Does anyone combine genealogy and road trips? I have been doing genealogy for years, my interest sparked by one of my mother's cousins who did extensive genealogy in the pre-Family Treemaker software days. As soon as it came out, I bought Family Treemaker, then Rootsweb online, then Ancestry. It's one of those hobbies that can consume you every once in awhile, and I have taken several trips in America to research, and many online hours documenting. There are almost 27,000 people in my family tree files, more added every time I go to Ancestry or FamilySearch. I've met a few third cousins in person who are also doing genealogy, and many more online.

My recent trip to Cincinnati was to research my husband's grandmother, who was an orphan placed in the Children's Home there along with some siblings. The orphanage records are not yet online, but the Cincinnati Historical Society has their holdings and I was able to find out who they were placed with. Except for my husband's grandmother, whose placement was noted but no name given. I could have spent days or weeks at their library, but, alas, had only a few days.

Trips I'd like to take: the Boston area, since many of my mother's ancestors were among the founders of the Boston-area towns like Newton, Essex, Salem, as well as some Connecticut towns. Also Fort Boone in Kentucky, as I am descended from Daniel Boone's brother Edward. And Middlesex County, Virginia, where a couple of lines of my ancestors from my mother's and father's side held sway. So many places, so little time!

If anyone has questions on doing genealogy research, please pm me.

We've made a few trips and we are beginning to plan two more. One to visit my great grandfathers brother's descendants in PA. We recently received from them a banjo that my g-grandfather played while a POW in the Civil War. While their we'll be going to Lansing, Michigan where my maternal g-grandfather's family resided after homesteading in Wason Flats, Montana. We are also planning a trip to Japan to visit my spouse's family and gather info on his ancestors. With these trips we also plan on several photo expeditions. What a great way to combine hobbies.

Does anyone combine genealogy and road trips? I have been doing genealogy for years, my interest sparked by one of my mother's cousins who did extensive genealogy in the pre-Family Treemaker software days. As soon as it came out, I bought Family Treemaker, then Rootsweb online, then Ancestry. It's one of those hobbies that can consume you every once in awhile, and I have taken several trips in America to research, and many online hours documenting. There are almost 27,000 people in my family tree files, more added every time I go to Ancestry or FamilySearch. I've met a few third cousins in person who are also doing genealogy, and many more online.

My recent trip to Cincinnati was to research my husband's grandmother, who was an orphan placed in the Children's Home there along with some siblings. The orphanage records are not yet online, but the Cincinnati Historical Society has their holdings and I was able to find out who they were placed with. Except for my husband's grandmother, whose placement was noted but no name given. I could have spent days or weeks at their library, but, alas, had only a few days.

Trips I'd like to take: the Boston area, since many of my mother's ancestors were among the founders of the Boston-area towns like Newton, Essex, Salem, as well as some Connecticut towns. Also Fort Boone in Kentucky, as I am descended from Daniel Boone's brother Edward. And Middlesex County, Virginia, where a couple of lines of my ancestors from my mother's and father's side held sway. So many places, so little time!

If anyone has questions on doing genealogy research, please pm me.

I have done genealogy research for the past 10 years and have learned a lot. My wife and I took a trip to Norway several years ago to try to find the family farm where my great grandfather and his father were born. They came to America in 1868. We contacted the farm and found out that my Great-Great Grandfather's brothers descendants still lived on the farm and they invited us to stay a few days with them. We had a wonderful visit and I learned a lot about my ancestors...it was a life-changing experience for me.

You might look into Roots tech its an event put on each year in Salt Lake City Utah on Genealogy. It's supported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and brings people (not just church members) from all over the world who have a love of genealogy together so you can learn new ideas and methods to do research. My mothers parents were both from Switzerland but met and married in Idaho around 1880's, so I'm 1/2 Swiss. Most of those relatives are the hard ones to search. Fathers side came from England in the 1850's. Had some hard trials crossing the plains but never wrote a journal. Wasn't until I found their marriage license from England and saw that nether could write as their license just had a "mark" for their signatures. Funny I've been reading this for 2 years and thanks to the hoggers bought a 80D refurb because of recommendations but my first post is on genealogy which is also a hobby of mine.