My husband tried to interest me in genealogy. I was an only child and both of my parents were only children. My mother's parents died from tuberculosis when she was an infant.... I only knew one grandmother. Because of this, I felt it was impossible to research my family, so I always responded that I didn't think genealogy was a potential hobby for me. My husband decided to dig around a little and one day he came in and had a tree he found on the net with my grandmother's name on it. The tree was back over ten generations. What an encouragement that was! It is now a few years later and I've become a genealogy addict like the rest of you. My tree is now over four thousand people and pretty well documented. I take much comfort in knowing I am leaving my children something this special. I love giving back and have compiled a large cemetery of over a thousand people back where some of my ancestors are buried and am committed to another project in that area. I also now am a volunteer with my hubby at the Family History Center in our town. My gg-grandmother was Lydia M Sisson who married Seth Benjamin Covell from Rensselaer County, NY. She's a bit of a brick wall but I believe I will find her parents one day. Brenda Ford Miller Seminole, Florida (originally from Allegany County, New York)