So archae86 Trump was right and we need to employ people to rake our forests? LOL!!! Sometimes I can't believe the things that man says out loud!!
Cordell Hull wrote:
In all my 50 years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions - on a scale so huge that I never imagined until today that any government on this planet was capable of uttering them.
In all my 50 years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions - on a scale so huge that I never imagined until today that any government on this planet was capable of uttering them.
Had to look that one up, as I did not recognize the December 7, 1941 reference.
In a minor family tidbit, my mother spent her junior year abroad from Smith College in France the last year before WWII. She carried with her a letter signed by Cordell Hull advising all US diplomatic personnel to render her any required assistance. Not that she ever used it, though after her summer preparation in Dijon she was at dockside in Le Havre with passage booked home and an exit stamp in her passport by the time the resolution of the Munich Crisis changed the plan and she went on to study at the Sorbonne until late in the next spring.
My mother also was studying at the Sorbonne in 1940. She made the last ship out of Calais with no money but clutching two Django Reinhardt records. The customs official broke them as she was unable to pay import duty.
I'm doing my families genealogy and WOW you guys have some GREAT family history!! All of my family was in America before WWI, except a few very distant cousins etc who came after WWII but before the Korean War.
On one side of the family a great grandmother was a Daughter of the American Revolution and on the other a great grandmother emigrated from Germany and married someone who emigrated from Spain. I have one first cousin who married an immigrant but I'm afraid that is the extent of my family knowledge. There are surely interesting tales in there but no one left to tell them.
On one side of the family a great grandmother was a Daughter of the American Revolution and on the other a great grandmother emigrated from Germany and married someone who emigrated from Spain. I have one first cousin who married an immigrant but I'm afraid that is the extent of my family knowledge. There are surely interesting tales in there but no one left to tell them.
If she was a member of the DAR then she had to file paperwork which you can get a copy of if you just ask for it, if you live near Wash DC you can actually go there and physically see the paperwork she filed proving her lineage. Another thing you can do is do the Ancestry dot com DNA spit test which should give you thousands of cousins you never knew about. It goes on sale every once in awhile so don't pay the $99US fee unless you want to do it right now.
My ancestors are Irish who fled the potato/famine a while ago. Of rural and farming disposition which continued when they arrived in Australia. As they settled they they paid 50 pounds for a 'selection' : an approx 50 acre lot in what is now called the Latrobe Valley. The deal was they had to clear and fence it within five years, upon which they would get some money back. A government incentive to create arable land. From then on they were dairy and beef farmers mainly. Good heavens what big families they had back then too. It would be routine to have over 12 births. Not that all survived to adulthood. My Dad was one of 11 and Mum one of 19 !! I'm not saying they weren't ratbags, but they technically weren't convicts ( which many Aussies like to claim ). My father ( an engineer ) and I were the first professionals to arise from a lineage of about 8 generations. So I come from a section of the population that mainly were poor, worked hard, got taxed, got old and then died. On the upside they usually took well over 80 years to fall off the perch, so I have longevity in my genes. :-))
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Family hubris states that there was a Colonel Hewson involved in the overthrow of Charles The First of England. Essentially a leader of a mercenary mob from Ireland. It is mooted that he was one of 28 signatories to the document that sentenced Charles I to death ie. one of Oliver Cromwell's sikekicks. I've checked this. There was such a Hewson. Whether he is my ancestor is by no means clear, merely plausible. A regicide !!! :-)))
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
( edit ) Family hubris states that there was a Colonel Hewson involved in the overthrow of Charles The First of England. Essentially a leader of a mercenary mob from Ireland. It is mooted that he was one of 28 signatories to the document that sentenced Charles I to death ie. one of Oliver Cromwell's sikekicks. I've checked this. There was such a Hewson. Whether he is my ancestor is by no means clear, merely plausible. A regicide !!! :-)))
If you are on Ancestry too you can do the DNA spit test and probably figure that out, you could look him up first and see if he has a DNA match now. You might be surprised to see the number of people that do have their DNA done from a long time ago. I'm guessing it was done from some artifacts they left, teeth, hair or whatever works. I'm also guessing they didn't dig them up to get it.
