
She heard stories of her ancestors and wondered how much was true, and how her ancestor’s troubles were related to her own experiences.

Maud Newton’s interest started in girlhood. There were also insights, such as seeing a great-great-great grandmother who was the image of my aunt. I became interested my unknown ancestors, and my husband’s family, and after joining discovered hundreds of ancestors, corresponded with relatives hitherto unknown, and found shocking secrets. I literally inherited an interest in genealogy there was my maternal grandfather’s family tree, researched by a distance relative, given to me at his death, and a published book of my father’s family.
