Why and when did you start on family history? (General)

by searcher , Saturday, January 10, 2009, 22:11 (5868 days ago) @ Ralph Cook

I began tracing my family after the birth of my first grandchild in 2006.
Thanks to this site I found my g.grandmother a Taylor and her family from Awre and Alvington.An added bonus was to discover that my g.daughter had been given the same name as my g.grandmother Eleanor.
I knew nothing of the family when I started out but it has been a great journey of discovery.It resulted in me visiting the Forest of Dean for a week in April last year and finding the family graves.What a beautiful area it is.
Non of this would have come about without this site many thanks to all concerned

PS. I fall into the top of the list catagory of submitters