Ancestry.com

I enjoy genealogy. Right now, I'm trying to find out the identity of one Edward B. Martin's parents. Poor boy, he died at 24, leaving a grieving widow and an infant daughter, Caroline. I found where to get a photocopy of his hand-written will. It feels really odd to read your great-great-great-grandfather's will!

Edward's widow, Sarah (Blewett) remarried twice. Once to a Mr. Everett and the second time to the older brother of the guy, her daughter, Caroline, married! They were both elderly at the time, so no kids, thank goodness!

Never-the-less, my family tree is "oddly grafted" in spots. My grandma was her own cousin in a couple ways! (Gotta love it! :wtf lol My family is a huge, crazy puzzle with many of the pieces lost in time. Covered up scandals, cousin marriages, follies and tragedies, and a even a few mysteries- and because it is my family story, it is utterly fascinating!

In case you ever decide to get into genealogy, but can't afford the $ites like Ancestry, try rootsweb.com and familysearch.com (a Mormon site and not always accurate, but they try hard). - Granny:hippy: