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My Roots

My Roots was another fairly straightforward badge to earn. I took out an Ancestry subscription and managed to find my dad's 1960s/1970s family tree he had worked on for years. I got all the information and created a brand new Ancestry family tree, trying to get back as far as possible to learn more about my family - and while I'm not sure how much I've learned (as I've forgotten), it took us to Lancashire, wandering around graveyards finding old ancestors graves and letting the teen see that we've got a lot of history in this country too. 

I also found out that my Great Grandfather remarried - something nobody knew for sure - I was able to get a duplicate marriage certificate. It was interesting stuff and keeps me in touch with my dad's cousins as well. 

I've since stopped the Ancestry subscription though it's there if I want to restart and do more work on it. Can you see the tree?



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