Thread:Annie Stewart/@comment-29989042-20170612052458/@comment-29989042-20170619013950

Greeting, Barb! Thank you for sharing some of your family history and your husband's too. I love hearing other people's stories! It sounds like some of your family has been in Australia for quite a few generations. I can trace part of my history to Ireland too from 1750 and before. I have not had much success finding out much in regard to records in Ireland, as it's hard to find out exactly when my ancestor came to the US. There's rumors he came from County Cork, so until I can find out more information there, I pretty much let that line "sit." That Irish line eventually ends up in the middle of the US in the early 1900s, when a large group of that family decided to homestead in Alberta, Canada by riding the train as far north as it went back then. I do a lot of research through Canadian records, as my grandmother was born in Alberta 7 years after the family arrived.

Besides being Dutch (my mom's side of the family), as I mentioned before, I'm also Swedish (my dad's side), so last autumn, I finally got serious about understanding and researching their records. I find Dutch records easier to navigate and read, compared to the Swedish ones! It is such a time-consuming hobby, as you mentioned, and the brick walls can certainly be difficult to overcome! It can also get very expensive, too.

We celebrated Father's Day today with our sons. It was such a nice day being together and playing games! It'll be an early night for me, that's for sure. Hope your week has started off nicely! 🌺☀️🌺 🐾🐾