Ancestry:
I love Ancestry and have done lots of research in it in the past. I am thrilled that Marvel has this available. It has been while since I used it though, but a few years ago I searched for my great grandmother who died right after my grandmother was born and was immediately erased from the family history. We only knew she was born in Holland and maybe was named Marie, last name Byfield but changed from something Dutch. And we had a photo that we thought might be of her. With Ancestry, I found my grandmother's and great Uncle's birth certificates, naming the mother, then I found a death certificate for Marie. But it was using the message boards that led me to a distant relative who was researching this Dutch family the von Bylevelds. It turned out that Marie was the missing link...she had about 10 brothers and sisters and nobody knew what happened to her! My newly found relative had photos of my great great and great great great ancestors in Holland! Turns out this large family was living in Chicago at the same time as my grandmother, but they didn't know about each other (or had disowned each other)!!!
This time I tried a search for my Jewish -mother in law's father's family, who came over from Hungary in the 1800's. I was very successful and plan to send this research to her (she is 92). There were lots of relatives she has never mentioned also. Aren't families interesting? And she told me her grandfather was smuggled out of the country on a potato cart (highly unlikely) as he came over on a very fancy ship.
Alas, I found nothing on myself! Also no photos and maps tab...
Now ,back to Ancestry. I could waste time all day here at work on this!
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