Week 20 (May 17-23): Cousin Bait
Week 20 (May 17-23): Cousin Bait – Ancestry I had never heard of the term “cousin bait” before so I had to look it up. From an online search I concluded that “cousin bait” is “to attract research cousins, people that have information on your genealogy and are willing to share it with you.” So from this my initial thought was Ancestry! There are many people who share the same ancestors as me, most of us probably don’t even realise we are related in someway! Ancestry has helped me in the past via the message boards and I have connected with a few cousins, some of whom I am still in contact with. A lovely lady in USA, who is related to me via my 2nd great grandmother Mary Jane Jackson. Mary is her 2 nd great aunt. Mary’s brother is the main link of this lady. I didn’t even know about the said brother (I knew of others but not him). We have swapped information and certificates and helped each other with the trees not on this line. Around the same time as the above a lady had...