Good morning @ericvancewalton. I find it very motivating to do this work of family memory, because much of what we are has its roots in the culture and family where we have developed.
I am pleasantly surprised how you treasure and value your family history having those old documents, I do not know much of my family lineage, however, I have collected something and I hope to share it in these proposals to which you invite us to participate.
Greetings and have a great day.
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My brother and I have put many hours of research into our genealogy. We took a genetic test (23andMe) a decade or so ago and the result contradicted who/what we thought we were based on oral family stories. This is what caused us to start researching. Ancestry.com has a lot of free records available online and this is how we got access to a lot of the documents. Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful week!