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Post by chiver78 on Nov 4, 2016 14:00:29 GMT -5
I recently connected with a woman whose maiden name is the same as mine, which isn't a very common one...here in the US. In Canada, where my dad's from, it's actually a pretty common name in the province where more than half of his side of my family still lives. I reached out to a cousin, who had done genealogical research for his college thesis and traced both Memere and Pepere's sides of the family back to the 1700s and 1600s, respectively, for a copy of that family tree for my own curiosity. speaking with his wife, though, I got this comment back: I remember reading the genealogy back when my cousin published his thesis, but I don't remember this. he has to have done more research since the original draft, and now I'm really curious.... so, are you into genealogy? do you know much about your family tree and how all the branches came to meet?
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Post by lynnerself on Nov 4, 2016 14:12:10 GMT -5
My sister has. Supposedly I am a DAR (Daughter of the American Revolution) on 4 sides of my family. I'm more interested in the stories. I think my ancestors were bushwhacked on their farm in Missouri in the Civil War. I may have a great great grandfather at the golden spike ceremony joining the transcontinental Railroad. I know the Irish immigrants served in the steel mills and as Domestic servants in New York when they first arrived. We gained and lost fortunes in gold mining in Montana.
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Post by gambler on Nov 4, 2016 14:41:37 GMT -5
I know exactly where I came from, A very,very, long line of whore mongering drunks
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 15:52:03 GMT -5
I came from my mother, who came from her mother and so on. They were a bunch of drunks, don't know about the whore-mongering part though. Reminds me too much of when I first met my FIL, when DH and I were dating, and he asked me where I came from. I just HAD to open my mouth and say "My mother." If I had said that to my father I would have gotten a smack. FIL laughed.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Nov 4, 2016 16:10:34 GMT -5
I've always known how I got here and where I've come from. Just like everybody else. I'm nothing special but I suspect Gambler and I are related. I'm the baby - not the bird.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Nov 4, 2016 16:31:45 GMT -5
Yes I am into genealogy. I am all about proving it though. I am a member of DAR; I've proven my line to 7 DAR patriot ancestors (not all were soldiers; some took the Oath of Allegiance, some contributed money & horses). I like the stories as well. One of my favorite stories is about a Quaker ancestor. His religion forbade him to fight, so he donated horses and money to the American Revolution. He also allowed his home to be used as a hospital. (He is in the DAR Patriot Index for his services). According to Quaker records, he was chastised for using "strong language". The main reason I submitted the lines to the DAR was to preserve my research. They have one of the largest genealogy libraries in the world. I've been focusing mainly on the female ancestors. They are much more challenging because the surname changed every generation. Right now I have one line (traced from daughter to mother) to a woman born in 1777 in SC. I don't know her maiden name. She married three times. I've traced her first husband to 1792 when he was in GA. If anyone is interested in joining the DAR please feel free to PM me.
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Post by gambler on Nov 4, 2016 17:19:02 GMT -5
POM; my long lost sister, it been long talk about a way ward sister, never thought I would meet her on this board
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Post by mollyanna58 on Nov 4, 2016 17:34:04 GMT -5
There is a portrait photo of one of my great-grandmothers that used to hang over my paternal grandparents' mantle. It wound up at my parents' house, which we are now getting ready to sell. No one else is interested so I think I will take it to my house.
However, I don't know which great-grandmother she is. I asked my mother, and she thinks it is my grandmother's mother, but is not sure. We also found a photo of some man hidden between the photo and the backing, and don't know who he is.
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Post by msventoux on Nov 4, 2016 17:41:41 GMT -5
I was interested in it mostly when I was a teenager. I got my mom interested in it until we discovered that her beloved grandpa had been very naughty and there was a side of the family that existed that no one had known about. And that her family hadn't come over from the "old country" (wherever that is) just a couple of generations ago...we traced back many generations and they were still on the east coast. Her enthusiasm for continuing on in the research waned considerably after that. Her only (older) brother's enthusiasm waned after he found out that his mom & dad got married only a couple of months before his birth and that his mom had been married multiple times before. After my mom died I took one of those DNA tests that provides you with your health stats and you can upload the results to get possible family connections. That previously unknown branch of the family showed up via the DNA results, so they weren't lying. There's also a couple of pretty close cousins that popped up, and we've yet to determine how they may be related. They were both adopted, but we haven't had any luck communicating back and forth and figuring out anyone from either side of my family that may have been their parents.
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Post by sesfw on Nov 4, 2016 17:43:55 GMT -5
I'm interested in genealogy but not enough to join Ancestry.
My cousin has and she bragged about how part of her ancestry came from the Polynesia. I asked if it was her dad or mom's side and she said mom. Her mom and my mom were sisters so I said that means part of me is Polynesian also. She then sent 3 paragraphs in an email explaining how I don't have that ancestry.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 4, 2016 17:47:54 GMT -5
"Pepere's sides of the family back to the 1700s and 1600s,..."
