Subject: Family History
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Sep 22 09
As a change from all the food related topics we've had recently, I'd like to hear if you are researching your family history and how far back have you managed to get? Are there any interesting people amongst your ancestors?
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Sep 22 09
As a change from all the food related topics we've had recently, I'd like to hear if you are researching your family history and how far back have you managed to get? Are there any interesting people amongst your ancestors?
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Sizzileen 
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I thought I would start at the beginning and this is as far as I have gotten: 1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. 31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. Reply #1. Sep 22 09, 4:27 PM |
kscleaves
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... Not nearly as Biblical here. Haven't managed to trace back too far on either side. There's a rumor that if we go back far enough, there's a relation to Anne of Cleves (through her siblings, of course), but we haven't gotten that far to the best of my knowledge. On my mum's side, we have the first Episcopal bishop in China and the first female barrister in Jamaica. On my dad's side, I know we came from Germany through England to Scotland, Ireland, Canada (Nova Scotia) to Maine, as the etymology of the names bears up on that path. The exact names of the people and their stories are not as well-known. Literacy is the challenge on both sides, as half of the records are in Chinese and the other half were not well-maintained due to lack of schooling and frequent moving around. Reply #2. Sep 22 09, 7:23 PM |
| Sizzileen
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My goodness Kscleaves you are royalty! Reply #3. Sep 23 09, 11:28 AM |
mjws1968
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To continue on the biblical theme, our family is almost certainly descended from Lilith lol. Reply #4. Sep 23 09, 1:55 PM |
| kscleaves
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Sizz -- LOL! Hardly royalty of any sort, although I do tend to spend more time reading up on the Tudors than any other chunk of UK History. Would read up on the Chinese history but tend to hit a wall once I get past the English translations. Reply #5. Sep 23 09, 10:41 PM |
bionic4ever
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It looks fairly certain (from my research) that my Dad's great-great uncle died on the Titanic. Reply #6. Sep 23 09, 11:29 PM |
maryjdonohoe57
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Well I'm not, but I have a cousin who is. She claims she traced the family back as far a colonial times and somehow we are related to Betsy Ross. I can't say, but I know a lot of what she found is fact. Reply #7. Sep 24 09, 12:20 AM |
buffyUK
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I've traced my family back to 1731, now i'm stuck, a great aunt married Spencer williams American Jazz and composer,he co-composed the song "Squeeze Me" with Fats Waller, it caused quite a stir in the family back then, he was the first African American in the family, when he and my great aunt adopted two little girls the family disowned her and she went to live in America, and the family never heard from her again. Reply #8. Sep 25 09, 4:35 PM |
wayman71
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My grandmother once paid someone to trace our family history. She was told that if she lived in Ireland today she would be royalty. On my dad's side, all I know is what I've read in the police blotter. Reply #9. Sep 25 09, 5:04 PM |
| BxBarracuda
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Just out of curiousity, what methods have those who have traced thier trees more then 100 years back used to get the information? Reply #10. Sep 25 09, 5:42 PM |
| romeomikegolf
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Bx, here in the UK we have a census of the population every ten years. The ones from 1841 to 1901 are available on line through various websites (1911 is just becoming available). Before 1841 and after,now, 1911 we have to use parish records that can be accessed from either the General Records Office in London or the local records offices in the administrative towns of each county. Reply #11. Sep 25 09, 11:54 PM |
dsimpy
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I just want to make it very clear to Sizzileen that MY family has no connection to people with names like Ham, Phut and Pegleg (oops, sorry, Peleg). My family goes back into the heroic reaches of Irish mythology... and STOPS there! My mother told me we were descended from the High Kings of Connacht. That's good enough for me, no further research needed. I've been checking the royal domain out during weekly holidays over a number of summers .... looks pretty good ... I'll be staking my claim shortly. And the ancient custom of burying offenders alive in the bog will then resume. Reply #12. Sep 26 09, 2:25 AM |
Cymruambyth
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My heritage is Norman English/Norman Welsh. On my dad's side, I'm descended (not directly) from a fellow who left Guernsey in the Channel Islands for England in the train of some chap named Duke William. That was back in 1066. We can definitely trace my father's family back to the early sixteenth century through parish records and family bibles. The only person with any claim to fame on my father's side was the son of my grandfather's cousin, who was the writer A.B. Cox. On my mother's side, we are the bar sinister descendants of Jasper Tudor, the Earl of Pembroke who was the uncle of Henry VII. We can trace our Welsh family roots back to the sixteenth century, again via parish registers and family bibles. Other than Jasper and his nasty nephew and the nephew's kids (none of whom, I'm sure, would acknowledge relatiuonship to Jasper's byblow), we have no famous people on my mother's side. Reply #13. Sep 26 09, 10:47 AM |
Anton
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What you are about to read is a true story. Names, dates, and places will be omitted to protect me and my name. I have already had one stalker here and who knows how many more will stalk me? The reason my last name is what it is today is because a long time ago my ancestors had a serious fight. Half of them changed their name and dropped the other side of the family like a bad rash. My legacy was made from a fight. Centuries and centuries of family pain run through my veins. Reply #14. Sep 26 09, 12:54 PM |
daver852
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I have a cousin who is interested in such things, and if her research is correct, I am a direct descendant of Edward III, Geoffrey Chaucer and Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. However, since DNA studies show that 10% to 20% of all children born in wedlock are sired by someone other than the woman's husband, the entire subject of genealogy seems rather problematic to me. Reply #15. Sep 26 09, 2:33 PM |
| jimbob55
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All I have is (was) an uncle that was a hit man for Al Capone. Kinda freaky really. Reply #16. Oct 02 09, 6:31 AM |
tezza1551
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I have just had the most amazing weekend as far as family history goes.. went to a get together to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of a hall in a small town about 50 km from where I live.. one of my great grandfathers sisters settled there, and probably about 30% of the attendees were her descendants.. and my rellies. Today, have had a continuation of the rellie theme, with an uncle & aunt and cousin & wife having lunch here.. and now it looks like a full family reunion in March next year... It will mark the 200th birthday of the first member of the family to come to Australia...exciting ! Reply #17. Nov 08 09, 12:21 AM |
| oldstuff28
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On my Irish side there are royal roots, on my English side we are traced back to Lord Baltimore and nothing has been looked into on the Scottish side of the family. Reply #18. Nov 10 09, 10:05 PM |
sarahcateh
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I am about 3/4 Finnish, but the quarter that isn't Finnish is a huge hybrid. I am directly descended from the Harrison presidents through my maternal grandmother (the only one of my grandparents that isn't Finnish). Reply #19. Nov 11 09, 9:37 AM |
| BxBarracuda
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I received information last night from my Aunt and Uncle, which traces my namesake ancestors back to 1830 in Connecticutt (U.S.) and my Great Grandmother's father immigrating from Bavaria around 1870. I still have to have a better look at everything. Reply #20. Dec 11 09, 11:03 AM |
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