Greetings,
For all my research years, I have created timelines of events in my
ancestor's lives. A chronological picture shows if items really fit. I've
several books on world events in the form of timelines and plan on using
them more at a later date (when I compile my data). Now there's a website
to help you do this.
I caution any of you NOT to use living relatives, and maybe you don't wish
to enter all your specific data on the site, but even with a birth and
death date, you can find out what was important in the world at the time
your ancestor lived.
Many of you may have seen this, but just incase not...Check it out!
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
Enjoy,
Emily