortunately. We have created some research guides to assist with this, which may be helpful for you. You can find these and some general search tips attached below. Researching African American Ancestors: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Researching-African-American-Ancestors Researching Native American Ancestors: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Researching-Native-American-Ancestors Overcoming Roadblocks in Your Research: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Overcoming-Roadblocks-in-Your-Research We hope this helps a little and wish you all the best with your continuous research!
We're so glad you enjoyed this video, Ann! We hope that this discussion will help you in your research! Please let us know if you have any questions and we'd be happy to address them!
Hi Ancestry. I'm watching from Barbados. I have been trying to get access to traits for a little while now but I can't seem to get any access. Can someone help me? My name is Shane Butcher.
Hi Shane. Thanks so much for sharing your interest in AncestryDNA Traits with us! At this time we do not currently offer this add on in Barbados, but we'd be more than happy to pass along your desire to see this change. Have a lovely day!
Crista...nice show but could you just take a few minutes in your busy schedule to check the problem with my Chaney's not being from AR and not connected to John Dennis Chaney /Shipman Families.Would really like to get this straight. Thanks
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Hi Kristen Cohen those in between the leaves if they are really nice and I've been waiting to get some responses back from you I just wondering can you send me some back please
