Oo, that's a sweet tree! The only cool thing I dug up in mine was that I had a great-something-grandfather named Jeremiah, which was a nice change from all the Jameses and Marys.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polgara - Sep 28, 2013 10:11:06 am PDT #7050 of 30000
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Connie Neil - Sep 28, 2013 10:19:46 am PDT #7051 of 30000
brillig
I'm quite fond of Jan Jansen van Harleem, professionally known as Murat Reis of the Salee Rovers, who ended his days as the governor of a Moorish fortress. And family apologies to the people of Baltimore, Ireland, whose people Jan sold into slavery in Morocco when he raided the town.
I know, not someone you should be proud of, but it will be fun in the afterlife, when I host the family reunion, to watch him and Governor Endicott, Puritan bigot extrodinaire, glare at each other.
Anne W. - Sep 28, 2013 10:24:43 am PDT #7052 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I have a new kitty. Pictures to follow soon!
Lee - Sep 28, 2013 10:27:50 am PDT #7053 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yay Anne! Lucky kitty!
msbelle - Sep 28, 2013 10:28:39 am PDT #7054 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
claps claps claps Anne!!!
Beverly - Sep 28, 2013 10:46:27 am PDT #7055 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, good, Anne! Lucky kitty!
WindSparrow - Sep 28, 2013 10:47:39 am PDT #7056 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
The story is that we're related to Daniel Boone
We might be cousins! Like, 7th cousins, but that's ok.
Which ones do you have? I have Endicotts and Lippincotts and Gaskill/Gaskoynes and Southards. No, the Southards are in New York, I think. I've got a lot of colonists.
Stevens! We seem to have migrated out of the Plymouth to New Nederlands within a generation, though.
Connie Neil - Sep 28, 2013 11:22:52 am PDT #7057 of 30000
brillig
Stevens!
I have a John Stephens born in Monmouth, NJ, in 1735.
Oh, and I like Roots Magic, for genealogy programs. I need to dig into my notes and continue my project of compiling all my info with an eye towards publishing.
Burrell - Sep 28, 2013 11:30:58 am PDT #7058 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay new kitty, Anne!
I know Cody's uncle has mapped out a good bit of their family tree, but I've never really tried to map out my own. Between my mother being adopted and my father's side of the family fleeing Europe, it all seemed a bit hopeless.
meara - Sep 28, 2013 11:34:39 am PDT #7059 of 30000
My roommate has an ancestry.com subscription and let me use it. It was totally addictive, and I stayed up until like, 2AM, and have not been back on since, lest I get caught up in it more.
Huh. DNA might be a way to go. It's impersonal enough I wouldn't have to worry about living birth family, right? I'm a little curious about my lineage, as long as I don't have to (shudder) interact.
I also did 23andme, which was fun and interesting. Possibly not worth the $99, but it will tell you about relatives who have used the site, but you don't have to. (ETA: and most of the people it came up with for me were like "This person is probably your fifth cousin!")