I got a bug to research my family history. Ancestry.com has a free 2 week trial...so I signed up.

I was able to trace my father's side of the family back to 1640 in Belfast, Ireland. That ancestor immigrated to Virginia in the late 1600s. I can follow the family on my father's side from Ireland to VA, to NC and finally to modern times in AL, TX and on to me. If my calculations were correct that goes back about 10 generations.

I'm having trouble with mom's side, though. I can't find any information on her! It's like she doesn't exist. I don't recall her parent's names because they were both deceased by the time I was born. I'll have to get some more info from mom before I can continue.

I've sat in front of the computer for several hours on this snowy spring night finding out amazing things about my family history.

Anyone else into this sort of thing?