See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that
we should be called children of God!
—1 John 3:1
My cousin and I are co-chairing a long-overdue family
reunion for our mothers’ side of the family.
I assumed the responsibility of creating the family tree
and am taking advantage of a free trial period with Ancestry.com. I’ve been
busy plugging in names, birthdates, and places of birth and am amazed at how
the tree is taking shape. I’m especially delighted whenever a green leaf
appears on my screen, which means the database has an ancestry hint for me. It
could be a documented record of birth or a census record indicating a place of
residence. I consider each hint to determine if it’s applicable and decide if I
want to add it to the family tree.
