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I recently started Ancestry.com again and have been enjoying it immensely. My grandchildren are of age where they are interested in finding out about their families past. The best way in my opinion is to show them. Using the original records and other people's family trees we have been able to trace our family tree back to the 1500's.

My grandson thinks this is pretty cool :-) and seeing all the old photos of their great great grandparents. 

I am hoping to make a Family History book that includes a lot of this information and have it printed off to give to everyone this Christmas. This way the whole family can enjoy it.

I could not have done my research without Ancestry. I was always interested in my heritage so last year I decided to join Ancestry.com to do research and gather the facts so I could make a book on our family that I can give as gifts for Christmas next year.

I didn't realize what I was in for and the amount of information which is available. I was able to track my ancestors back over 200 years to Europe and England. I got a lot of interesting photos and stories as well not only from the records they have online (including the military ones) but from 2 other users of Ancestry who share some of the same relatives. It's really neat how you can share your family trees and instantly expand your own.

I have almost all of the research done now that I want (you could keep finding out stuff forever if you want) and plan to start organizing it in a format so it will be enjoyable to be read by the family.

I am very interested in Ancestry and I really like the way it works. I have always been interested in my family history which came to a head when I recently got all the family books from my mom. I wanted to put together a family tree with this information I have, so I did some research online and found Ancestry. I have only scratched the surface of what I can do and I am really excited to continue to use it.

I am only about a month into using the service but the one thing I did find was that my grandfather and great grandfather's birth date information is incorrect. My grandfathers information was from another member's public tree which Ancestry doesn't really control. I did contact the person and we discussed and he ended updating his information as I was able to prove to him that my info was right.

My great grandfather information (from the other side not related to the grandfather on my mom's side from above) was from Ancestry's own records. What's great is you can add alternate information and additional comments to records on Ancestry. I did this and it has been reviewed and updated so props to Ancestry.

I like to think I was a budding genealogist when i came to Ancestry last year. It takes some time but I discovered a lot by building my family tree. I also found out that it is always an ongoing process that is never finished. I am currently working on 4 branches of my tree that has gone global. Who knew I had so many relatives living in Europe!  Each one of them has a story that I find interesting. It's amazing how family's change and grow over generations. 

If you have an interest in your own family history and want to find out more, then Ancestry will give you access to millions of records and photos. It's definitely worth trying out, I am glad I did.

I do not think you will find a better website to search for your family history here in the United States. I was able to trace my family tree back 4 generations and find relations in my own town that I never knew I had.

There are a few small changes to the interface I would change on the site but overall I would give Ancestry a high recommendation.