My Family History (Indiv. Worth VE4)

Genealogy has been something my mom and I have worked on for years. For my Personal Progress Value Experience, I've decided to post two of my main lines on my blog in the hopes that I might help someone else doing there genealogy as well as find someone that might help me find the information I am missing.

The first line is the Shippee line which my mother and I have gotten back 7+ generations on. I have been watching NBC's show "Who Do You Think You Are" and have had a resurgence of working on my Hodge line thanks to the episode with Sarah Jessica Parker. I don't know if I connect to the same line; however, it is highly possible.

I unfortunately am stuck on Phebe Hodge. She was born c. 1819 in Winsted, CT; married Seldon Holmes Brown 10 apr 1835; and died 24 feb 1872 in Canton, CT. The Perrett-Haynes line has also been a dead end. Recently my mother acquired a copy of the marriage certificate for Thomas Perrett and Ann Eliza Haynes from England. They were married 14 apr 1850. That's as far as we have been able to get.

The second line is the Lachance (dit Pepin) - Roy line. Last summer, I visited the LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City, UT. I was able to finally find a copy of my great grandfather's
birth certificate (b. 1890 in Maine). A few months later, I was able to find a copy of a document on google books. This document is a Canadian Archive for 1905 and includes a Genealogy of Beauce, Quebec.

Because of this awesome find, I've been able to get back several generations on the Roy line. I am still stuck on the Lachance line, though. I haven't quite figured out who Napoleon's parents are.

I do have to say that I've really been enjoying "Who Do You Think You Are." It's been really cool to see celebrities doing there family history and getting to know who there ancestors are. I can only hope that I will be able to find stories that are as touching as some that they have found. I do know, though, that there is a very special feeling to know that families can be sealed together through the power of the preisthood and the atonement of Jesus Christ. As we celebrate Easter (a celebration of the resurrection), let us remember all those that have come before us, who we hope to know and love when life on this earth is through.