How far back can you trace your family history?

knight_shadow · #1 10-15-2008, 04:34 PM

^^^ That's amazing. I wish I could get information from that far back, but AA records and history weren't documented too well until a certain point.

RaggedyAnn · #2 10-15-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

^^^ That's amazing. I wish I could get information from that far back, but AA records and history weren't documented too well until a certain point.

Roman Catholics actually track everything from your church of baptism. Say you get confirmed in another church and move and get married in a third. All of your information gets put on your original Baptismal certificate in the church of origin. That's actually where we lost track on one side. There was a fire and the church lost it's records.

epchick · #3 10-15-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Roman Catholics actually track everything from your church of baptism. Say you get confirmed in another church and move and get married in a third. All of your information gets put on your original Baptismal certificate in the church of origin. That's actually where we lost track on one side. There was a fire and the church lost it's records.

That's interesting! It makes me wanna go back and look at all that information to trace my roots.

SuperblySigma · #4 10-15-2008, 05:15 PM

My earliest relative came over to America from England in 1623. My mom has the tree somewhere. Yep, she's a DAR.

Dad's family is not as well documented, so with the exception of one line, it's only traced to my great-grandparents from the (assorted) Old Country.

My Sigma family? I can go from my great-great grandbig to my great-great grandlittle... damn!