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Ancestry/Genealogy

GeoWilliam750

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11. Indeed

Reply to csziggy (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 3, 2017, 08:53 AM

Aug 2017

The stories are truly fascinating, and then one realizes that world history turns on the tip of the tiniest pin and for the most inconsequential of reasons. My family is chock o block with them.

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Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... [View all] csziggy Apr 2017 OP

I'd rather have Clara than TexasProgresive Apr 2017 #1

True - my husband gets Clara and I get slave owning Baptist preachers csziggy Apr 2017 #2

K&R because watrwefitinfor Apr 2017 #3

Thanks - I study genealogy because I love the stories that can be found csziggy Apr 2017 #4

Indeed GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #11

My college roomate has ancestors that came to North America before the USA existed. Thor_MN May 2017 #5

I have Mayflower passenger ancestors - and others that went to Pennsylvania before William Penn csziggy May 2017 #6

Hey. don't knock the Puritans and Pilgrims! Fla Dem May 2017 #9

OMG - one of my ancestors, Henry Kenney, was on Rebecca Nurse's jury csziggy May 2017 #10

Haha! TuxedoKat May 2017 #7

Clara would be a good name for a girl csziggy May 2017 #8