Ancestry

07-21-2002, 10:36 PM

I don't know how I came across a link while searching the web today but curiosity told me to take a chance and see what I could come up with...I went to Ancestry World Tree and typed in my grandfather's name (my dad's dad).
On the second page of results, I found him and links to a family tree that dates back to 1680 in Lancaster, PA,on his father's side and 1700 in (or around) Edinburg Scotland on his mothers. His sons were in the Revolutionary War, one of them, a Captain.
I thought that was totally cool. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I couldn't come up with any more information on the internet regarding my grandmother (my father's mother) than her name which is a shame...it is her family history that is most intriguing, my great-great grandmother on her side being a direct descendent or (more likely) a direct relative of Geronimo himself.

EDIT "World" is not spelled w o l r d

[img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/1dizzy.gif[/img]

[ 07-23-2002, 09:16 PM: Message edited by: Moni ]

SomeGuy · 07-22-2002, 11:23 AM

I've seen this be4.Guess what.I am related to Johnny Appleseed himself.

Epona · 07-22-2002, 11:39 AM

Oh WOW Moni, thank you so much for posting that link!
Half my frikken family is on there!

Edit: Hey, I'M on there!!!!!!

[ 07-22-2002, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: Epona ]

Sir Byronas · 07-22-2002, 11:44 AM

Well there are no Greeks but anyway I am glad you guys found you families in it!

Epona · 07-22-2002, 11:50 AM

WOW flippin heck, just managed to trace my dad's side of the family back 5 generations in a few minutes! What a find!

Elif Godson · 07-22-2002, 11:58 AM

Yea this cool, I can trace my roots back 280 and a little further.
We had a priest in the family that researched us, talk about branching out, yeesh. My last name has 3 other variables to it.
It's pretty cool to know thay my great great great great great great
Uncle was responsable for beheading Prince Llewelen(sp) at the Battle of Snowdonia an was Knighted by King Edward the First

Heh

07-22-2002, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SomeGuy:
I've seen this be4.Guess what.I am related to Johnny Appleseed himself.

Hey that is totally cool! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
My brother married a girl who is directly related to John Wilkes-Booth. Not something to brag about lol but I think its a neat little tidbit of info knowing that my niece and nephew have the same blood.

Epona, you are very welcome!
I got in touch with the woman who posted my family's information and gave her just scads of info on my immediate family to add and contacts for all that I don't know. She is a descendant of one of my great great great grandfather's children

Hopefully she didn't know about the family's ancestral graveyard in NC and I gave her information on something totally cool to go see. Our great great great grandfather is buried there.

Elif Godson,
Honest to goodness royalty in our midst! I bow to you. [img]smile.gif[/img]

/)eathKiller · 07-22-2002, 07:05 PM

well acoording to all of those types of sites I never existed...

adam warlock · 07-22-2002, 07:49 PM

I'm related to nobody...

my idiot grandfather forged his name when he got married...

07-22-2002, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by /)eathKiller:
well acoording to all of those types of sites I never existed...

LOL That's not true, it just means that none of your family members have ever become members of the sites to add the information.
I'm not in there...yet. [img]smile.gif[/img]

07-22-2002, 11:23 AM	#2
SomeGuy Unicorn Join Date: May 14, 2002 Location: Oklahoma, USA Age: 33 Posts: 4,238	I've seen this be4.Guess what.I am related to Johnny Appleseed himself. __________________ \"I firmly believe that any man\'s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.\"<br />-Vince Lombardi

07-22-2002, 11:39 AM	#3
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	Oh WOW Moni, thank you so much for posting that link! Half my frikken family is on there! Edit: Hey, I'M on there!!!!!! [ 07-22-2002, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: Epona ] __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-22-2002, 11:44 AM	#4
Sir Byronas Mephistopheles Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Greece Age: 35 Posts: 1,463	Well there are no Greeks but anyway I am glad you guys found you families in it! __________________ <br />I\'ve searched the whole world and ended up back in Ironworks. Home sweet home!

07-22-2002, 11:50 AM	#5
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	WOW flippin heck, just managed to trace my dad's side of the family back 5 generations in a few minutes! What a find! __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-22-2002, 11:58 AM	#6
Elif Godson Dracolich Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Hurricane Valley Age: 51 Posts: 3,089	Yea this cool, I can trace my roots back 280 and a little further. We had a priest in the family that researched us, talk about branching out, yeesh. My last name has 3 other variables to it. It's pretty cool to know thay my great great great great great great Uncle was responsable for beheading Prince Llewelen(sp) at the Battle of Snowdonia an was Knighted by King Edward the First Heh __________________ Children get Arthritis too! http://awtampa.kintera.org/jaaware

07-21-2002, 10:36 PM	#1
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	I don't know how I came across a link while searching the web today but curiosity told me to take a chance and see what I could come up with...I went to Ancestry World Tree and typed in my grandfather's name (my dad's dad). On the second page of results, I found him and links to a family tree that dates back to 1680 in Lancaster, PA,on his father's side and 1700 in (or around) Edinburg Scotland on his mothers. His sons were in the Revolutionary War, one of them, a Captain. I thought that was totally cool. [img]smile.gif[/img] I couldn't come up with any more information on the internet regarding my grandmother (my father's mother) than her name which is a shame...it is her family history that is most intriguing, my great-great grandmother on her side being a direct descendent or (more likely) a direct relative of Geronimo himself. EDIT "World" is not spelled w o l r d [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/1dizzy.gif[/img] [ 07-23-2002, 09:16 PM: Message edited by: Moni ]

07-22-2002, 07:05 PM	#8
/)eathKiller Dracolisk Join Date: January 5, 2002 Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Age: 38 Posts: 6,043	well acoording to all of those types of sites I never existed... __________________ [img]\"http://membres.lycos.fr/th8or/ZeroSigForIronworks.gif\" alt=\" - \" /> o.o;

07-22-2002, 07:49 PM	#9
adam warlock Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: I live inside of my mind..... Age: 53 Posts: 3,234	I'm related to nobody... my idiot grandfather forged his name when he got married... __________________ [url]\"http://motdw.comicgenesis.com\" target=\"_blank\"><br /> [img]\"http://motdw.keenspace.com/images/lymanimaca.txt\" alt=\" - \" /></a><br /><br />my karma ran over your dogma

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