Winterknight wrote:Mike
We're good with all that after 2009. But I hate the hot days now. :-(
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Mike Hewson
I hope it will be cooler in March when I come visit your Country.
So archae86 Trump was right and we need to employ people to rake our forests? LOL!!! Sometimes I can't believe the things that man says out loud!!
mikey wrote: So archae86
Gary Charpentier
Had to look that one up, as I did not recognize the December 7, 1941 reference.
In a minor family tidbit, my mother spent her junior year abroad from Smith College in France the last year before WWII. She carried with her a letter signed by Cordell Hull advising all US diplomatic personnel to render her any required assistance. Not that she ever used it, though after her summer preparation in Dijon she was at dockside in Le Havre with passage booked home and an exit stamp in her passport by the time the resolution of the Munich Crisis changed the plan and she went on to study at the Sorbonne until late in the next spring.
My mother also was studying
My mother also was studying at the Sorbonne in 1940. She made the last ship out of Calais with no money but clutching two Django Reinhardt records. The customs official broke them as she was unable to pay import duty.
Richard
I'm doing my families
I'm doing my families genealogy and WOW you guys have some GREAT family history!! All of my family was in America before WWI, except a few very distant cousins etc who came after WWII but before the Korean War.
On one side of the family a
On one side of the family a great grandmother was a Daughter of the American Revolution and on the other a great grandmother emigrated from Germany and married someone who emigrated from Spain. I have one first cousin who married an immigrant but I'm afraid that is the extent of my family knowledge. There are surely interesting tales in there but no one left to tell them.
Snagletooth wrote:On one side
If she was a member of the DAR then she had to file paperwork which you can get a copy of if you just ask for it, if you live near Wash DC you can actually go there and physically see the paperwork she filed proving her lineage. Another thing you can do is do the Ancestry dot com DNA spit test which should give you thousands of cousins you never knew about. It goes on sale every once in awhile so don't pay the $99US fee unless you want to do it right now.
I am winning!!
My ancestors are Irish who
My ancestors are Irish who fled the potato/famine a while ago. Of rural and farming disposition which continued when they arrived in Australia. As they settled they they paid 50 pounds for a 'selection' : an approx 50 acre lot in what is now called the Latrobe Valley. The deal was they had to clear and fence it within five years, upon which they would get some money back. A government incentive to create arable land. From then on they were dairy and beef farmers mainly. Good heavens what big families they had back then too. It would be routine to have over 12 births. Not that all survived to adulthood. My Dad was one of 11 and Mum one of 19 !! I'm not saying they weren't ratbags, but they technically weren't convicts ( which many Aussies like to claim ). My father ( an engineer ) and I were the first professionals to arise from a lineage of about 8 generations. So I come from a section of the population that mainly were poor, worked hard, got taxed, got old and then died. On the upside they usually took well over 80 years to fall off the perch, so I have longevity in my genes. :-))
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Family hubris states that there was a Colonel Hewson involved in the overthrow of Charles The First of England. Essentially a leader of a mercenary mob from Ireland. It is mooted that he was one of 28 signatories to the document that sentenced Charles I to death ie. one of Oliver Cromwell's sikekicks. I've checked this. There was such a Hewson. Whether he is my ancestor is by no means clear, merely plausible. A regicide !!! :-)))
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Mike Hewson wrote: Cheers,
If you are on Ancestry too you can do the DNA spit test and probably figure that out, you could look him up first and see if he has a DNA match now. You might be surprised to see the number of people that do have their DNA done from a long time ago. I'm guessing it was done from some artifacts they left, teeth, hair or whatever works. I'm also guessing they didn't dig them up to get it.