tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post443116637369623737..comments2023-05-24T09:41:52.181-04:00Comments on Running In the Yard Next Door: RootsCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-23242441227752218322010-05-04T11:27:20.358-04:002010-05-04T11:27:20.358-04:00Cocotte - I know; the first time I bumped into som...<b>Cocotte</b> - I know; the first time I bumped into someone who was born before the first European settlements in America, it kinda gave me chills. . .<br /><br />And I also know what you're saying about 'putting it all together'. I think my dad's goal is to publish a comprehensive account of all the descendants of our earliest crossing-the-pond ancestor, but he's in his late 80s now, and the file, by no means complete, is a few thousand names already. . .<br /><br /><b>faDKoG</b> - Oh, I know; I once sat down with Aunt Mildred, and she told me about a few of the horse-thieves and such that she'd really have preferred to leave out of her account. . . But still - it gives texture to the connections, and it is, after all, very, very human. . .<br /><br /><b>Lime</b> - See, you understand. It's not just about DNA, it's about family and connected-ness. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389193386974951036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-61468058232483507042010-05-04T10:09:42.434-04:002010-05-04T10:09:42.434-04:00i haven't done the research you've done bu...i haven't done the research you've done but i've cherished the information from my mom's side and i am the one who recorded and preserved what existed on my dad's side. i've always thought it was a little ironic that even though i was "grafted into the tree" by adoption that i was the one on my dad's side who cared most about this. in fact, at the time of their deaths i was the only grandchild to have a relationship with my paternal grandparents at all.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-62698418385492955332010-05-03T23:30:13.363-04:002010-05-03T23:30:13.363-04:00I wish this connection to all the branches on my f...I wish this connection to all the branches on my family tree were complete so I could explore it. As it is, in reality, my tree has been so severed over the years that there are family members I never even see. Ever. It's crazy to think how, in a way, so many are connected in some way, no matter how thin the thread.for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-80840138231440309572010-05-03T09:20:49.250-04:002010-05-03T09:20:49.250-04:00I love the process/research of it all, but I just ...I love the process/research of it all, but I just can't motivate myself to assemble it into any sort of book, CD, etc. I've got all sorts of neat info, photos of ancesteral homes in Germany, church where everyone was baptized/married, and dates back to late 1500's. I love that sort of thing.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577723506036164914noreply@blogger.com