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mirtlemist

horse with no name (part one)

Jul 05, 2010 09:03

Recently, I've been researching my family tree. I'll tie this into writing and to animals later, but for now I just want to tell you how big a deal this is for me. We're talking biblical here.

A little insight into my family dynamics is key. it operates on the basis of Knowledge Is Power. A corollary to that is Knowledge Is Control. Entire ( Read more... )

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Animals and Ancestry marjwatkins July 5 2010, 16:24:09 UTC

What is that darling tiny animal baby? Squirrelk?

I'm glad to learn that Ancestry.com has a two-week free trial period. I've got lots of ancestral lines not explored. One line lead back to Charlemagne and sparked my two historical novels (see my website: www.marjwatkins.com)

Re: Animals and Ancestry mirtlemist July 5 2010, 17:26:22 UTC

Yes, you guessed right, a baby squirrel. That one was approx three weeks old :)

All the way back to Charlemagne? That's awesome! :)

Two weeks was just long enough for me to realize there's way too much info to process in that amount of time, which is probably why they can afford to do it. lol.

My immediate family were part of the Russian migration away from the Revolution, but I've turned up links in other branches to England, Ireland, Barbados and Argentina. It's served to reinforce to me just how many people here in America literally came from somewhere else.

Re: Animals and Ancestry marjwatkins July 5 2010, 21:46:44 UTC

Now I'm back to Charlemagne's great-grandfather. My English ancestors who emmigrated to America came from Essex, both my mother's and my father's. Mother's came via Ireland--lived there for a couple of centuries.

Re: Animals and Ancestry mirtlemist July 5 2010, 23:06:41 UTC

I'm all admiration that you've been able to go back that far. My fraternal grandmother's family came from Ireland, but I'm having difficulty establishing when they arrived in this country. Apparently, the US didn't begin keeping records until around 1743, and they arrived some time before that. Wouldn't it be cool if our families knew each other, once upon a time? :)

Good luck with your research, and with your books.

Re: Animals and Ancestry marjwatkins July 6 2010, 15:33:46 UTC

It sure would be cool if our ancestors knew each other. Mine lived in Tyrone County.

The Latter Day Saints have records of passenger lists from ships emmigrants came here on. They go back a long way. Have you tried their web site? Our local family history center gave me info on ships and dates of some early arrivals. Do you have a LDS Family HIstory Center within accessible distance?

Re: Animals and Ancestry mirtlemist July 6 2010, 17:38:49 UTC

Our local library, pathetic as it is, has quite a bit of genealogic info, but today it was a bust. I'll try the LDS website next. Thank you! :) The closest I've been able to come is a similarly-named person from County Galway who emigrated to Newfoundland around that same time. But establishing a link to him is proving difficult. It may come down to hiring an expert to research that end of things. Someday :)

I did get a message from someone on the Ancestry site yesterday who gave me another small piece of yet another puzzle. That was kind of awesome.

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