Post by: Guest on August 12, 2006, 03:51:44 PM
Post by: Preacherman on August 12, 2006, 04:33:34 PM
Post by: Guest on August 12, 2006, 04:36:09 PM
Send me stuff..I'll come up with something. Usually anyway.
Unless your grandparents were John and Mary Smith, in which case, I'm not going to have much luck.
Post by: spinr on August 12, 2006, 05:01:03 PM
Thanks,
Steve
Post by: lupinus on August 12, 2006, 05:04:15 PM
I'm not sure how well Albania kept records but I am willing to assume that the answer would be not very well lol.
Post by: Guest on August 12, 2006, 05:17:11 PM
Spin, for most people, any information from 1930 or so back is helpful. For most of that, its parents or grandparents. What area of the country they were from, names of siblings, estimated birth dates, etc. are all good. Information after 1930 isn't usually as helpful, plus it gets into privacy issues that I don't want to deal with.
You can email me through here and I'll poke around and see what I can find.
I'm warning you, a couple people here have become addicted to this..
Post by: lupinus on August 12, 2006, 05:24:51 PM
since thats when they crossed the pond and all
which also makes me remember, there is english in there too lol keep forgetting we arent all albanians back there in the ol family tree lol
Post by: Guest on August 12, 2006, 05:28:55 PM
Post by: lupinus on August 12, 2006, 05:43:36 PM
Post by: Guest on August 12, 2006, 06:46:34 PM
Some anyway.
Post by: Guest on August 12, 2006, 07:37:36 PM
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Some anyway
I still think a Stork landed in the wrong state in my case. I was at mom's while she was gone and the Caller ID was one of two calls she was expecting. Great. This 'relative' has been communicating with mom and her sister.
I a more confused than ever!
North Carolina, being where "we" settled on mom's side, and "we" were fierce fighters and did not "fight by the rules".
Umm...I'm gonna stick with the "stork avoiding bad weather and making an emergency landing" story a bit longer...
Post by: Guest on August 15, 2006, 05:17:49 PM
Post by: Gewehr98 on August 15, 2006, 08:51:49 PM
Post by: Stickjockey on August 16, 2006, 07:59:44 AM
Remember Killian Creek?
Post by: Guest on August 16, 2006, 10:25:31 AM
I definitely remember Killian Creek. Still the coolest name I've ever heard the whole time I've been doing that.
Post by: Guest on August 18, 2006, 05:06:05 PM
Anyone I've forgotten or who has more questions?
Post by: Guest on August 18, 2006, 06:24:52 PM
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 18, 2006, 08:04:03 PM
Quote from: Barbara
England is pretty easy. They kept good records. They have census records back to 1840 anyway, and parish records before that. And there's the advantage of it all being in English which makes it easier.
Send me stuff..I'll come up with something. Usually anyway.
Unless your grandparents were John and Mary Smith, in which case, I'm not going to have much luck.
I'm a Smith. Send me stuff..I'll come up with something. Usually anyway.
Unless your grandparents were John and Mary Smith, in which case, I'm not going to have much luck.
Post by: BobR on August 19, 2006, 08:05:57 AM
bob
Post by: Guest on August 19, 2006, 04:22:23 PM
Bob, don't be so sure. I'm pretty good and *may* be able dig up something. Grandparents are usually easier for me to find info on than parents, due to privacy laws. I can find a lot more info on someone from 1930 than I can from 1960.
I'd encourge those I've send info to do more research..look up some of the people online..there are so many county histories, etc. online, you may well find something. And always, if there's one particular person you want to konw more about, let me know and I can do some digging.
Post by: Guest on August 20, 2006, 06:08:03 AM
Post by: Chuck Dye on August 20, 2006, 06:30:03 AM
First, thank you very much for the work you have done. Your nudge has re-energized the work I had been doing.
A search for genealogy freeware and shareware produces several hits. At this point, I just want to build a standard tree, with the usual boxes, circles, and arrows (where is Arlo when you need him?) Do you have any recommendations that might help separate wheat from chaff?
Thanks,
Huck
Post by: Guest on August 20, 2006, 09:43:48 AM
If you find one, let me know and I'll send you the gedcom file for your data.
Post by: Chuck Dye on August 20, 2006, 10:27:27 AM
http://www.download-by.net/home-and-hobby/genealogy/14077,legacy-family-tree,dl.html
am typing away, filling in info fields.
HEY! This is work! Thanks again for jump starting a stalled project.
Huck
Post by: Guest on August 22, 2006, 05:33:18 PM
If anyone else wants me to look up something, let me know. I can usually dig up something..although it may not be what you want. I can't be held responsible for horsethieves, socialists, loyalists or damned yankees.
