Do you know where your family immigrated from? It's not an easy question as once you start researching your family tree, it goes everywhere. Each couple generates so many new branches it's hard to keep track and stay focused. One little hint can lead you down the rabbit hole with mounds of new hints, hits, and sometimes, failures. My family has many lines mostly coming from England. However, I have a significant from France. This lineage migrated to then French Canada and eventually made it's way predominately to New Orleans, Indiana, and Missouri. Another line is from Wales. Now this line didn't have anyone that was "famous" like my French line except this line did create a famous person in my eyes.
My father as depicted in this photograph of my great grandmother at the newly build George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, Indiana. My great grandmother's parents were from Wales and first settled in Ohio and eventually in Vincennes. The road to tracing these different lines hasn't been easy but it's been worth the hours and years spent researching. My grandfather and father were both researching my family's origins prior to their deaths. My grandfather would even travel across the country conducting research. I am sure he would be amazed at the tools readily available today.
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