Family tree coolness

[RottenWillow]

I met with my 101 year old great aunt Josephine for the second time yesterday afternoon. A remarkable old lady who is still completely lucid and mobile.

My mom's side is Tex Mex going back to 1874 and Jo split the casa at age 17 (in 1925!) to go to teletype transcription school in Florida. She settled in Manhattan in 1927 and worked on Wall Street for about 13 years. She also worked as a hat model and did radio show commercials during the 1930's.

So she gave us all this gigantic family tree record she had personally developed over the course of about 25 years of research. The thing was printed on draftsman paper because it was so huge. You had to roll it out like building blueprints.

From little Anabella (that's me) born in 1983 I could run my finger to the left all the way to an ancestor in Spain born in 1687.

Wow.

 

[RottenWillow]

And when I was leaving she asked to me run to Zaxby's to get her a 10 piece boneless wing, mild.

 

[cindylou]

That is so cool. My family recently did the same thing, in fact my family came to this country because the man of the house was running from being convicted of a murder "he didnt commit"

 

[RADAR]

Lets get this straight, You had a big blueprint of this huge tree your family used to live in,Hell why not have them build a cabin like you got.
I bet it sux when it rains!



RADAR

 

[RADAR]

That is so cool. My family recently did the same thing, in fact my family came to this country because the man of the house was running from being convicted of a murder "he didnt commit"

You too?What is this world comming to.......................

RADAR

 

[RottenWillow]

That is so cool. My family recently did the same thing, in fact my family came to this country because the man of the house was running from being convicted of a murder "he didnt commit"

Bring me your tired, your poor, your fugitives....

 

[RADAR]

Bring me your tired, your poor, your fugitives....

And some hammers & nails


RADAR

 

[stosstruppe]

Wish I could trace my family tree as far back as that!

 

[RottenWillow]

Wish I could trace my family tree as far back as that!

She visited dozens of public records buildings, cemeteries, and libraries in both Mexico and Spain over the course of 25 years. When she retired at age 64 this became her life's work. Man I can't even fathom that degree of dedication to any endeavor.

Has your family not always been in Scotland? Seems like it would be easier for you to go back that far.

 

[stosstruppe]

She visited dozens of public records buildings, cemeteries, and libraries in both Mexico and Spain over the course of 25 years. When she retired at age 64 this became her life's work. Man I can't even fathom that degree of dedication to any endeavor.

Has your family not always been in Scotland? Seems like it would be easier for you to go back that far.

Maternal family comes from Southern Italy 2 generations ago to escape Fascism / Nazism. lived in literal peasant villages outside Naples though so little to no public records.

Paternal family moved from Aberdeen to Glasgow 3-4 generations ago & prior to that came over from Ireland. Before that of Scandinavian origin when they invaded Eire sometime in early AD.

Unfortunately no specifics though like yourself.

 

[shirlene29]

yeah...the family tree stuff is cool


the middle name "dallas" is used in my family a lot

and it turns out its not some 200 yr old pornstar name
an ancestor was born on the uss dallas and the captain of the ship (boat really, small coastie vessel) actually delivered her

there was a navy reference to the name "priscilla" in my fam too, see not just a haughty weird name no one should be cursed with


cool stuff

 

[RottenWillow]

yeah...the family tree stuff is cool


the middle name "dallas" is used in my family a lot

and it turns out its not some 200 yr old pornstar name
an ancestor was born on the uss dallas and the captain of the ship (boat really, small coastie vessel) actually delivered her

there was a navy reference to the name "priscilla" in my fam too, see not just a haughty weird name no one should be cursed with


cool stuff

Isn't that stuff cool? I found a lot of traditional names in my line as well. I guess all families do that. I'd find the same name repeated for 3 gens, then disappear. I actually found one "Atalanta", which is a Greek goddess name. That one tripped me out.

Only real surprise in terms of ethnicity in my family tree is I'm apparently a teeny bit Dutch. Found the maiden name "Van Laanden" in the very early 19th century. How a Dutch woman ended up in New Spain (mexico) amongst all these Spanish settlers is a mystery.

 

[shirlene29]

yeah my family tree is a whole lotta mutts that all seem to revolve around various conflicts, lol

a mix of german, english, scottish, blaque, native american...

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Dam that is cool very cool. Also sounds like she has lived a great life to.

 

[Mr. dB]

My family tree stops with my great-grandfather, no one knows his origins. We suspect shady things, including a name change. I got a DNA test, and I expect it to not match my surname.