Post by: BobR on August 22, 2006, 08:11:57 PM
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I can't be held responsible for horsethieves, socialists, loyalists or damned yankees.
Damn, from what you sent me, that just about covers all the bases. 
thanks again
bob
Post by: Chuck Dye on August 26, 2006, 08:02:53 AM
Legacy does require registration and unlocking to use more than 14 launches. This is free.
FWIW, my download of Legacy has passed muster with Norton AntiVirus, SpyBot-Search & Destroy, Webroot Spy Sweeper, and Ad-Aware.
Post by: Guest on August 26, 2006, 03:06:17 PM
If anyone else wants me to do some research, just let me know. I have some time right now and I like doing it. I don't think anyone (except maybe Grampster) has been disappointed with what I've found.
Post by: Iain on August 26, 2006, 03:11:49 PM
Post by: Guest on August 26, 2006, 03:15:01 PM
My grandma was born in England and I've been able to track her family pretty well. Not sure if I can find the old family stories you might be looking for, but send me the info you have and we'll see what we can come up with.
Post by: Iain on August 26, 2006, 03:20:00 PM
Post by: Chuck Dye on August 26, 2006, 06:46:56 PM
I have bumped into a couple of contradictions I would appreciate your take on: what appear to be two different birth dates for my grandfather, same year, 1878, but different dates; and my great grandfather appears as the son of both a prior marriage in which ggGrannie appears to have married another of my family and as the son of the ggGrandpa we have "known". Both men have the same last name (mine) and one record lists the "unknown" as marriage 1. Is there something worth pursuing here, or can this be written off to sketchy records?
Huck
Post by: Guest on August 26, 2006, 07:03:53 PM
The birthdate is probably a typo. One of the census gives a month and year of birth.. I think 1900, maybe 1910.
I'm assuming she may have married brothers? It's not uncommon, at all..often, a man marries one of his wife's sisters after she passes away.
Send me the info and I'll be glad to look it up.
Post by: Chuck Dye on August 26, 2006, 08:49:58 PM
Guess I need to go hunting among the census records.
Think I'll get my sea legs on Dad's family: Mom's runs back through Czechoslovakia and, supposedly, every Slavic and Nordic country. A lusty, well traveled bunch little given to being ethnocentric! Could be fun...
Post by: Gewehr98 on August 26, 2006, 11:53:52 PM
Regardless, there are a couple more branches in the tree I'd like to explore, time willing. My parents are heading to Scotland in the next month, Mom wants to know which tartan is her pattern so when she goes shopping...
Post by: Guest on August 27, 2006, 01:57:49 PM
Iain..sent you some stuff. The family is well-researched back into the 1500s, from what I can tell.
Post by: Moondoggie on August 27, 2006, 02:43:37 PM
Email sent.
I tried looking through online sources once, but didn't find anything that made sense.
Post by: 280plus on August 27, 2006, 03:38:08 PM
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gmasue/griswold.htm
The stories I read while searching the net do not coincide exactly with stories I have heard before. They now claim that the wounded were put in a wagon that "accidentally" got away and crashed into a tree when in the past it was related that the British did this for some cruel sport / torture.
The other story is that the massacre occured because the flag at the fort had gotten shot away. The British took it as a sign of surrender and stormed the fort, exposing themselves, meanwhile the Patriots kept on fighting. The British thought this to be some dishonorable trick and went beserk. It is implied that the British officer skewered Ledyard with his own sword as a "revenge" for the dishonorable trick played out under his command.
Sorry I stole your time and thread here for a second. Back to geneology...
Oh heck, here's one more link...
http://www.paranormalnews.com/article.asp?ArticleID=1147
Post by: Nightfall on August 27, 2006, 05:21:21 PM
Post by: Moondoggie on August 27, 2006, 07:40:40 PM
Gave me a lot to think about, though.
I've always thought (don't know why) that my ancestors didn't come to the US until after the Civil War. Now I realize that they came much earlier in the 19th century.
The great-great-grandfather who apparantly owned a brewery (and, OMG...slaves!!!) in Nashville is an eye-opener!
I had always thought the majority of my lineage were simple farming/worker bee folks...never imagined that there was any slave ownership or folks who lived in the CSA in my ancestry.
Post by: Iain on August 28, 2006, 12:40:25 AM
Gewehr - have to ask, just what is wrong with being related to Benedict Arnold? From my point of view he fought for the right side in the end.
Post by: 280plus on August 28, 2006, 12:42:56 AM
See? There's always two sides to a story...
Post by: Iain on August 28, 2006, 12:48:38 AM
After being reported by Lois to the FCC for running an illegal cable channel, Peter asks her if breakfast will be Eggs Benedict Arnold.