I began this adventure when my husband received an album from his family with the beginnings of a tree and info on his family.  In early 2010 when I received a package from my cousin Janet (Pernaa) Coulombe containing a lot of names and information written in Finnish, I had to start my own  search.
  Not being one to give in easily, I Googled Translate and found a site to translate phrases from Finnish into English, and I was off.  Since then I have gone to any site that will let me look up ancestors, plowed through them and have come up with a tree that, to the best of my abilities, is true and as accurate as I can get it.

I still have a long way to go to get the newer generations included and am hoping for help from anyone in the family who is willing.

I just got back from New England surprising many of my cousins, unfortunately too late to go to  Rosalie's Memorial and see all her descendants.  It was a very short visit and I didn't get to see  everyone, but, those I did see liked the loose leafed notebook idea of the genealogy book and that  is how I will proceed.  It was so good to have some "real" fried clams and a lobster roll; we just  can't get the real thing here in Arizona.

I discovered that I'm still not tired of "Road Trips" so I will most likely be taking more of them  in time.