You may already have figured this out but I always enjoy when someone realizes how many people are in a family tree. I don't mean the families with 12 kids per generation. I mean just the basic doubling of each generation. You have 2 parents. They have 4 Parents. They have 8 Parents. They have 16 Parents. A simple 5 generation tree would have 31 people. Add one more generation and you are up to 63. One more and you have 125!!!
Most people think of a family tree as their last name. Most forget the spouses and their ancestors. Be prepared for it, it can make the task daunting especially for the women.
Unfortunately very few marriage records are online. It can take a lot of leg work to determine maiden names so you have to be extra diligent.
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