Family History Classes v1

To put it simply, discovering your family history is EXCITING. It gives you a meaningful connection to the past and provides you with stories of strength and courage. You may be asking yourself, “how can genealogy be exciting?” The truth is that you have to try it to understand.

Tracing ancestors as far back as possible has brought many people great satisfaction and pleasure. Even documenting only 3 generations of your family history can bring just as much excitement and fulfillment as being able to putting together two or three centuries of family history. Each individual ancestor that you find or discover its own special thrill!

Besides just finding their records, it’s even more thrilling to discover family records that contain stories that would never have come to light, unless you had found it and shared it with your family.

Additional reasons:

1. It gives you a sense of identity
2. It makes you more resilient to life’s challenges
3. It helps you connect with others
4. It makes you more compassionate
5. It helps you make good health choices

Most people will be able to trace some lines of their family tree back to the 1600s. Some people might be able to trace a few lines of their tree even further back. However, don’t be discouraged if you’re not able to trace it back this far. Genealogical records from different regions were destroyed due to fires, natural disasters, wars, etc. New records continue to be discovered and added each day to databases.