Genealogy #67

I am fortunate to have had my genealogy researched for both my maternal and my paternal sides of the family done by other relatives.
Aunt Velma spent years researching the Roades family line.
She even had her volumous findings published into real books which she either gave out or sold to family members for many years. (she had a lot of them printed...I guess there was a minimum).
I received one when I graduated high school, and again when I got married....snicker....

An aunt on my mother's side of the family also did extensive research on that family, and while she did not have the information published into books, she did make a ring-bound book for those who wanted one.

So, while I have not had to do any of the actual researching, I do know my family trees going back many generations.
It is interesting to read these books, and I have used them to make a large depiction of my family tree which hangs in my house. I took branches and glued them together, forking where appropriate, and then attaching leaves with each family member's name and dates of birth and death on them in their rightful branch on the tree. It turned out to be a rather lopsided tree, as some family members had many more children than other members....so some branches were very long an forked as a result, while the branches for those less prolific members were much shorter and sparse.
Anyways....its cool....Thank You to Martha Stewart for featuring this project in her magazine!