Comments on: How far have you gone back to find your ancestors? http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html A rewarding hobby that connects you with your past. Sun, 20 May 2012 04:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nothingusefullearnedinschool http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1830 Nothingusefullearnedinschool Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:36:13 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html#comment-1830 Through 3 separate lines through Charlemagne to some Caesars. I do not have a favorite, but I do admire those that came over on the Mayflower and those that settled the Germanna Colony. Through 3 separate lines through Charlemagne to some Caesars.

I do not have a favorite, but I do admire those that came over on the Mayflower and those that settled the Germanna Colony.

]]> By: Emily http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1829 Emily Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:36:13 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html#comment-1829 The farthest back ancestor that I've been able to find is my great great etc. ect. Grandmother who wasn't one of the very first settlers in the new colonies here in America, but she came on another ship not long after. My favorite ancestor would probably have to be another great great ect Grandmother who was a cherokee. The farthest back ancestor that I’ve been able to find is my great great etc. ect. Grandmother who wasn’t one of the very first settlers in the new colonies here in America, but she came on another ship not long after.

My favorite ancestor would probably have to be another great great ect Grandmother who was a cherokee.

]]> By: jan51601 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1828 jan51601 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:36:13 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-far-have-you-gone-back-to-find-your-ancestors.html#comment-1828 So far, I have traced my mother's family back to 1662 in England, and have found another ancestor born in the 1550's so finding the links between those dates is my big problem. However, her father's surname--Coston--dates back to the Domesday Book census of 1086 done by William the Conqueror (later King William I). I have seen some entries dating back even earlier (like 950 AD), but--again--it's finding the right link to Mom's family. My favorites are, of course, my grandparents, for I had the privilege of knowing them for most of my life. I also knew my great-grandmother for about 19 years of my life. Both she and her husband (great-grandfather) came from a family of 13 children whose first child died at birth--leaving an even dozen. When they got married, they also had 13 children, with the first child dying at birth. In all 3 cases, it had started out as 7 boys, 6 girls, so we called the story the "Sixes and Sevens." I also have double first cousins because 2 of my grandmother's brothers and 2 of her sisters married brothers & sisters from the same Jones family. I recently learned that my maternal grandfather is the DIRECT 13th great-grandson of English author Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"--making him my 15th great-grandfather. So far, I have traced my mother’s family back to 1662 in England, and have found another ancestor born in the 1550’s so finding the links between those dates is my big problem. However, her father’s surname–Coston–dates back to the Domesday Book census of 1086 done by William the Conqueror (later King William I). I have seen some entries dating back even earlier (like 950 AD), but–again–it’s finding the right link to Mom’s family.
My favorites are, of course, my grandparents, for I had the privilege of knowing them for most of my life. I also knew my great-grandmother for about 19 years of my life. Both she and her husband (great-grandfather) came from a family of 13 children whose first child died at birth–leaving an even dozen.
When they got married, they also had 13 children, with the first child dying at birth. In all 3 cases, it had started out as 7 boys, 6 girls, so we called the story the "Sixes and Sevens."
I also have double first cousins because 2 of my grandmother’s brothers and 2 of her sisters married brothers & sisters from the same Jones family.
I recently learned that my maternal grandfather is the DIRECT 13th great-grandson of English author Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"–making him my 15th great-grandfather.

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