Genealogy

I've been spending countless hours since December researching my family history, and the family histories of a few friends. It's an exciting and rewarding hobby in which I easily lose track of time and space, as well as a bit mind-numbing. But I'm enjoying it immensely.

Today, as well as last Tuesday, I spent several hours on the 'Sandstrum' family in the Humble, Texas area. An interesting fact that I discovered about the sons and daughter of Rubin Wesley Sandstrum (there are seven): So far, some of them have only married once, some of them have married twice. Of the six siblings who have been married, there have been nine marriages respectively; in seven of those nine marriages, the bride was older than the groom. Isn't that fascinating!?

It's amazing what information about people you can find on Ancestry. Not only is it a fantastic instrument with which to research your family history, it is filled with a plethora of useful information: Forget when someones birthday is? Want to know how old someone is? What addresses and phone numbers is a certain person listed under?

I love it.