I’ve done this a few times including members of my family who passed in the 1800s. It always felted strange knowing this is my family from over 200 years ago and I can visit their final resting place even today. Has anyone else done this and what’s the oldest headstone you’ve visited?
Hello everyone! As the previous mod of this community is no longer active I requested to be made mod and am very thankful to the admins to granting my request. Over the next week I will be attempting to revive this community so stay tuned!
I’ve seen this a lot in my research every family seems to have one even my family tree has a women some claim was a Native American(or about 3 other races the story isn’t clear) but what’s up with this?
It appears the only mod hasn’t posted in 8 months !genealogy has been inactive for a while and I’d like to try and revive this community as I love genealogy thanks!
What do you all think of taking a DNA test for genealogy purposes?
I’d like to but the privacy problems are holding me back
Has anyone ever done a recorded interview with a family member?
This is something I’ve always wanted to do since I’ve started genealogy research for my family....
Have you ever visited your ancestors graves?
I’ve done this a few times including members of my family who passed in the 1800s. It always felted strange knowing this is my family from over 200 years ago and I can visit their final resting place even today. Has anyone else done this and what’s the oldest headstone you’ve visited?
Do you have any interesting family heirlooms?
How's your research gone this week?
What software do you use for your family tree?
I know folks here on Lemmy love FOSS so I’d suggest Gramps if you’re looking for suggestions!
What's the farthest back you've made it in your family tree?
For me anything before about 1750 is pretty murky and the records are harder to find and confirm
Who's your most famous ancestor?
Have you learned any fun facts about your family in your research?
Who's THAT person on your family tree?
The one who seemingly has no records or takes so much work to dig up one record...
Prompt of the week what if Texas remained a independent country?
It's the little things (lemmy.world)
alternate history for all your what ifs in history (lemmy.world)
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Under new management
Hello everyone! As the previous mod of this community is no longer active I requested to be made mod and am very thankful to the admins to granting my request. Over the next week I will be attempting to revive this community so stay tuned!
Where does the "Cherokee Princess" story come from
I’ve seen this a lot in my research every family seems to have one even my family tree has a women some claim was a Native American(or about 3 other races the story isn’t clear) but what’s up with this?
At what point do you start calling someone a ancestor rather than a relative?
For me it’s my 5th great grandmother anyone further back in the tree is my ancestor because I think 6 greats is a bit much.
My community is having a writing contest come join us! (lemmy.world)
It’s starting tomorrow so if you like history or writing come on down!
what are some ways the Fediverse could help genealogy?
Have your written your own alternate history story before?
This includes short stories and scenarios!
I would like to be a mod for the genealogy community
It appears the only mod hasn’t posted in 8 months !genealogy has been inactive for a while and I’d like to try and revive this community as I love genealogy thanks!
What do you want to see more of?
Hello everyone As Lemmy does not yet have polls (at least that i am aware of) I am going to ask for comments about this....
Give some other parts of history the spotlight (lemmy.world)
Anyone have any interesting alternate history maps?
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Prompt of the week
What if Julius Caesar was never assassinated?