Explore your genealogy and uncover your family history on a one-of-a-kind heritage tour. Whether you prefer to explore your ancestral homeland with your family, on board a ship, or individually on a curated trip with a professional genealogist, we have the right trip for you. Using historical records, maps, and local knowledge, an ancestral home visit with AncestryProGenealogists may include the following based on your ancestors’ circumstances:
- The exact plot of land where the family once lived. You may find an existing house, the ruins of a dwelling, a new structure, or even an empty field.
- Meet the people who live on that land now or any relatives living nearby.
- Talk to any local resident who may be an expert in the history of families in the area.
- Visit the church, synagogue, or other religious buildings the ancestors attended.
- Visit the cemetery where the ancestors were buried and see their burial plots.
- Visit the school the ancestors attended (or the site where it once stood).
- Visit the town hall where your ancestors would have congregated with neighbors.
- See unique attractions in the immediate area. For instance, visitors to Ireland might visit a holy well, ringfort, famine house, bog or peat gathering place, or mass rock. Visitors to Italy may take part in festivals for the local patron saint or visit a shrine in a village church. Battle sites, historical markers, geographical attractions like lakes or rivers, or markets may be tour stops in any country.
- See where the local landlord lived.
- Have a meal in a restaurant to enjoy the local cuisine.
- Visit a local museum to learn more about your ancestors’ daily lives, housing, and trades in which they may have worked.