tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post7266840633266924765..comments2024-03-26T06:45:32.717+00:00Comments on Circle of the Year: Climbing Over A Brick Wall!Rowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-4100277922482808012012-02-25T22:54:12.543+00:002012-02-25T22:54:12.543+00:00I've managed (with a lot of help) to trace my ...I've managed (with a lot of help) to trace my mother's ancestors all the way back to the 700's in France. It's amazing! It was an accident really, but I'm so glad I stumbled across the information on the internet. <br /><br />It's so much fun to find out these things. Good luck with your hunting.debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-44147129961901496032012-02-15T23:56:28.572+00:002012-02-15T23:56:28.572+00:00Rowan, How exciting to have found your missing lin...Rowan, How exciting to have found your missing link "Sarah" I will be looking forward to reading more about your research. Greetings from Maine, Julie.Dog Trot Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613054262731973539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-36370745430469422952012-02-14T03:46:03.047+00:002012-02-14T03:46:03.047+00:00Oh how exciting! What a thrill for you after all ...Oh how exciting! What a thrill for you after all these years. I love doing genealogy, but I've been lucky -- family members have done a LOT of work before me. I can't wait to see more of your little church in the spring and summer!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-25200967520256232732012-02-13T16:08:00.779+00:002012-02-13T16:08:00.779+00:00I recall my parents used to say that my grandfathe...I recall my parents used to say that my grandfather tried to do this kind of research. I often wondered what happened to it, but I guess without computer technology it mus have been painstaking at that time. <br />I am sure it must be very intriguing to find out about your past.<br />xoxoZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-18004765601861391272012-02-13T15:16:56.625+00:002012-02-13T15:16:56.625+00:00How exciting when you make a break through like th...How exciting when you make a break through like that! I work on my genealogy every couple of weeks. Mac's is at a stand still, but we're going to Spain this fall and I'm hoping to get more information there.<br />That's fantastic that the church is still standing, here they would have torn it down.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-82022820213177198952012-02-13T13:46:50.167+00:002012-02-13T13:46:50.167+00:00Some day I hope to have time to do some family res...Some day I hope to have time to do some family research. I know it will be complicated, especially on my father's side, I really have so little to go on as he was placed in foster care - my mother's side will be where I would start.<br /><br />Happy week Rowan dear.<br />Hugs - MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-29038049179618585992012-02-13T13:23:02.426+00:002012-02-13T13:23:02.426+00:00It's always wonderful when those genealogical ...It's always wonderful when those genealogical "brick walls" can finally be breeched. I've been putting together my own family record for several years,and have done well tracing back all direct-line antecedents until I come to their immigration. In my family, all came over to North America—mostly from Ireland—among the first wave of immigrants, arriving on the Eastern Shore in the mid-1600s. Several grandfathers fought in the various French-Indian Wars, and later in the Revolutionary War. They all trekked south, along the spine of the Appalachians, on the Wilderness Road into what's now Virginia, West Virginia, and eastern-Kentucky, where they became part of the area's first non-Indian settlers. There are a surprising number of record sources for this entire period—mid-1600s onward, and I have most of it and have, in fact, located and visited the graves of most of my grandparents to about the 6th or 7th generation back. But when I try and find anything out on ancestors prior to their coming to America, the best I can do so far are generalizations, "this family is said to have come from this county, or that village," sort of thing. So my brick walls are well removed, by both distance and time, and I don't know that I'll ever be able to solve any of them. I do hope you locate a marriage record for John and Alice…and I certainly enjoyed this post on your search and luck. <br />So fromGrizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-92128711840068473532012-02-13T10:39:55.399+00:002012-02-13T10:39:55.399+00:00How exciting to make some progress. My mother had ...How exciting to make some progress. My mother had done research when she was in England once and then hit some dead ends. She has created a scrapbook with some old photos for me with what she did know and have of more recent family. It is nice to have this all down in one place to keep it safe for generations to come.<br /><br />Hugs from Holland ~<br />HeidiHeidiInHollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042160177913867405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-91665132936026872532012-02-12T23:10:48.367+00:002012-02-12T23:10:48.367+00:00What an exciting find! It will be so interesting f...What an exciting find! It will be so interesting for you to visit those places associated with Sarah.<br /><br />She would never, in a million years, have imagined the way that her name and her history has been spread across the world tonight on the www.....Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-90912783884754222582012-02-12T22:48:07.209+00:002012-02-12T22:48:07.209+00:00I've been thinking myself lately that I have b...I've been thinking myself lately that I have been neglecting my own research into my family history. Must get back into it - soon. Trouble is, blogging does take up a lot of time and can't do everything!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116574112768767203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-26078653606565129242012-02-12T21:13:09.717+00:002012-02-12T21:13:09.717+00:00How wonderful to have broken through one of your &...How wonderful to have broken through one of your 'brick walls' I have a couple I'd love to crack. Both families on my maternal side were non-conformists, one lot Primitive Methodists and the other Baptists. I think their records are so much more informative than those of the Anglican church as they often give dates of birth as well as baptism and sometimes the mother's maiden name as well. The Uniterian church building looks really interesting. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could find that early marriage - you never know:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-87041732941604834082012-02-12T20:48:09.709+00:002012-02-12T20:48:09.709+00:00I'm not at all surprised; my own ancestors use...I'm not at all surprised; my own ancestors used to swap between church and chapel regularly. My great-grandfather was said to let go of his walking stick at the gate to see which way it fell, if it pointed towards chapel then that's where he headed, or to church if it fell that way. Fortunately I have a cousin who busies herself with researching the family history.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-66707199758603132922012-02-12T18:38:31.713+00:002012-02-12T18:38:31.713+00:00I haven't done anything on my research for abo...I haven't done anything on my research for about 18 months now. I would like to, but with last year's upheaval, I've not had the heart. Good luck with yours - at least you don't have to travel too far for the folks you mentioned in this post.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-41632442812758523052012-02-12T18:06:49.457+00:002012-02-12T18:06:49.457+00:00You must be delighted! I've been dabbling a bi...You must be delighted! I've been dabbling a bit myself and fully intend to do some more.Lynda (Granny K)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00769451312708886145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-2666751245385568592012-02-12T17:54:39.599+00:002012-02-12T17:54:39.599+00:00Isn't it grand when you find the little link t...Isn't it grand when you find the little link that carries you to where you want to go. I have been searching for links to my grandmother on my mother's side - and simply by accident (while searching for my uncle) I came upon a family tree that had my grandmother's name on it - and that was my lucky find!!! It took us all the way back to 1754 in Scotland and England - something I had never suspected at all. I've been searching for her line for well over 20 years (no living relatives have any knowledge of her ancestry, she kept it well hidden, for unknown reasons). You are fortunate that you can visit these interesting sites.JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-3188391446336802772012-02-12T17:48:43.035+00:002012-02-12T17:48:43.035+00:00You have the same problem with your civil war and ...You have the same problem with your civil war and Cromwell that many families here have with our Civil War, particularly people whose ancestors are from Georgia and who were in the path of Sherman's march to the sea. He burned Atlanta, and many other towns besides, and many court house and church records were lost as a consequence. My mother has traced her maternal family back to Saxony in Germany, but that ancestor converted from Catholic to Lutheran and he was disowned by his family. He emigrated to Texas in 1864 and founded a Lutheran church that has been in continuous use since then.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-47959504019687348932012-02-12T17:16:59.928+00:002012-02-12T17:16:59.928+00:00How exciting to end your search with such success....How exciting to end your search with such success. I've often thought about tracing my family tree but so far haven't gotten very far. On some sides I know very little to get me started.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084823218319628822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-2128963158597750902012-02-12T17:13:38.318+00:002012-02-12T17:13:38.318+00:00Well its a breakthrough D.
It looks more a like a ...Well its a breakthrough D.<br />It looks more a like a country residence than a church, especially with the virginia creeper on the wall.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669756911857727253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-60428964333593285962012-02-12T17:06:59.824+00:002012-02-12T17:06:59.824+00:00What a thrill to find this extra information. I...What a thrill to find this extra information. I'd love to find out more about my family but it is definitely something you have to settle down and do as a hobby not something you can sort out in a few hours. My relatives seemed to be from all over the world, too, and travelled everywhere, so the small amount I have tried to do seems to run up against a brick wall pretty fast.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com