Finding ancestors is like the story of the Sage and the Emperor.

So, on the first square would be my parents. 2

So, on the first square would be my grandparents. 4

On the third square, great-grandparents. 8

On the fourth square, great-great-grandparents. 16

On the fifth square, great-great-great-grandparents. 32

Slow, tedious research can sometimes lead down a line, only to reveal that a mistake was made. In such cases, one must backtrack to identify the error and then move forward again.

Means looking at many documents, including the census, below is the 1860 Census, which shows that my great-great-greatgrafther was born in New Mexico.

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