{"id":9910,"date":"2015-03-11T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=9910"},"modified":"2015-03-11T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:34:14","slug":"why-i-subscribe-to-genealogybank-family-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/why-i-subscribe-to-genealogybank-family-stories.html","title":{"rendered":"Why I Subscribe to GenealogyBank: Family Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a subscriber to GenealogyBank and use it all the time because it has the stories of my family \u2013 millions of stories I can\u2019t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n

I want to find these stories and make sure they are preserved and passed down in the family. I want them remembered.<\/p>\n

I have been working on my family history for more than 50 years \u2013 and yes \u2013 I have found my ancestors\u2019 names, dates of birth, and places of death. That\u2019s fundamental \u2013 core to compiling an accurate family history.<\/p>\n

But GenealogyBank gives me much more.
\nIt gives me the chance to find my ancestors\u2019 stories: big ones, little ones \u2013 all kinds of stories that bring their lives to life.<\/p>\n

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For example, I didn\u2019t know that my Grandmother had worked as a bookkeeper in another state; that my Dad got married dressed in his World War II uniform (he was back from Europe, but hadn\u2019t been discharged yet); or that my 2nd Great-Grandfather was expelled from the Methodist Church for praying too loudly.<\/p>\n

I first thought that my family stories just wouldn\u2019t be written up in a newspaper. I come from a long line of nobodies. But \u2013 after looking in GenealogyBank, I found out that I was wrong. I learned that newspapers wrote about regular people all the time \u2013 your ancestors and my ancestors.<\/p>\n

I make it a point now to research every person in my family tree by searching old newspapers.
\nDo I find all of them?<\/p>\n

No.
\nBut \u2013 I am finding hundreds of articles: news stories that add color to the fabric of their lives.<\/p>\n

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I have surnames in my family for which I have found that nearly \u201ceveryone\u201d with that surname is related to me. Names like Garcelon, Fernald and Rutledge. Knowing that, I pull every newspaper article and look to see how the person connects to my family.<\/p>\n

I want to document and pass down our family history.
\nI want to get to know my ancestors and relatives \u2013 not just their basic facts (their name, rank and serial number, so to speak) \u2013 but the stories of their lives.<\/p>\n

That personal life information is pure gold \u2013 and it is only found in newspapers.
\nGenealogyBank is the essential tool in every genealogist\u2019s arsenal.<\/p>\n

Make full use of the historical archives.
\nFind your family\u2019s stories \u2013 document them and pass them down.<\/p>\n

GenealogyBank can help you learn more about the members of your family tree; see what\u2019s inside the online archives on your ancestors\u2019 stories. Start your 30-day trial now!<\/a><\/p>\n

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