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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 9:32 am
I guess my grandmother (mother's mother) could be a "rhymes with witch" also. She was very domineering with her husband and children. I remember during my childhood she said to me that she hoped I didn't turn out like my father. I don't know what prompted that. Not a nice thing to say to your grandchild unless there is an obvious reason. I remember loving my grandparents as a child, but that's the one thing I remember about my grandmother now. She lived in the same small farming village all her life. Years after her death when I was visiting there, I was talking to another person in town who said my grandmother was a mean woman. Someone in the extended family on my father's side has done a family tree. One branch back into the late 1600s. Pure German here except for a drop of French blood. One family in the tree on my mother's side adopted a French child! And I currently have a "famous" relative. Have you read or heard of the books "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools"? Greg is my cousin's son on my father's side.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 9:40 am
Wow just read all the great info on this thread. Gal you really got a wonderful discussion going here. Your passion for this topic really shines. My dad who was born in Rumania, told me that we have relative (on his mother's side) in France. He even wrote their last name down for me on a tiny piece of paper. Unfortunately I lost that slip of paper a few years ago and don't recollect at all what the name was. Anyhow I would love to find those relatives! But the fact they are overseas is daunting.
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Mamabatsy
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08-05-2005
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 11:13 am
Loved the show and really enjoyed reading all the information here. I'd be more interested in finding other progeny. Why didn't they then follow the trail to the present to see who else might be related to the people they are related to? I guess the experts must have just ignored the people who weren't all that interesting. They seemed to just focus on one person in each line. I'm curious about the ones they didn't follow. Was it because they couldn't find them or because they were just too ordinary. I like ordinary, so I'd be interested. What happened to the other children of the accused witch? Did they move away to rid themselves of the stigma? Was SJP's ancestor the only child and what happened to that person's children. I guess what I'm trying to say is they went into great depth, but left a lot out. I know nothing of this sort of research so maybe that's just the way it goes.
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 11:59 am
I enjoyed this show and was under no illusion that Sarah Jessica did any of the leg work. I think most of it was done for her, but then she was sent to these places to 'discover' what they've found. But, I think she was really interested in what was found. I know she's an award winning actress, but I felt like we got a small peek into what she's really like, as opposed to her on-screen characters or the tabloids. She just seemed so real and very likeable. (and she called her mom "mommy", which I thought was wonderful) I also watched the PBS show. That one was different in that all the legwork was done and being presented to Kristi Yamiguchi, Steve Colbert... et all. (loved Steve Colbert on that one) I am fascinated by this type of story, so I will watch again. On a side note, my niece does geneology and recently found that 11 generations back, via an uncle or something, I'm related to Daniel Boone on my dad's side. Since I found out, it has made me feel more adventuresome and want a coon skinned cap! I hope that it's true.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 1:46 pm
I'm so blah. I go to Germany on both sides too many generations back. A former co-worker is related to Ann Rutledge, Abe Lincoln's alleged first love.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 2:26 pm
My favorite document is a death certificate for my hubby's side... he died of "violent self-decapitation". I always laugh when I look at it and gotta wonder how one would die of non-violent self-decapitation? LOL Hubby also has an ancestor who died as a result of drunken horse-carriage driving. He was weaving the carriage so badly he fell off and the wheel went over his mid-section. How drunk do you have to be to result in a horse-driven carriage weaving wildly? It definitely helps if you can manage to have ancestors in the right country Color and Germany might be boring but lucky for you. My mom immigrated from Austria in her early 20's and during WWII when Austria was occupied by Germany all Austrians were required to carry a document that showed at least 6 generations of their family to prove they were not Jewish. My mother has her grandparents documents but I haven't even begun to reach past that document yet. As a science major, I was so excited to find Mandl's in her tree but then found out it was the German equivalent of Smith. {sigh} I don't have family in Germany but seems at least possible that they would have required the same documentation? If they did and you could get a copy of one of your relatives it could catapult you a good distance in your research.
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 3:09 pm
GAL - thank you for all the wonderful links! I also enjoyed the Faces of America - its repeating I think on Prime Channel 11 (whatever that means, its on cable here! Its hit or miss finding it for me!) My dad researched his family tree and stumbled on someone who had spent years researching - it was amazing, all the documentation this cousin did - his family tree back to the 1600 I think - given land in America from a war in France! My mom's family - the women recite the women's lineage, my mom's maiden's name, her mom's maiden name, great grandma's maiden name, great great grandma's maiden name, 5 generations back! The County they lived in Grayson County in Texas, now has our family 4greats home in their preserve - first clapboard home in the county... and when the fever hit and killed many in town, they used those boards to make coffins. Now I know my Grandfather's family - Aunt Josephine is part of the Daughter's of the American Revolution - but I havent gotten the number so I can link our family and get that recorded for the future generations - other than that, there are no famous cousins - we're just poor people from way back!!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 3:30 pm
I LOVE this show. I'm big into genealogy. I use the Mormon database a lot at www.familysearch.org. They collect information on all of us. I had chills watching Sarah Jessica Parker find out her ancestor was accused of witchcraft.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 4:07 pm
Yes, Germans carried around those documents, too. LOL, a relative had one and in it was our Jewish ancestress. Because he had the documentation, they missed it. LOL. One of my ancestors was given the lash because she got pregnant, another had two wives in the same house, another was accused of adultery--Maine was a hotbed of rebels in those days. Haha, I love those nonconformists.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 8:16 pm
Oprah's show today was about both programs -- Faces of America and Who Do You Think You Are. Showed clips of upcoming WDYTYA programs.
