@thickurt@woof.group @James@woof.group (In school, I was always flummoxed when we were given a "heritage" type of assignment: I couldn't understand that other kids in my classes didn't know who their grandparents were or where they came from, let alone their great-great-grandparents. It wasn't until high school that I realized how blessed I was to not only know this information, but to be able to read the letters my great-great-grandfather wrote from California back to his own family in Chicago and New York.

And while ancestry.com has access to amazing amounts of data, there is another library with amazing records, too. The Mormon Church has one of the most extensive genealogical libraries, and is available to the public; if you are ever in SLC and curious about your history, it's a physical and tangible way to connect with your past, even if neither you nor anyone in your line are Mormon.)