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my baby bought me a subscription to one of those geneaolgy things.
i just got done looking at my great grandpas ww1 draft card.
this is actually pretty cool.
the more info you can provide the better.
but if you have the basics the info starts coming fast and furious.
BUT

after some research.
it turns out i am decended from an unholy union between Hervé Villechaize (tattoo from fantasy island fame)
and patty (the bad seed) mccormack

So is this like.. "what'cha get when you cross and elephant and a monkey??"

I am hoping that you think that is a good thing? I, too, got a subscription to that Geneology site, and it was amazing who I am related too (and very interesting!)-

A friend of mine is into the genealogy gig big time - spends hours and hours searching through archives for "stuff" about the past. He gave me about 2" of paper on my genealogy. I didn't have the heart to tell him that I really don't give a rat's big back side about who messed around with who two or three hundred years ago! I mean, who really cares? Guess some do, because there are a lot of people spending a lot of time looking for clues about how they got here....

My Grandfather did a search one time and told me that Jim Bowie was my fourth Great Uncle and I was excited and proud because I love Texas and what the seige of the Alamo provided for me and my ancestors. However, I did a little research on Unka Jim later and found out the he, along with most "adventurers" back then, wasn't the pick of the litter so to speak but it took those kinds of MEN to tame this country and I'm proud to be a part of the family.

i did that awhile ago, found this picture of my 4th great grandpa in 1924. kinda fitting i think

Originally Posted by rspears

A friend of mine is into the genealogy gig big time - spends hours and hours searching through archives for "stuff" about the past. He gave me about 2" of paper on my genealogy. I didn't have the heart to tell him that I really don't give a rat's big back side about who messed around with who two or three hundred years ago! I mean, who really cares? Guess some do, because there are a lot of people spending a lot of time looking for clues about how they got here....

i dont have any of that misplaced pride some have when great granappy so-and-so fought gen lee etc
but i do think it was a very thoughtful gift.
and it is interesting.

I traced my 4X great grandfather on my dads side all the way to the black forest in Germany in the late 1800's.

My Grandpa and his brother made and distributed various "beverages" prior to, during, and even after Prohibition!!!! They used the money to buy up farmland during the 30's......and that's my only ancestral claim to fame!!!!!!

so far i have gotten back to my great great great great great grandfather ezekial s perry in north carolina b 1730 d 1813

Originally Posted by billy zz

so far i have gotten back to my great great great great great grandfather ezekial s perry in north carolina b 1730 d 1813

Wow,Billy,,that's a long time..
I used to ask questions about my heritage when I was a kid,,and got varying answers about where my father's family came from,,and where my mother's came from also..Not easy to extract that,now,,as dad died 4 years ago,,Mum's not really interested,,and her side of the family is broken,split,and intertwined to the point where she has half,and step brothers and sisters..
I don't NEED to know,,but WANT to know,,so,we have got onto a genealogy website,,and with the help of Lynda's sister in law,,have started going back through the generations,,not far yet though..
Lynda,on the other hand has traced back to the Battle of Culloden,,as she has roots to the Shetland Islands..

One of my cousins managed to trace the 'Hicks' branch of our family back to 1066 and William the Conqueror.
She couldn't understand my under-enthusiasm.

It seems also that a relation, Nicholas Hicks, sailed with Captain Cook on his voyage of discovery of New Zealand, and 'Young Nick's Head' on the east coast of the North Island is named for him.

Whoop-dee.

Who cares?
I most certainly don't.

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Originally Posted by johnboy

One of my cousins managed to trace the 'Hicks' branch of our family back to 1066 and William the Conqueror.
She couldn't understand my under-enthusiasm.

It seems also that a relation, Nicholas Hicks, sailed with Captain Cook on his voyage of discovery of New Zealand, and 'Young Nick's Head' on the east coast of the North Island is named for him.

Whoop-dee.

Who cares?
I most certainly don't.

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i dont care.

teehee
"snicker"

Some enjoy it some don’t (just like with our car hobby or any other).

I’ve always liked Military history so I enjoyed researching my family back to the Civil War (most of my family immigrated from Ireland during the Potato Famine during the 1840’s). The research actually led me to read unit histories written shortly after the Civil War, WWI and WWII respectively. As my Great Great Granddad, Granddad, Dad and I all spent tours in Infantry units I found it really interesting to see what had and hadn’t changed over the last 150 years.


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my name here is billy
but my real name is hossenphepher tapioca algonquin Villechaize