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Scoutmom
Member
01-19-2006
| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:08 am
I'm also big into my family history. Whenever my son sees me sitting at the computer he always says "look out mom's digging up dead people again". Any my hubby swears that I'm the only one he knows who got her own digital camera to take pictures in a cemetery. It's so interesting and addictive everytime you get a hit when you find someone - usually about the time you swear you're gonna get off the computer and go to bed.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 1:16 pm
I've taken a camera to a cemetery too. Through bidding on an item on eBay, met a girl in Colorado (I'm in the Chicago area) who also had relatives from a small farming town in northeast Iowa which was my Mom's hometown. Eventually found that my grandfather had been a pallbearer at the funeral of a relative of hers. Anyways, I took pictures in that small town's cemetery for girl in Colorado.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 4:23 pm
You mean there are people who don't take photos at cemeteries? My old timey relatives even took photos of their loved ones in their caskets right before they were being lowered into the grave. I have a photo of my dad's grandfather that is like a Nosferatu-type situation. If it weren't disrespectful I'd post it here as exhibit A.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 4:25 pm
I've taken the camera to a cemetery, too. I found a lot of my grandfather's family in Tennessee that way. Rissa, I knew you did genealogy, too. We had a big thread about it a long time ago. Over the years, I've found many interesting facts. My husband is related to the Hershey family. His grandmother's maiden name was Hershey. I traced the connection to Milton Hershey, but higher up the family tree from Milton..so not directly related. When I pulled up t Hershey genealogy, it goes back to the 1500's. I find the Mennonite history fascinating!! My husband is also related to a man who came over in 1621 on the Fortune on his father's grandfather's side. (not a Hershey) It was after the first Mayflower and before the famous second Mayflower. I found interesting on that side was the connection to Vermont further down the tree. There was a huge chunk of time when the family lived there. I've mentioned my own family tree over the years. It's very diversified..LOL
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 5:54 pm
That's funny - to find others like you! We (my mom got me started at a young age!) also take pictures of cemetaries! I remember when visiting my Texas roots at 12 - we had to tromp thru a field (almost came face to face with a Texas Longhorn Bull - talk about intimidating!) over a few fences... and found the family cemetary! It was sad- but then watching Oprah's special when Emmit Smith was at the cemetary - and the African Americans were buried "somewhere" over the other side of the fence... that was heartwrenching...
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:24 am
Reminder - new episode tonight!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:37 am
Thanks I've never seen it and looking forward to it. What Station, what time?
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Friday, March 12, 2010 - 11:43 am
Thanks for the reminder. I've never seen it and am quite interested after reading this thread!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, March 12, 2010 - 4:59 pm
8 Eastern on NBC, Mame. Tomorrow can do a post-mortem on the show, and then on Sunday let's all roll out our favorite ancestor for everyone to enjoy. No reason to hide them in the closet LOL. True fact - my first TVCH meet was with Schoolmarm, and we both knew enough about our family history to connect the dots and realized that we are descended from the same 5x great-grandfather.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:01 am
Thanks Gal! That is so cool about you and Schoolmarm! I finally got to see the show, and was delighted the ep was about DWTS Emmet. He's such a sweetiepie. Fascinating stuff there.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 7:42 am
I found the story about Mariah very interesting. So amazing that her story is finally being told. I was thinking we could share some of the family names we're researching. You never know if there is a common link. (Like the one Schoolmarm and Gal share) =) Maybe we can have a genealogy thread again or we can stay here in this one.
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 8:33 am
I didn't know about this show until I got an email yesterday from Ancestry.com reminding me to watch. Love it! It spurred me on to go into my family tree and do some updating. I've been at it for hours, both last night and this morning.
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Bidasea
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 7:26 pm
I've been researching my history for 20 years. I found a lot of info at the Mormon Family History center. I'd like to join into a genealogy thread. My families are mostly from Mass.,Me. and Canada.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 8:40 pm
It was preempted for basketball, so it's just being shown now. When Emmitt Smith stopped the guy in Virgina that pulled out book 22, chills.... He just found out that the horses are on a higher rung than the Negro slaves. This is really interesting. Can't wait to see where it ends up.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, March 19, 2010 - 8:07 am
Episode 3 is on tonight - Lisa Kudrow.
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