At the request of my little sister Mel and with the desire to get the most out of my money spent at ancesty.com, I am going to blog about some of the more exciting things I've uncovered about our family history. I have A LOT of information about the Kinkades and some well documented families on the Burgess side. At the moment I don't have a great deal of onformation about the Aspelund/Wallner side. While the Kinkade-Burgess side can be traced back to the earliest American colonists, the Aspelund-Wallner clans came to America much later. Their histories, therefore, are buried in German and Norwegian (as well as Irish) records and I will focus on them when I can. For now it is much easier to focus on the families that are easy to study.
Since I have most recently spent HOURS on Grandpa Kinkade's mother's (Blanche) family I will start there. In fact, it is the most interesting in terms of American history as it is the line that can be traced back to the Mayflower. Since it is Canadian Thanksgiving I will start there. Not tonight. I have a new Dexter recorded :)
All in all, over the past few months I have uncovered Kings, Princesses, adventurers, sea captains, soldiers, mistresses of kings, puritans, pilgrims and prostitutes. I have found stories from every major war fought on American soil. The hours I have spent searching for our ancestors has made history come alive. I know I'm a dork. But the kids will thank me someday when they have a project to do on American history :)
OK, time for TV. Tomorrow....the Mayflower.
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