As I have mentioned before and will mention again, genealogy is very easy for me since my family has been in the United States of America since before it was the United States of America and in the very county where I still live since prior to 1800.
But not every document is in our county courthouse.
I have been able to attend a few genealogy conferences in my area and I come home and stay up all night searching using new techniques to quickly find documents before I forget the steps.
Even better were online zoom conferences during covid where I could set up a second laptop and work with the teacher.
For today I am showing off a document signed by President Millard Fillmore following the Bounty Land Grant of 1850 awarding my ancestor 160 acres in Iowa (stolen from Native Americans I am sure) for his service in the War of 1796. War of 1796? Yes, more wars against Native Americans, I believe.
My 3rd great grandfather Simon's grandfather Jacobus was born in Freehold, New Jersey in 1721. His second great grandfather Albert was born in Flatlands, NY in 1675. Albert's dad Dirck arrived in "New Netherlands" from the Netherlands in 1650.
For Christmas my husband bought access to international records on Ancestry (as in I said do you want to upgrade my subscription for Christmas and he said sure). I need to make sure to schedule time to work on these generations in Europe while I have access to records.
You know, in my spare time.
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