No matter the distance, ancestry trips go far
A few days ago, The Washington Post published my article about the train trip I took with my son to pay homage to our ancestors who moved north during the Great Migration.
In the article, I share my step by step process to executing the trip, from family research, to booking on Amtrak, to going on the trip.
Ancestry trips have been around for awhile, especially with the advent of commercial DNA tests that confirm regions or countries that older generations came from.
But we don’t always need to travel outside of the United States to pay homage to ancestors or learn about their history. There’s enough history here to get curious about.
You could create an elaborate roadtrip to visit the towns your great-grandparents grew up in, or visit the school one of your living relatives attended.
There are no rules to make this right for you. All you need is to start with a question.
After reading Isabel Wilkerson’s Pulitzer prize winning book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, I formed my own question.
“I wonder which of my ancestors participated in the migration?”
There are millions of stories and adventures that await when you get curious about the people and places in your family history.
What question will you ask to start your journey?