Re: What or who got you hooked on genealogy?
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In 1980, my husband and I were at a national archive doing his genealogy. I sat down at a microfiche reader with the 1910 Census for Chicago to look for my?relatives. I was just browsing through neighborhoods and found my mother's father as a boarder, living with his sister and brother-in-law.?It was thrilling!?? My mother gave me an old blueprint family tree that was probably done in the 1930s.? She filled it in with pencil as people married and had children.? When we got the internet,? Ancestry, etc., I found documentation, started emailing relatives and matches, and the whole world opened up.?? Now I organize Zoom meetings and make spreadsheets, and try to preserve our family histories for the next generation.
Linda Wolfe Kelley Portland, OR, USA
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