Challenge #3
>> find one ancestor on every census s/he was alive for. (remember no 1890 census), and transcribe everyone in the family on each census.
(bonus points for filling in the 10 years inbetween: ie. city directories, birth of kids, draft reg)
remember that transcribing means all the info that's on the census... age... occupation... etc.
(and what is really interesting is comparing the information from census to census!!)
"extra credit"
take the parent of the ancestor you chose, and take that person back to 1850...