Originally posted by Checking...jono I'm curious about which "old country"
Ha, ha! That is always a good question. My wife has traced ancestors back to Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, Austria, Ireland, Poland, and Slovenia. Part of the problem is what country needs to be defined by what year it was when they left, as borders changed so much depending on who won the last war.
She has a cousin in Slovenia she found and communicates with. They were able to compare photos and found pictures of the original farmhouse in Slovenia both with the family here in the US and in Slovenia. It was pretty cool seeing that history come back together after so many years.