Do you watch that show on NBC. I kind of got into it and I may have signed up on Ancestry.com for the 2 week free trial. You know what, that website is cool. I saw digital copies of census records and even the prisoner of war record of an ancestor in the civil war. Here's what two weeks got me:
My Grandpa Ibarreta's family line ended at my great-grandma since she emigrated from Spain. There wasn't much that I found there. I didn't have time to try too hard though.
My Grandma Ibarreta's mom, Bertha Frost, was the daughter of Martha Jane Inman. Martha's grandpa, Henry Inman was a POW during the Civil War. He was a Corporal from Tenn Infantry, fighting for the confederates. He was captured on November 27, 1863 and was discharged from Rock Isle on 12/12/63. I'm a little confused about why it was such a short time between capture and discharge...but that's what the record said. Henry's grandpa, Abednego Inman, was born in England and fought in the American Revolution as a Patriot. He became the Jury Foreman of the first Grand Jury of Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1793. He's buried at the cemetary at Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Henry Inman is burried in Inman Cemetery in Possom Hollow, Alabama. On Martha Jane's other side, the people emigrated from Ireland and Scotland.
Through my Grandpa Kell's mom, Clara, I was able to trace back to the southern states in the 1700's. I could have gone further, but takes more time than I had on the free trial period.
My Grandma Kell's mom, Laura Woodworth's family I traced back to Boston and Plymouth, MA in the 1600's. From there I went back to England in the 1300's.
It was really fun seeing where all the trails led. I was really surprised to see that most of my family were very early Americans. Well, early for the European kind.
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