I am a family history buff and have been since I was ten,
when I completed a family tree project in my fourth grade class. Years later, after I heard about
ancestry.com, I started working on my family history and have been at it now
for about 8 years.
I already knew that my ancestors that came to America were
from Germany, Ireland, and England. I
have learned where some lines of my family were prior to settling there as
well. They were from Scotland, The
Netherlands and France. I have traced
one line of my family all the way back to the 1000’s AD! I found an ancestor, John Howland, who
arrived in America on the Mayflower. Sir
George Beeston, my 15th great-grandfather, was serving Queen
Elizabeth I as the captain of one of the ships that defeated the Spanish Armada
in 1588 . Beeston was 89 years old when
he accomplished this feat and was knighted.
Records show that he lived to be 102 years old.
I have also discovered a great amount of family history in
Massachusetts and Connecticut and will be visiting New England this fall! Can’t wait to tell you all about that trip in
a later blog!
