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The answer is to find all your oldest kin and pester pester pester...any info, even just family lore is helpful. Ask about old letters they may have. Genealogy has been a family hobby for a couple hundred years...if you're lucky there may be a letter from an ancestor in a shoe box somewhere that has the family history of a branch or two. Genealogists before us reached out to us with letters documenting their work. Or somewhere there may be an old Bible with family names listed. Ya gotta pester them...for the oldest ones long term memory survives longest. Ask about the old days.

And, share what you find with your siblings, cousins, nieces, and nephews so the information flows on in your family. We all crave our roots and a lovely tartan kilt in your clan colors is a great reward for your efforts.

Ron