I don't know what's come over me, but suddenly family history is fun? I kept thinking and thinking about buying a fifteen generation pedigree chart, for only like a dollar at Deseret Book, and it just seemed necessary. So I finally bought one last Friday and have been filling it up with this weird, nerdy gusto. I completed the front side (9 generations) in a few days, and before deciding which ancestral lines to map out on the back (there's limited space), I went ahead and color coded each person by place of birth (see above picture).
Then I added highlighter lines to each person who emigrated.
Then I added green stickers to each fellow who was a practicing polygamist (Mormon ancestral cred -- I haz it).
And now I'm adding purple stickers to the people who converted to Mormonism, along with the year of baptism.
I unfold the big sheet every so often to take a look at my progress; there's something immensely satisfying about this project. And dangit if I don't feel more connected to these people than I ever have before.
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