The earliest story I've found about an ancestor is from 1580. A French ancestor's wife was very ill. He feared she would die. There was a German army advancing, and some kind of plague was rampant. He was trying to find people who would be witnesses to her will, but everyone was afraid of getting ill. He finally found two who would sign. She survived. Women in France actually had independent property rights, necessitating a will. #genealogy

@poemblaze I found out one of my side of family has been in the USA almost since the beginning

@Rupiefied2020 Very cool. My earliest known Immigrant ancestor arrived in 1621. Really helps to relate with US history, knowing I had ancestors here.