Ancestor Detectives! Free Family Roots Hack!

So it's time to take your Second Act Creative View turn. Today's topic, hobbies, genealogy, my family tree. I've always wanted to know where I came from. Thought I was Irish, Patrick Patterson. Turns out I'm Scottish. So I developed a plan to have a family trip over to Scotland. I went on Facebook groups to find out more about the local history, genealogy. People flooded me with data. I contacted a local expert, the Elgin Heritage Council over there in Scotland. They have them all over the UK. Check those out. I was able to go and check out a newspaper which had a number of listings regarding my grandfather and great grandfather. And they found out the hotel they owned was still there. I could go visit it with my daughters. Incredible. And then last but not least, was enjoying the trip booked by a travel expert. I didn't know how to do it. So I turned it over to a travel agent, which I know many of us don't use anymore because of the internet. But boy, am I glad I did it in this case. Now, not everybody can afford a trip to Scotland, but you can do all of this via Zoom. I did the library. I did the Heritage Council, all via Zoom. Hope you enjoyed how I've done my creative U-turn. Now it's time for you to do yours.