If you have a passion for genealogy, I am glad you are here.  Tracing one's bloodline sounds so very simple.  In reality, it is like the jigsaw puzzle that has covered your table for a year and you are still trying to put all the pieces in their right place. 
My primary ancestors are Perry, Stanford, Brasher and Cruze. Of course, through repeated marriages and childbirths, these four families produced thousands of ancestors with different names and nationalities for me to research.
The Perry's original roots were the easiest to trace.  In the 1500's, one of our proven ancestors, Roger Perry, lived in Exeter, England. We do not know the name of his wife but we do know the names of four of their sons, William, Richard, John and James.  From this, it was fairly easy to trace this family  through it's English history and the time our first Perry arrived in America.   Captain William Perry, arrived in 1611 on the ship Starr.
If genealogy and history are your thing, please join me.