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Bookworm616 said:
Whilst researching my family tree on Ancestry.com, I finally decided to check out the show they advertise on there: Finding Your Roots.

It's on PBS on Tuesday nights.

I went to the website and watched the latest episode they had available and was immediately hooked. Over the next few weeks, I watched every episode on PBS's website, even paying a $5 a month membership fee (it's for a good cause) to gain access to the earlier shows.

So, yeah, I've become obsessed with it. LOL.

Anyway, last night, they profiled Sean "Puffy" Combs and LL Cool J's family trees. This episode BLEW ME AWAY. It was by far one of their best ones. It was truly shocking and fascinating.

If anyone is interested in genealogy/DNA research/family trees, I highly encourage you to check out this show.

Last night's episode is already on PBS's website. I would also encourage you to watch last week's episode profiling John McCain, Patricia Arquette, and Julianne Moore. Very fascinating family histories.

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Damn might have to check it out after this glowing review
 
Bookworm616 said:
Whilst researching my family tree on Ancestry.com, I finally decided to check out the show they advertise on there: Finding Your Roots.

It's on PBS on Tuesday nights.

I went to the website and watched the latest episode they had available and was immediately hooked. Over the next few weeks, I watched every episode on PBS's website, even paying a $5 a month membership fee (it's for a good cause) to gain access to the earlier shows.

So, yeah, I've become obsessed with it. LOL.

Anyway, last night, they profiled Sean "Puffy" Combs and LL Cool J's family trees. This episode BLEW ME AWAY. It was by far one of their best ones. It was truly shocking and fascinating.

If anyone is interested in genealogy/DNA research/family trees, I highly encourage you to check out this show.

Last night's episode is already on PBS's website. I would also encourage you to watch last week's episode profiling John McCain, Patricia Arquette, and Julianne Moore. Very fascinating family histories.

:smt023
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I saw a similar show on a different channel and it was really cool. I might have to check this out. I'd love to research my own family history, but I can only go back a couple of generations and then our written history was lost in a fire.

What was so fascinating about the P Diddy and LL Cool J show?
 
Ches said:
I saw a similar show on a different channel and it was really cool. I might have to check this out. I'd love to research my own family history, but I can only go back a couple of generations and then our written history was lost in a fire.

What was so fascinating about the P Diddy and LL Cool J show?
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If I told you, it would ruin the surprise. :-)

There aren't any records anywhere for your family tree?

One of my great grandmother's was born in Chicago and her birth record was lost in the Chicago Fire. It's very frustrating.
 
Bookworm616 said:
If I told you, it would ruin the surprise. :-)

There aren't any records anywhere for your family tree?

One of my great grandmother's was born in Chicago and her birth record was lost in the Chicago Fire. It's very frustrating.
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My mother knows her grandparents' names. Beyond that, everything is gone. My dad knows even less about his family. I'm hesitant to spend the money to join Ancestry because I have so little to go on.

So you said the show is online?
 
Ches said:
My mother knows her grandparents' names. Beyond that, everything is gone. My dad knows even less about his family. I'm hesitant to spend the money to join Ancestry because I have so little to go on.

So you said the show is online?
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You could start with familysearch.org. It's completely free and you can even start a family tree.

If you find more information than you thought you ever would, you could make the decision to try ancestry.

Yes, it's online.
 
Bookworm616 said:
You could start with familysearch.org. It's completely free and you can even start a family tree.

If you find more information than you thought you ever would, you could make the decision to try ancestry.

Yes, it's online.
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I hadn't heard of that site. I'll check it out. Thanks, Books!
 
Ches said:
I hadn't heard of that site. I'll check it out. Thanks, Books!
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You're welcome!

It's the Mormon site. You will have to set up an account to make a tree, but it's free.

A word to the wise, I learned this the hard way (I have 2 trees on Ancestry because of it, LOL), when looking up records, try your hardest to find multiple sources confirming the names are correct and dates and the parents' names are correct. When I searching one side of my tree, after they uploaded a ton of German records, I found the names of what I assumed were my ancestors, by birth records, but I also looked for the parents' marriage licenses (sometimes you have to search several pages to find it) and the marriage licenses should hopefully contain at least the father's name, too.

Familysearch.org is less user friendly, IMHO, than Ancestry, but it's still a great source. I found many of my ancestors on familysearch.org that filled in my ancestry tree.

The one great aspect of the Mormon site is that when you click on "Search" you can fill out information on the left OR you can click on an area of the world to the right and search through records that way. That will also help you figure out if the records you're searching for are online now.

Sorry for the long reply, I've just been doing this for so long and learned a lot by trial and error, so hopefully I can save you even a little bit of time with this information.

Good luck! :smt023
 
Bookworm616 said:
You're welcome!

It's the Mormon site. You will have to set up an account to make a tree, but it's free.

A word to the wise, I learned this the hard way (I have 2 trees on Ancestry because of it, LOL), when looking up records, try your hardest to find multiple sources confirming the names are correct and dates and the parents' names are correct. When I searching one side of my tree, after they uploaded a ton of German records, I found the names of what I assumed were my ancestors, by birth records, but I also looked for the parents' marriage licenses (sometimes you have to search several pages to find it) and the marriage licenses should hopefully contain at least the father's name, too.

Familysearch.org is less user friendly, IMHO, than Ancestry, but it's still a great source. I found many of my ancestors on familysearch.org that filled in my ancestry tree.

The one great aspect of the Mormon site is that when you click on "Search" you can fill out information on the left OR you can click on an area of the world to the right and search through records that way. That will also help you figure out if the records you're searching for are online now.

Sorry for the long reply, I've just been doing this for so long and learned a lot by trial and error, so hopefully I can save you even a little bit of time with this information.

Good luck! :smt023
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Thanks! I'm taking a screenshot of your post for reference!
 
People always talking about how kids look so grown these days and how early they hit puberty but nobody talks about how we are aging better than ever these days.


As a child growing up, I swear people in they 50s looked old as fuck but these days, they looking damn near 15 years younger.
 
4north1side2 said:
People always talking about how kids look so grown these days and how early they hit puberty but nobody talks about how we are aging better than ever these days.


As a child growing up, I swear people in they 50s looked old as fuck but these days, they looking damn near 15 years younger.
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Very good point. I see people in their 60s and 70s in the gym all the time
 
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