Genealogy, the good the bad and the ugly
Well, I was digging around.... Most of my family on both sides came to this country in it's early beginnings. From what I've found so far I don't think I could have been in the Daughters of the American Revolution š.... I could find no relative as of yet that served in the Union Army. Evidently I come from a family of Rebels. š Quite a few were in World War I. I will continue this after I do the chores... My grandma was so proud of the Phillips family genealogy but it's the Harrison's where it gets interesting š¤
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I have not ventured too far donw the path I did find my dad's family back to the late 1700's in Tennessee and some interesting fellows
I know I had a great great grandma on moms side that was Cherokee but that was not to uncommon
And lord only knows who was hiding in the wood she'd when every one else was busy lol
I know Scotch Irish for sure my mom Once referenced black dutch also some day I will do dome diging
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I have a chronology of my paternal Grandmother's family dating back to when they crossed the Atlantic from Europe in mid-1700's.
The rest of the family is less known and mostly undocumented until post Civil War.
As the eldest Son of the eldest Son (plus 6 generations), I'm the 'holder of the book' of the family history.
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my mother left a bedroom full of geneology papers, after she retired she got hooked on it. she could remember birthdates and deathdates of some of the most obscure relatives. whenever we would be out in public she would allways run into someone we were related to and stop and talk. then look at me and say don't you remember so and so? they were married to so and so's brother on some date way before I was born. she has us back to the 1600's in a town called Metz france, our last name. she has records and knew that a distant relative would be related but missing one birth certificate or not on a census report, but just knew they had to be related. she got both sides of the family in the DAR, and would help track down records for other friends so they could join. she wrote 2 books on the local families and those she grew up around. but she was old enough to have actually talked with men who fought in the civil war, she was born in 1918. I gave all this to my sister and she was into it for a while.
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Mom researched our family tree for years and loved it. She found that it goes back to the Revolutionary War and she became part of a fantastic group of women, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Going back further, Loftus is the modernization of Lofthouse or Lofthus
("house with a loft"), which has roots in Scandinavia and Northern England where Vikings settled.3 -
My people are newcomers here. My father's mom and dad came here from Ireland in 1912. Even on my mother's side we found that her people mostly came here from Germany in the 1870s. However we have traced my wife's family back to the American Revolution. I told her about the DAR, and she had no idea there was such an organization. The sad part is that, according to a radio talk show I was listening to recently, one has to be DNA tested to join the DAR. There will be no DNA testing for us.
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A nice couple that I used to shoot Defensive Pistol with was very interested in geneaolgy. One day after a match we were talking and I mentioned that it would be interesting to know more about where I came from. She got my dad's and grandad's names from me and went to work. In two weeks she handed me a stack of papers two tall Indians couldn't shake hands over! Holy cow!. Info from my dad's and my mom's side. She traced by paternal side back to the late 1600's in a little village in Norway. The interesting part is that her husband's family could be traced back to a little village about 10 miles from where my family was from. He and I were very likely related, way back when.
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My aunt was, and her daughter( my cousin) on my fathers side is a member of the daughters of the American Revolution. Are family on my dads side came here in 1632 from England. All documented thru genealogy history and through the daughters of the American Revolution. On my mothers side it goes back to around 1840 then just kind of goes blank before that. I know they were German and Swedish.
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Dad was a Genealogy freak. I always felt guilty because I just could not share it with him. i swear he had tracked our Ancestors back before the Mayflower.
He had a first cousin who was in the FBI. He was reactivated during the first bombing of the World Trade Center. Dads cousin would spend his vacation time with Dad and they went every where searching out their Ancestors. Old overgrown cemeteries, court houses, churches, almost anyplace looking for a link to the past.
When Dad passed away I called his cousin Steve and got a special address to send two huge boxes of Dad's records to. As a active FBI he was not allowed to give out his personal address. Steve was very happy to get Dad's records. -------------------------Ray
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Well, I was digging around.... Most of my family on both sides came to this country in it's early beginnings. From what I've found so far I don't think I could have been in the Daughters of the American Revolution š.... I could find no relative as of yet that served in the Union Army. Evidently I come from a family of Rebels. š Quite a few were in World War I. I will continue this after I do the chores... My grandma was so proud of the Phillips family genealogy but it's the Harrison's where it gets interesting š¤
Nothing wrong with that.
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My wife's mother's side can date back to 1130, in England. Came to the US because of Religions reasons in the 1700's
My Mother father from the 1530 in France
My Mother Mother's From England via the Mayflower
My father side was an orphan from the Civil war.
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My niece, in researching the family tree, found this guy. He was so thoroughly despised, he was murdered in broad daylight, and no witnesses would come forward. He was the son of my Grandmother Hallie's second cousin, so a far distant relative.
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I found my great grand dad.In 1915 he was doing 364 days in Atlanta federal for illegal distillery.
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My sister was an only child.š
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I have followed mine back to my great-great-great-grandparents.
It ends there because none of them had any children.
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Don McManus: 29946274683931/comments/29946246068507
I have followed mine back to my great-great-great-grandparents.
It ends there because none of them had any children.
Uhhh....
Nevermind.
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I had read the story about the guy getting Killed before. Sounds like he deserved it .
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Some where around here we have some old info one of my wife's relatives started collecting she had a great great great ., uncle who started the first mill in his area of KY
we had a copy of his will and a copy of a auction held to sell of some items its bern years dice i read it but he left two maybe thee of his kids slaves listed by name To each one
And the listing from the estate sale had such things as one shovel sold for xx$ to the lady in the dark dress and so on for each item listed And sold
I do know at some point what ever welth he had accumulated was long gone before my wife's parents came along lol
One story from my dads side of the famly I had a xxx way back great uncle Banner ? If I recall was his name who per the info,
got into a knife fight with a fellow trying to take over the the town he lived in most of the men were off fighting in the Civil War at the time
he got cut up bad it was said, but killed the other fellow. as he recovered The town made him a hero .
Which was short lived as he decided he would take over the town him self
It worked a short time but some of the men returning from the war , as it was over By then
Caught up to him and hung him
From hero to swinging in a tree he must have Been one bad fellow
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My Great Grandfather was a policeman working in Superior Wisconsin who was killed in the line of duty in 1911. He was just 31 years old, leaving behind a wife and two children. One of which was my Granddad.
Growing up, I was always told a few stories about his murder that added a lot of mystery and intrigue to his demise. When the internet came about, learning the truth was a real eye opener for me! He was shot while trying to apprehend a pair of bicycle thieves.
Patrolman Roy W. Jackson, Superior Police Department, Wisconsin (odmp.org)
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I have been told I am a descendant of Anglo Saxon Europeans, go figure
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I traced back to my great, great, great, great , great, great grandfather who was a original pilgrim and he put down he became friends with a native whose great x10 grandmother whose granddaughter now has become the sitting senator in Massachusetts also known as Chieftest Lizā Runnin Chickenā Warren.
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my gr., gr, grandfathers family came from Germany in the 1850's, he lied about his age and enlisted in the army for the civil war. When they got to Va. were the 'fighting' was they found out he was only 16. They wouldn't let him go into battel, so they made him the company cattle thief. ...................which explains a lot of our later family history.
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I couldnāt care less about where I came from. Iām here, and thatās all that counts!
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Merlinnv12: 29946274683931/comments/29946309003931
I couldnāt care less about where I came from. Iām here, and thatās all that counts!
I found out where you're from. But I'll keep it quiet.
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As far as genealogy goes, I'm what Grandma called a "Heinz 57". Off the top of my head, we're Scottish, Irish, English, German, Greek, and Norwegian. Woof.š¤£
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You had better, ifān you know whatās good fer ya! šš
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My first cousin once removed was a descendent of Adam and Eve. Who knew ?
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bs233jl: 29946274683931/comments/29946278639387
My first cousin once removed was a descendent of Adam and Eve. Who knew ?
we must be related, my family was a distant relative of adam and eve also, my inlaws however came from someone whos name I'm not sure I can pronounce let alone spell, beelzezabub.............
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we must be related, my family was a distant relative of adam and eve also, my inlaws however came from someone whos name I'm not sure I can pronounce let alone spell, beelzezabub.............
Bill Zebub? I know that guy! Lives down at the crossroads. Unpleasant fella, really. š¤£
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I used Family Tree Maker to find my ancestors. I started to look for my eldest ancestors a few minutes ago, until my eyes went blurry. I stopped at Nahshon B: 1339 BC D: Unknown. He was my 91st Great Grandfather. I know there were a bunch older than him including a bunch of European Kings and Queens. I also had a bunch of people on the Mayflower.
I have thousands of entries, but this is as much fun as I could stand right now.
Joe
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Was going to school, of all paces in Switzerland ( international School ). and the subject of American history came up, Civil war.
General Sherman was mentioned and I said My Grandma's father was a Sherman and related. A girl said the same thing. After class we talked about family and found out, yep we were related thru my grandma and her grandpa side, way back. That was 50 years ago. and we still keep in touch.
Yes I went to School in Geneva Switzerland for 3 years, learned French and had a great time., Part of the package, when my Dad was working, for a organization, that has three Letters.
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