Hello again!
I mentioned last time that our photo restoration started from a shared love of genealogy. Kathy and I, the owners of River Bend Photo Restoration, have spent many long nights tracing both of our family lines. It’s an exciting and frustrating endeavor. To have any hope of keeping your facts straight and your notes clear, you need a good family tree program. We use Family Tree Maker from Ancestry.com. (That is a non-compensated endorsement!) Even for a technology novice, it is easy to use. All you have to do is start typing names into the field and it builds the tree for you. It also calculates each ancestor’s relation to you. I don’t think it would have been possible for us to compile our research without it.
One of the best things about genealogy is that you are bound to learn more about your family than you ever hoped to know. For instance, my maternal grandmother was adopted. I was able to finally discover the name of her birth mother, which had been unknown for nearly 90 years.
On my father’s side, my great, great, great, great grandfather fought in the American Revolutionary War. Researching his life uncovered something amazing. In his later life, he had sought to get benefits he had been entitled to as a veteran. This meant providing meticulous details about his time in the war, including his duties, commanding officers, and various locations where he served. I found that he had defended Philadelphia, and had also been sent to Valley Forge. It then made even more sense why his son was named after George Washington! Suddenly, this man was not just a name and a date. He was a man with a rich life. These finds make it all worthwhile.
If you’re interested in Family Tree Maker, follow this link:
http://www.ancestry.com/cs/apps/p-5194
~Chris
I mentioned last time that our photo restoration started from a shared love of genealogy. Kathy and I, the owners of River Bend Photo Restoration, have spent many long nights tracing both of our family lines. It’s an exciting and frustrating endeavor. To have any hope of keeping your facts straight and your notes clear, you need a good family tree program. We use Family Tree Maker from Ancestry.com. (That is a non-compensated endorsement!) Even for a technology novice, it is easy to use. All you have to do is start typing names into the field and it builds the tree for you. It also calculates each ancestor’s relation to you. I don’t think it would have been possible for us to compile our research without it.
One of the best things about genealogy is that you are bound to learn more about your family than you ever hoped to know. For instance, my maternal grandmother was adopted. I was able to finally discover the name of her birth mother, which had been unknown for nearly 90 years.
On my father’s side, my great, great, great, great grandfather fought in the American Revolutionary War. Researching his life uncovered something amazing. In his later life, he had sought to get benefits he had been entitled to as a veteran. This meant providing meticulous details about his time in the war, including his duties, commanding officers, and various locations where he served. I found that he had defended Philadelphia, and had also been sent to Valley Forge. It then made even more sense why his son was named after George Washington! Suddenly, this man was not just a name and a date. He was a man with a rich life. These finds make it all worthwhile.
If you’re interested in Family Tree Maker, follow this link:
http://www.ancestry.com/cs/apps/p-5194
~Chris
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