Greetings!
One good thing about doing research on your family in the various genealogy websites is that you periodically find cousins. People who share one of your ancestors often post their family trees on these site, and a feature of the sites is usually that they can connect you with them.
Recently, I connected with a cousin in England who provided new information on the ancestors of my father's father. Next fall, I'll be traveling to England to see if I can continue the research. It also spurred my energy to check on what the website had on several other grandparents and great grandparents where my information was incomplete. As a result, I found three new cousins who share connections with me on my mother's father's line.
But even if you find that someone's family tree contains the same great grandfather, privacy controls in these online family tree websites usually prevent you from knowing much about them, and require them to respond to a website inquiry in order to connect. That's the case with these three cousins: Daniel and Chris Holton, Mommebird, and Debrob22 (known only to me by their user names), who share with me a family line which finds its way to Samuel S. Watson, Lucy Ellen Watson, or Joseph Lary. I've sent messages to each to see it they're interested in sharing information.
One good thing about doing research on your family in the various genealogy websites is that you periodically find cousins. People who share one of your ancestors often post their family trees on these site, and a feature of the sites is usually that they can connect you with them.
Recently, I connected with a cousin in England who provided new information on the ancestors of my father's father. Next fall, I'll be traveling to England to see if I can continue the research. It also spurred my energy to check on what the website had on several other grandparents and great grandparents where my information was incomplete. As a result, I found three new cousins who share connections with me on my mother's father's line.
But even if you find that someone's family tree contains the same great grandfather, privacy controls in these online family tree websites usually prevent you from knowing much about them, and require them to respond to a website inquiry in order to connect. That's the case with these three cousins: Daniel and Chris Holton, Mommebird, and Debrob22 (known only to me by their user names), who share with me a family line which finds its way to Samuel S. Watson, Lucy Ellen Watson, or Joseph Lary. I've sent messages to each to see it they're interested in sharing information.
