Grandfathers and Grandmothers

[LightWorker]

I have been researching my family tree lately and have found some amazing things. If I can encourage one or more to take the time to honor your roots, or to share something you have found out in your research. Maybe we can share free web sites to help others. Happy hunting!!

 

[Kurt]

I did a tree a number of years ago when I found I had family in the area. After the branches got crazy with in-law after cousin after in-law I gave it up after a few generations when I realized that we are all cousins on this planet(and in the South we are closer cousins).

I have some very unique, wonderful, and strange family members all over this globe. We are all part of the human tree and I find great comfort in that.

 

[LightWorker]

I did a tree a number of years ago when I found I had family in the area. After the branches got crazy with in-law after cousin after in-law I gave it up after a few generations when I realized that we are all cousins on this planet(and in the South we are closer cousins).

I have some very unique, wonderful, and strange family members all over this globe. We are all part of the human tree and I find great comfort in that.

One thing that happened as I was searching for my Mothers side of the family was this..........

Military 1863/64 in en 3-11-63 Glendale; MI 10-5-63 Corinth; MO 2-6-64 Memphis (age 20)
Death...... 1864 castrated, mutilated & skinned alive. (age 21).....

Now at the same time I found this out someone on the board.... lets call him (7th Zen) was making fun of Native Americans. It really made me do some soul searching.

 

[Miss Kitty]

...just think when my descendents start looking back...mother of sarafunn, goes by Miss Kitty and posts on sowal.com for a living!

 

[LightWorker]

...just think when my descendents start looking back...mother of sarafunn, goes by Miss Kitty and posts on sowal.com for a living!

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[DD]

...just think when my descendents start looking back...mother of sarafunn, goes by Miss Kitty and posts on sowal.com for a living!

 

[NoHall]

I have been researching my family tree lately and have found some amazing things. If I can encourage one or more to take the time to honor your roots, or to share something you have found out in your research. Maybe we can share free web sites to help others. Happy hunting!!

My brother took my paternal grandmother's family back 75 generations. He got to Eric the Red and had to give up because the Vikings didn't keep very good records. All their names were Somebody the Something, which was hard to follow.

I was really impressed when I found out that I'm a direct descendant of Charlemagne, but then my brother told me that just about everyone is a direct descendant of Charlemagne. Oh, well.

 

[savvytangerine]

I did a tree a number of years ago when I found I had family in the area. After the branches got crazy with in-law after cousin after in-law I gave it up after a few generations when I realized that we are all cousins on this planet(and in the South we are closer cousins).

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One thing that happened as I was searching for my Mothers side of the family was this..........

Military 1863/64 in en 3-11-63 Glendale; MI 10-5-63 Corinth; MO 2-6-64 Memphis (age 20)
Death...... 1864 castrated, mutilated & skinned alive. (age 21).....

Now at the same time I found this out someone on the board.... lets call him (7th Zen) was making fun of Native Americans. It really made me do some soul searching.

Hmmm --- I wonder who she is talking about?

 

[LightWorker]

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Hmmm --- I wonder who she is talking about?

 

[LightWorker]

My brother took my paternal grandmother's family back 75 generations. He got to Eric the Red and had to give up because the Vikings didn't keep very good records. All their names were Somebody the Something, which was hard to follow.

I was really impressed when I found out that I'm a direct descendant of Charlemagne, but then my brother told me that just about everyone is a direct descendant of Charlemagne. Oh, well.

[SIZE=+2]King Charlemagne[/SIZE]​

The greatest of medieval kings was born in 742, at a place unknown. He was of German blood and speech, and shared some characteristics of his people- strength of body, courage of spirit, pride of race, and a crude simplicity many centuries apart from the urbane polish of the modern French. He had little book learning; read only a few books- but good ones; tried in his old age to learn writing, but never quite succeeded; yet he could speak old Teutonic and literary Latin, and understood Greek.