Spooner Generations [ return ] From Message april spooner   12/16/2004 13:23:27 Subject: who knew IP: Logged Message: hello all you spoonies. after growing up with a name that tortured me, i now love it! i am originally from arkansas and i was the only spooner family around. even when i went out of town i would check the phone book just to see. i never knew that so many spooner families existed. i now live in florida and i am surrounded by spooner! yea! i am interested in learning where my family roots come from. if anyone can suggest a good way to get started please let me know. thanks, *april Gretta Spooner   3/22/2006 10:50:13 RE: getting started! IP: Logged Message: hi April im only just getting started myself and i tell ya its hard work i spent about 4 months just checking the website to see if any familiar names came up. i finally got in contact with my grandfather and only recently got as far back as his great grandfather. its still all a bit of a blur to me and feels like im going no-where with it but im sure things will work out. all i can say is never give up on it its hard work but its work it in the end! hope to hear from ya!!!!! gretta Kiriyo Spooner   4/15/2006 17:17:49 RE: who knew IP: Logged Message: Start with what you know. Talk to your parents and grandparents, if they're still alive. Get what names you can. If there's a family burial plot, see who else is buried there. Genealogy is like building a mosaic of your family, and it's done piece by piece. For recent ancestors, the web is probably not the best place to focus. Look at your county courthouse for wills, marriage certificates, birth certificates. Check the church your parents went to, to see if births, marriages and deaths are recorded there. If anyone owned property, you can check property records. Try to go back one generation at a time, rather than finding people from 200 years ago and trying to connect with them. If you can get back to 1930, you can start checking census records. It's a fascinating trip, and one which never really ends. Please write again if you get stuck. P 1 Post a reply to this message: Name: Email: Notify me when I get a reply to my message:Yes  No Subject: Message: