Wrap Up Of Genius Hour.

     Genius Hour has been an amazing experience. I've spent these past weeks learning about my ancestry and where I've come from. I loved learning about the people I'm related to and getting to know where I'm from. I just wish it were easier to find more information about my people without having to sift through false information.
     The website I've decided to use, as I've said in past posts, definitely has it's faults. This has deterred me from wanting to find out more about my ancestry due to the annoying website. However, when I can muster the patience to work with the website my research is fruitful.
     Before doing this research assignment I didn't know that I almost have to force myself to research. I thought my topic was going to be interesting and something I wanted to stick with after we ended Genius Hour, but I quickly came to the conclusion that I HATE Ancestry.com! If you're interested in researching your ancestry as well I would definitely recommend you not use this website.

So Far

     So far my Genius Hour has been much more challenging than I expected. Since I'm using one website I expected my research to be relatively easy, however I quickly found out that was not the case. Each person has their own story that was not listed on my website. You have to look up these stories to get a grasp on who these people really were.
     Also, you have to know geography. For instance, I found out I'm part French. I found it strange since most of my ancestors have been English, Irish, Scottish, and German. Upon closer inspection I found a city name which then ended up being on the French-German border (explaining quite a bit).
     The website itself is also a little troubling. Some of the information they give you about the people is completely incorrect. For example, one of my ancestors supposedly married a woman in America before America was even discovered. I have to sift through all the incorrect information just to find one or two correct occurrences.