Genealogy? Any of you traced your family history?

[Mjoelner34]

Traced my paternal grandfather's side back to Ayton, Scotland in the 1500's. Found that my first ancestor from this side came to the new world in 1622. My paternal grandmother was a McLeod who traces back to the Isle of Skye and supposedly the McLeod's are of Nordic origin.

ETA: I started this search looking for Confederate veterans (Yes, if I were from the north I would have been looking for Union veterans) and found several dozen. I then kept digging further back to find any Revolutionary War soldiers. So far I have found a grandfather who was a Colonel in the Georgia Militia and whose brother-in-law was a signer of the U.S. Constitution for the state of Georgia. My grandfather with my surname is listed in the database as a Patriot. He was too old to fight but is listed as a patriot because he "furnished a horse and wagon to the war effort in Lancaster County, VA". My surname grandfather from the next generation was too young to fight but his older brother was in the 3rd Continental Dragoons under George Washington's cousin, William Washington, and fought at the Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse. I am currently putting together all of my documentation to join the Sons of the American Revolution. https://www.sar.org/

I think some of my relatives from my mother's side wore red during the rev war. Her side is almost exclusively English where my father's is Scottish and Irish.