Been there, did that for my pepere's family. From Springfield, Massachusetts, to Quebec, Canada, to middle 1600s France Clicked on one of those 1600s far and distant relatives and got even further. Back to 1100s Eleanor of Acquitine relations. But I don't really know about that connection. Only a professional could figure all that out.
Less success on memere or my maternal relatives though I did get to early 1800s Ireland for maternal grandmother's family and 1800s Germany for maternal grandfather's family.
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Post by lynnerself on Nov 4, 2016 17:49:45 GMT -5
The cemetery thing can be fun too. We went to a pioneer cemetery in Southern Oregon and found the graves of a bunch of ancestors of DH who were among the first settlers.
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Post by suesinfl on Nov 4, 2016 18:17:39 GMT -5
I tried years ago, but could only find my mother’s father and her mother’s first name. My father’s history, I have no idea. I have his father’s first and last name, but only his mother’s first name.
They had no siblings that lived past 2 years old, and I could not find any records for them. I’m sure if I was really diligent, I could find something, but I have no interest at this point.
I have naively believed that my father said that we were part Indian from upstate NY, but have never found anything to support that. Considering my maiden name and the spelling, I really doubt his claims.
My parents were born in 1926 and were never close to their extended family, so I never had any contact with anyone that they were related to include my grandparents.
I may just have to start researching again. Although I’m not too sure that I want to find out where I came from.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 18:45:31 GMT -5
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 4, 2016 18:49:40 GMT -5
"Pepere's sides of the family back to the 1700s and 1600s,..." Been there, did that for my pepere's family. From Springfield, Massachusetts, to Quebec, Canada, to middle 1600s France Clicked on one of those 1600s far and distant relatives and got even further. Back to 1100s Eleanor of Acquitine relations. But I don't really know about that connection. Only a professional could figure all that out. Less success on memere or my maternal relatives though I did get to early 1800s Ireland for maternal grandmother's family and 1800s Germany for maternal grandfather's family. wow!
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Post by haapai on Nov 4, 2016 18:57:26 GMT -5
Not really. I once took a peek at some genealogical tables that someone in my extended family had constructed. It went way back to the 17th century and was full of women named Patience and Charity and quite a few of them didn't have last names. Quite a few men also appeared to have had children without a woman being involved.
But what really got to me was that the tables only included one child born to an unmarried (widowed) woman and that child appears to have been born posthumously and given the name of the next husband. There were hundreds of names on those lists, so this story strikes me as a bit incomplete or unlikely.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Nov 4, 2016 19:16:24 GMT -5
I tracked down my father's family when I was about 48 years old. Someone in the family had done a family tree. They had to redo it when I showed up. As for for my mothers side I an clueless and would have no idea where to start. I came across some papers when she passed away and the name on the papers weren't the name I knew except middle name. We have a great research dept at library and group that will help but at this stage of life not sure I even care, but every now and then I give thought to seeing if I could trace mother who always said she was an orphan. I'll just stick with the mystery..
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 4, 2016 19:22:58 GMT -5
One thing I discovered through Ancenstry.com was my mother's grandfather on her father's side died in a mental institution in 1899 Iowa. Two of that grandfather's children, my mother and her half-brother suffered from Alzheimer's didease which I suspect was the reason their grandfather died in a mental institution.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 4, 2016 19:29:55 GMT -5
"Pepere's sides of the family back to the 1700s and 1600s,..." Been there, did that for my pepere's family. From Springfield, Massachusetts, to Quebec, Canada, to middle 1600s France Clicked on one of those 1600s far and distant relatives and got even further. Back to 1100s Eleanor of Acquitine relations. But I don't really know about that connection. Only a professional could figure all that out. Less success on memere or my maternal relatives though I did get to early 1800s Ireland for maternal grandmother's family and 1800s Germany for maternal grandfather's family. wow! I don't put too much stock in that. I would have to have a professional look into that if I was really that interested in it. If I took it seriously, I would claim myself a duke and ruler of the Duchy of Memphis.
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Post by zibazinski on Nov 4, 2016 20:05:45 GMT -5
Eleanor of Aquitaine would be an ancestor I'd be proud to have.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 4, 2016 21:08:29 GMT -5
Eleanor of Aquitaine would be an ancestor I'd be proud to have. She was some woman. A major player in Middle Ages history.
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 4, 2016 21:39:35 GMT -5
I went back a few generations on both my side (mom and dad) as well as my husband's side. As it turns out, everything I had ever heard is correct - my family was a long line of poor city-dwellers/industrial workers, and my husband's family was a long line of poor farmers. My MIL does have records back to "the old country." We found a couple of records in Europe that could be our relatives, but only found one record of our relatives entering this country. I'm sticking with the story that at least one of my ancestors stowed away on some boat and entered the country illegally. It makes the narrative easier when people get all uptight about illegal immigration. Only to get the answer "Yeah, but that is different." It is different because I'm white.
