Coming from a Mormon family, my old aunties thrashed out our family tree in Norway, Ireland, and England back to 1500 or so.
I'm interested in the last two centuries, but before that it seems pretty distant. Anglican archbishops, mint masters, petty nobility. Also farmers, tradesmen, sailors, and working folk, from whom I have tiny scraps of genetic material but not much beyond.
I do like finding tangible relics, like gravestones and old photos.
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