This is both sides of my, David E. Nelson's, relatives. On my Father's side are Nelson's and my mother's, Terry's. My interest in genealogy was brought about by a book my mother had about the Terry Family. Her sister Catherine wanted to join DAR and had found that a many great grandfather had served in the revolutionary war. Catherine had done a lot of research to find this out and traced the family tree back to a Samuel Terry who had immigrated to the New World in 1650.
I picked this up and enjoyed thinking about these relatives for many years and then decided to see what I could find on the Nelson side. This was short compared to the Terry side. My Great, Great grandfather came from Norway in the mid-1800s. I have been unable to find much from Norway history.