Genealogy
One of my family traditions is getting together for Christmas, playing games and eating amazing food. We have been doing this for about four years and every year we have lots of people come over and eat holiday candy. I think genealogy is the search for my family history that not very people new about. Why is family heritage important? It is important because you can learn great things that can lead to new and great discoveries. If you want to know more about my journey in searching my family heritage read on. To begin with genealogists search for information about their family heritage. I began searching after I did a family tree and talked to my parents about their grandparents and great grandparents. Then Mrs. Michaelson brought …show more content…
When searching my last name my mom and I found out that “Beatty” means “one who provides food for people appointed by a chief”. Also Beatty comes from an Ireland or Scottish origin. A couple of facts I found was that everybody on my dad’s side was related to President Adams and a pilgrim named Steven Hopkins who came to America on the Mayflower. While searching many “road blocks” have been hit including not finding a trace of evidence from people I search. The year I showed up on a sense was in 2005 on the Iowa senses. Later on in 2010 I showed up on the United States of America senses. Finally, I am kind of a persistent person but try not to give up, I try my best to find information but if that doesn’t work I try something else. The thing that interested me in family history was not knowing anyone after my great grandpa on both sides of my family. Another reason it interested me was I didn’t meet a lot of my grandparents only my great grandpa and his friend that came to my house. In conclusion, now you know my journey in researching my family history. If you asked me one word that describes my journey it would be “”. Remember the reason this is important is because the finding of new people could lead to great discoveries about things you never knew about before. The last piece of advice I would like to give is, if you ever can’t find anything about anybody just get off the computer and walk
One of my family traditions is getting together for Christmas, playing games and eating amazing food. We have been doing this for about four years and every year we have lots of people come over and eat holiday candy. I think genealogy is the search for my family history that not very people new about. Why is family heritage important? It is important because you can learn great things that can lead to new and great discoveries. If you want to know more about my journey in searching my family heritage read on. To begin with genealogists search for information about their family heritage. I began searching after I did a family tree and talked to my parents about their grandparents and great grandparents. Then Mrs. Michaelson brought …show more content…
When searching my last name my mom and I found out that “Beatty” means “one who provides food for people appointed by a chief”. Also Beatty comes from an Ireland or Scottish origin. A couple of facts I found was that everybody on my dad’s side was related to President Adams and a pilgrim named Steven Hopkins who came to America on the Mayflower. While searching many “road blocks” have been hit including not finding a trace of evidence from people I search. The year I showed up on a sense was in 2005 on the Iowa senses. Later on in 2010 I showed up on the United States of America senses. Finally, I am kind of a persistent person but try not to give up, I try my best to find information but if that doesn’t work I try something else. The thing that interested me in family history was not knowing anyone after my great grandpa on both sides of my family. Another reason it interested me was I didn’t meet a lot of my grandparents only my great grandpa and his friend that came to my house. In conclusion, now you know my journey in researching my family history. If you asked me one word that describes my journey it would be “”. Remember the reason this is important is because the finding of new people could lead to great discoveries about things you never knew about before. The last piece of advice I would like to give is, if you ever can’t find anything about anybody just get off the computer and walk