My mom has been buiding our family tree on Geni and has ramped up the research this summer. She’s mapped out lines to 1689 in Ulster, Ireland (via Scotland), 1686 in Virginia, and 1599 in France.

Apparently ancestry.com has been a good source for my mom during this project. My favorite thing she found there could be the census questions from 1880:

Name:Wm. R. Cole

Home in 1880: Dallas, Texas

Age: 41

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839

Birthplace: Ohio

Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)

Spouse’s Name: Eva J.

Father’s birthplace: New York

Mother’s birthplace: New York

Neighbors: View others on page

Occupation: Farmer

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Gender: Male

Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Idiotic or insane:

Houshold Members: