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 😭.... I could find no relative as of yet that served in the Union Army. Evidently I come from a family of Rebels. 😏 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 🤔
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Kevin_L..."Mom researched our family tree for years and loved it", ditto, except Mom researched the family back a l-o-n-g ways before there were accessible computer records...researched back to the 1700's... she traveled & lived at Libraries, in the southern United States especially...she had enough info to publish a hard copy book, a pretty good sized book...I have a copy, if I can find it, that I have never read....guess if I can find it I should read it just out of respect...kinda cool to know a lot of the family members were Officers down to soldiers in the Confederate military and all the wars that followed thru Vietnam...
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Kevin_L..."Mom researched our family tree for years and loved it", ditto, except Mom researched the family back a l-o-n-g ways before there were accessible computer records...researched back to the 1700's... she traveled & lived at Libraries, in the southern United States especially...she had enough info to publish a hard copy book, a pretty good sized book...I have a copy, if I can find it, that I have never read....guess if I can find it I should read it just out of respect...kinda cool to know a lot of the family members were Officers down to soldiers in the Confederate military and all the wars that followed thru Vietnam...
That's amazing! What a commitment she made! I say find her research and put it someplace safe but obvious. Such a body of work deserves a great display. 😊
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My French Canadian ancestors walked across the New York State border backwards, the New York authorities thought they were leaving...
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Saw where one of the hags on the View was looking for a big fat hand out because her ancestors were salves. She about had a cow when she found her folks were slave holders in the past Ha ha.
I think my ancestors mostly came from the England area, maybe Germany. Makes no difference to me. As Popeye says "I am what I am".
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Saw where one of the hags on the View was looking for a big fat hand out because her ancestors were salves. She about had a cow when she found her folks were slave holders in the past Ha ha.
I think my ancestors mostly came from the England area, maybe Germany. Makes no difference to me. As Popeye says "I am what I am".
She also said she deserves her share of reparations
What a surprise
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Thank goodness I can join the Daughters of the American Revolution. He served in the Berkshire Militia
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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 😭.... I could find no relative as of yet that served in the Union Army. Evidently I come from a family of Rebels. 😏 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 🤔
Your ancestors had to have fought in the Revolutionary War to be a Daughter s of the American Revolution ,You could probably join this group if you have proof they fought in the Civil War .The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, and the promotion of the pseudohistorical Lost Cause ideology and corresponding ...
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Your ancestors had to have fought in the Revolutionary War to be a Daughter s of the American Revolution ,You could probably join this group if you have proof they fought in the Civil War .The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, and the promotion of the pseudohistorical Lost Cause ideology and corresponding ...
My great great...... grandfather was in the civil war in Texas. On my mom's side a great Great..... Uncle was in the Mississippi Calvary
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My great great...... grandfather was in the civil war in Texas. On my mom's side a great Great..... Uncle was in the Mississippi Calvary
Hey, I thought you had surgery today?
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Honestly, this is not to knock anyone that has, but I don't really care beyond more immediate family first cousins and closer from my father/mothers time which I already know. It isn't like one can change it if they find something they don't like. Short of if you didn't know your parents and hoped to find a DNA or other familial link. I don't see the appeal of knowing my genealogy. Modern DNA can determine certain negative health markers without actually needing to track the family itself. More info regarding this is here:
What Diseases Can Be Detected Through Genetic Testing | Sequencing.com
Genetic testing has the power to identify diseases you are at risk for based on your DNA. Find out what diseases and how many here.If it were free and someone told me, I'd just be like, cool and then get on with my life as before. However, I do know certain members of society who suddenly start acting like they just came to the US suddenly after discovering their heritage. I find that completely hilarious and idiotic. I have had one guy I worked with find out he had a Scottish ancestry and suddenly started wearing a kilt a lot, and even went as far as starting to learn to play the bagpipes. Another co-worker at a different place found out he was 1/8th native American and he started dressing and acting the part. He was a seriously lazy co-worker so combining those things, he later earned the title of "Idle Eagle". LOL
Again, nothing against those who do. If there's other reasons beyond what I have mentioned, I'd honestly like to hear them. I could yet perhaps change my mind on the subject.
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I was a kid at Ashford Park School in Atlanta in 1960, a public school. I was in fifth grade. The lady from the United Daughters of the Confederacy came by and gave a little one hour talk to the class. She gave us the subject for our report that year, it was Fort Sumter. Each kid had to write a 2 page report on Fort Sumter.
The UDC gal came by every year for a talk about some facet of the war, and to give the subject for our report. One year, it might be Robert E. Lee, one year it was Jefferson Davis.
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Hey, I thought you had surgery today?
I do lol but I have to get my forum time in ❤️❤️
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I do lol but I have to get my forum time in ❤️❤️
prayers ask for you today
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My family has been found all of the way back to England on my Dad's side. A relative was a big professor at a college there. He was kicked out of England for bad behavior, as the story goes...I won't relate what it was. But I also note our name is on the first HMS that fired on Bunker Hill.
I know my grandfather fought in the Civil War, and still have the rifle he carried. It was made in 1825 and sold to the family by some gypsies! I don't know what to do with it, maybe leave it to a museum? I'm the last in the family line interested in firearms :(
Lots more history, but I haven't taken the time to look it all over...
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I should have said great, great, great grandfather, or something like that!! :)
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I finally found what I was looking for.... My great great grandmother's father (this on my Grandmother's side) was in the civil war. Pvt. Nelson Blakely fought in the Iowa 9th infantry... Will have to look more into this.
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I'm sure we all here would love to see pictures of you GGGGGrandfathers rifle @mstrblaster !!
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I just found out that my Great Great Great Grandfather Newton Elsbury Phillips lost his brother in the war... Thomas Phillips Jr.
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