I just can not believe how much information I've been able to find on certain individuals! It's incredible what can be dug up on any one person! Just the information found on census records can tell a lot about a persons life. Are they a veteran? How many people are in their family? Who are their neighbors? Do they have a mortgage and or even a radio!
At a local library, you can find books on the history of the local area. From these books you may find family genealogies and even biographical sketches and anecdotes of these ancestors that lived a century or two ago!
An ancestor of mine, who was a blacksmith and constable during the 1750s, was fatally shot. He was mistaken for an Indian, who was supposedly stealing. His wife who was the first teacher for the town remarried and had more children with her second husband. She also worked part time as a seamstress. Two of their sons fought at battles during the Revolutionary war. Their oldest daughter also became a teacher, following in the footsteps of her mother.
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