Subject: Family History Blog
Posted by: mpkitty
Date: Jun 17 18
I believe all should keep their family history alive, if you know it. If you don't, your experiences are important to keep alive. Can we share some?
I'll start...
Posted by: mpkitty
Date: Jun 17 18
I believe all should keep their family history alive, if you know it. If you don't, your experiences are important to keep alive. Can we share some?
I'll start...
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daver852 
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Several of my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War as well. One was Philip Rushing from North Carolina. His pension application from 1834 survives. It reads in part: "The declarent in the year 1781 entered the service under Capt. Bogan, Col. Wade his Colonel; declarent was marched from Anson County N. Carolina to Cape Fear where he was attached to Colo. Smith's Regiment and to capt. Smith's Company; his declarents own Capt. and Col. having left the army. This tour we had an engagement with the Tories on Capefear not far from Wilmington and defeated them after which we marched up and attached the British in a large Brick house some time not long after this we heard that Cornwallis was defeated at Little York & went home." The engagement at the "large Brick house" was the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which is shown in the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot." Reply #21. Jun 20 18, 12:31 PM |
mpkitty
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Reply #22. Jun 20 18, 1:23 PM |
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I've always been a bit skeptical of genealogy, because DNA studies have shown that 2% to 3% of children are actually sired by someone other than their legal father. Even Queen Elizabeth's DNA doesn't match her official family tree. So the further back you go, the more likely it is that there is at least one of these false paternity events. But it is fun. Reply #23. Jun 21 18, 10:39 AM |
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Reply #24. Jun 21 18, 12:10 PM |
| daver852
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Well, when they dug up the supposed bones of Richard III in Leicester, they naturally performed DNA testing on them. The mitochondrial DNA, transmitted through the female line, was a close match to other known descendents. But the Y chromosome, transmitted through the male line, did not match at all. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/02/king-richard-iii-dna-cousins-queen-ancestry Reply #25. Jun 22 18, 10:48 AM |
Verbonica
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daver, I have a similar Revolutionary War pension application for my 4th great-grandfather, William R. Brown. It's a pdf so I can't copy/paste, but he served in the Virginia Militia. It mentions that he fought in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse 1781 with Nathanael Greene's regiment and some other events. I hear ya' about the misspellings of names too: one family line is "Robertson" and it's miswritten in several places (including Census records) as "Robinson"! And the "official" transcribing of one sloppily handwritten Census record from 1920 had an aunt's husband's name "Knotts" transcribed as "K u n d y"! If I hadn't recalled my mother talking about Mr. Knotts, we never would've been able to attach that record. Reply #26. Jun 22 18, 12:24 PM |
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p.s. I contacted the people at "Find A Grave" and was able to get a correction on one of their "Robinson" for "Robertson" errors. I tried to do the same with the LDS Church records, but they wanted something called a GEDCOM, and I don't know how to do that. Reply #27. Jun 22 18, 12:59 PM |
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Reply #28. Jun 24 18, 8:14 AM |
agony
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Had one if those in my husband's family. His grandfather originally immigrated to the US, and they gave him the name of his village on his official papers. When he came to Canada a few years later, since his paperwork had that name, he just started going by that name. Reply #29. Jun 24 18, 1:22 PM |
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Reply #30. Jun 28 18, 1:12 PM |
| agony
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It essentially translates into "Forest Town". Which is a little interesting, because MY grandfather's name translated roughly into "Forest Person". Reply #31. Jun 28 18, 8:19 PM |
terraorca
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Has anyone on this thread ever done one of those Ancestry or 23andme DNA tests? I have been considering it, because of my uncertain family history . Reply #32. Jul 01 18, 8:21 PM |
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terraorca, Yes, I did the 23andMe one. Very interesting. It took quite a while to get the results back (like 2 months), but I did it at a busy time of year, I guess -- after lots of people probably got the kit as a Christmas gift, like I did. It's very interesting and takes some time and patience to figure out all of it, but you can do as much or as little delving as you want. The site is pretty user friendly. I have no info on the Ancestry version. Just last week I put my raw 23andMe data into GedMatch(free) and a whole new slew of names appeared! Overwhelming, really! Reply #33. Jul 01 18, 8:44 PM |
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Reply #34. Jul 01 18, 10:28 PM |
| Verbonica
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Yes, many of us carry remnants of Neanderthal genes. This is part of 23andMe's explanation: "New techniques have allowed scientists to look even closer at DNA hidden within those [ancient] bones. While the full picture of our past is still emerging, it is clear that as early as 50,000 years ago there were at least three different types of humans. Although only one of these groups (so-called "anatomically-modern humans") survived, we now know that they interbred with the other groups, including Neanderthals, along the way." I've got 306 "Neanderthal variants" in my gene map, which they say is a higher than average number of them. That can either be a good thing or bad, according to this article: https://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/2360159/2016/12/07/The+Possible+Advantages+and+Disadvantages+of+Neanderthal+DNA+in+the+Human+Genome Gosh, they are making some exciting advancements in this science! Reply #35. Jul 01 18, 11:00 PM |
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Reply #36. Jul 02 18, 7:07 AM |
Jazmee27
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Right now, there's much science still does not know. So these things are basicly for entertainment purposes only at this point. And yes, it is fascinating. Science is truly learning at an astounding rate (in various fields). Reply #37. Jul 02 18, 10:15 AM |
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jaz, Are you saying that DNA is for entertainment purposes only? Reply #38. Jul 02 18, 11:07 AM |
Mixamatosis
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I'm wary of doing a DNA test in case the company makes use of DNA in money making enterprises such as selling it on to third parties e.g. medical researchers, insurance companies etc. Reply #39. Jul 02 18, 11:56 AM |
sadwings
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Wow, Mix, I don't think I would have ever thought about something like that unless someone brought it to my attention like you just did. That is quite an unpleasant thought. Hey, Stephanie, can't you legally change your name to whatever you want? As far as I know, the only change my surname has undergone is having the "O" dropped from the front of it when my whiskey drinking, street-fighting, potato farming outlaw ancestors came over here from Ireland. I can live with that. I can't mention Ireland without saying a couple of things. What a fine, fresh scent it has! Always after me lucky charms! Reply #40. Jul 02 18, 12:10 PM |
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