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Post by suesinfl on Nov 4, 2016 21:56:19 GMT -5
I came across some multiple birth certificates, multiple SS #s/payments, multiple marriage certificates, multiple checking accounts (that had less than $ 10) when I was cleaning out my EX MIL's stuff that I was like . Now these records were from the 1940-1950, it was crazy. No way that she could have pulled these things off now.
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 4, 2016 22:08:11 GMT -5
Also - my husband did that DNA test to show his lineage. He was convinced he had something exotic in him. We spent $100 to find out he is white. Like super white. He was pushing me to also do a test. I refuse to spend $200 to find out my kids are pure white. It is pretty obvious.
Although, it would be hilarious if I was like 1% Asian or something. He would be so jealous. Maybe I will get tested.
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Post by zibazinski on Nov 5, 2016 3:05:28 GMT -5
I went back a few generations on both my side (mom and dad) as well as my husband's side. As it turns out, everything I had ever heard is correct - my family was a long line of poor city-dwellers/industrial workers, and my husband's family was a long line of poor farmers. My MIL does have records back to "the old country." We found a couple of records in Europe that could be our relatives, but only found one record of our relatives entering this country. I'm sticking with the story that at least one of my ancestors stowed away on some boat and entered the country illegally. It makes the narrative easier when people get all uptight about illegal immigration. Only to get the answer "Yeah, but that is different." It is different because I'm white. Probably your ancestors also worked when they came over. No welfare except for free English lessons.
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Post by sesfw on Nov 5, 2016 10:09:39 GMT -5
Although, it would be hilarious if I was like 1% Asian or something. He would be so jealous. Maybe I will get tested.Go for it girl ............
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Nov 5, 2016 10:27:17 GMT -5
Also - my husband did that DNA test to show his lineage. He was convinced he had something exotic in him. We spent $100 to find out he is white. Like super white. He was pushing me to also do a test. I refuse to spend $200 to find out my kids are pure white. It is pretty obvious. Although, it would be hilarious if I was like 1% Asian or something. He would be so jealous. Maybe I will get tested. The DNA results can get interesting. I've discovered a fifth cousin who is African American. We traced our common ancestor to a geezer who owned slaves. Yep. It was also through DNA that my half sisters discovered me. I've known about them all my life but was waiting to contact them after our father died. They found me first. If you are thinking of doing DNA, be sure you are prepared for surprises....
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 5, 2016 10:36:40 GMT -5
Also - my husband did that DNA test to show his lineage. He was convinced he had something exotic in him. We spent $100 to find out he is white. Like super white. He was pushing me to also do a test. I refuse to spend $200 to find out my kids are pure white. It is pretty obvious. Although, it would be hilarious if I was like 1% Asian or something. He would be so jealous. Maybe I will get tested. The DNA results can get interesting. I've discovered a fifth cousin who is African American. We traced our common ancestor to a geezer who owned slaves. Yep. It was also through DNA that my half sisters discovered me. I've known about them all my life but was waiting to contact them after our father died. They found me first. If you are thinking of doing DNA, be sure you are prepared for surprises.... A surprise would be great. I have found the whole 'find your ancestors' thing super boring. I come from solid, law abiding, hard working, Christians. Boo. Not a scandal in the bunch.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 5, 2016 10:46:12 GMT -5
Also - my husband did that DNA test to show his lineage. He was convinced he had something exotic in him. We spent $100 to find out he is white. Like super white. He was pushing me to also do a test. I refuse to spend $200 to find out my kids are pure white. It is pretty obvious. Although, it would be hilarious if I was like 1% Asian or something. He would be so jealous. Maybe I will get tested. The DNA results can get interesting. I've discovered a fifth cousin who is African American. We traced our common ancestor to a geezer who owned slaves. Yep. It was also through DNA that my half sisters discovered me. I've known about them all my life but was waiting to contact them after our father died. They found me first. If you are thinking of doing DNA, be sure you are prepared for surprises.... Not from DNA, but I found out when I was in my thirties my mother had a half-brother from her father's first marriage. My mother and her full sister knew about the half-brother all their lives but there mother forbade them to ever discuss this half-brother with their children. The daughters complied until we kids were well into adulthood. Grandmother hated the first wife and the son of her husband. This is the same half-brother I mentioned earlier here who had Alzheimer's disease along with my mother.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Nov 5, 2016 10:57:30 GMT -5
Ok, I have to ask. Where are you folks getting dna test done besides the one through ancestry dna? I might jusy do it to see if a have a half brother out there. Another mystery I have in my otherwise dull as dirt life. But there was reference to maybe a boy.
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