Author Topic: Genealogy (Read 609 times)

nirvana · « **Reply #30 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:28:28 PM »

He was a big important person at any rate right? Only big important people get the oval pictures.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #31 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:32:29 PM »

I've been able to trace my family tree to a Homo Habilus encampment in on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, but that's were I've hit a dead end. No documentation to go any further.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:34:58 PM »

Myself and my grandfather were cleaning out the basement awhile back. We found the family photo collection. After a long while of looking through it, some of the pictures dating back to the creation of cameras we put it away.I remember it was extremly dusty. The next day I woke up with the worst fever in my life. Thinking of how old the book was Im suprised I didnt get the plague. Its funny now. Next tme I find it Im gona wear a hazmat suit.

Goomba · « **Reply #33 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:41:06 PM »

Laser...that's just too cool. And weird. Knowwhatahmean, Vern?

Here's another one. Not actually my family, tho.

My uncle is an amazing sculptor. His realism and detail would make you bug-eyed.

Anyway, he was commissioned to do the bust of Bill Nealy (sp?), the real-life basis for the Stroker Ace character Burt Reynolds played in the 70's, for his induction as the first honoree in some racing Hall of Fame.

Nealy is a direct descendant of Andrew Jackson. When my uncle told me about the relationship, I naturally had my doubts. He says, "Pull a twenty out of your wallet, and then say that again".

I swear, no exaggeration, you are looking at very nearly the same face. The bust (if you ever see it) and the bill will dispel all doubt.

You know, they say there is no one on the planet who looks like you. That may be true, but I'm begining to think some faces get recycled!

Seeing as how I know mine has been, it must be one of the better ones.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #34 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:42:17 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
You have no idea how close, yet so far away you are...

Ran against McKinley, supposedly the inspiration for the Cowardly Lion, and went on to prosecute Scopes.

Goomba · « **Reply #35 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:48:28 PM »

Holden,

No wonder you've had trouble. I heard that INS back then was notoriously inefficient, and all the travel over the Bering Straits land bridge had totally overbooked the system. Besides, if your family was homo habilis, I imagine that those homo erectus types were never very tolerant, and probably didn't keep accurate records. You know how those people are.

Some things never change.

(Sometimes, I just break myself up.

)

z0rch · « **Reply #36 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:58:54 PM »

Holden McGroin wrote:
Ran against McKinley, supposedly the inspiration for the Cowardly Lion, and went on to prosecute Scopes.

Ding ding! I think we have a winner!

http://tinyurl.com/rn7vk

midnight Target · « **Reply #37 on:** April 06, 2006, 05:13:36 PM »

All 4 of my grandparents came over from the old countries so tracing has been pretty difficult. We do know that my Mom's parents come from Umbriatico, Italy and my Dad's mom is from Sicily. My paternal grandfather is Swedish though and that is a very cool story.

He served in 3 armies during WW1. He was a member of the Stockholm guard, he was in the French infantry and when released he jumped a ship to the US and joined the Navy before the war ended. He married my grandmother in a scandalous wedding (He wasn't Italian or Catholic!!!!!) and was killed while working as a train brakeman when my dad was 2.

Fast forward 60 years.

My dad decided he wanted to visit Sweden and tracked down a cousin still living there. She said she would meet him at the airport.

When he arrived there was about 30 people waiting for him... including one of his Dad's sisters. They treated him like a king (My Dad's name is Carl Gustave... they got a kick out of that) for 2 weeks and even flew with him to his Dad's home town, let him ring the old church bell that his dad used to ring and even took him into his family's old house which was still standing.

I can't wait till I can go back and do it all over again.
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lasersailor184 · « **Reply #38 on:** April 06, 2006, 05:14:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin

Ran against McKinley, supposedly the inspiration for the Cowardly Lion, and went on to prosecute Scopes.

Good job. Up until the snopes thing, he had a wonderful career. Ran for president 3 times, came really close once (then again, got absolutely embarassed the last time). I consider him one of the best Democrats ever. I believe he was Secretary of State somewhere in there.

The cross of gold speeches is one of the most famous in US history.

But like I said, it really doesn't mean anything about me. I only found out about it when my Mother (who is one of those 'I'm Important' type people) was running around geneology records looking for 'important people' and asked my dad who all of his relatives were. Never once did I hear him brag about it.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #39 on:** April 06, 2006, 07:01:44 PM »

That’s pretty darn cool Ripsnort; even more impressive than a clean Beemer parked in a carpeted garage. Scan it all and convert it all to digital text, then put it on the net. You’ll probably have relatives contacting you from all over.

My sixth graders just wrapped up a family tree website project. They create a family tree MS Word webpage for themselves, and one for each of their siblings, parents and grandparents. Great grandparents, aunts, uncles, step-parents, etc. are optional. Then they have to hyperlink everyone’s page to everyone else’s page. Here’s mine as an example (probably properly viewable in I.E. only): http://www.wwiirt.com/halls/david_halls_family_tree/david_halls_family_tree.htm Most students really get into it and put a lot of effort into their projects; my hope is that they will eventually expand it as interest rekindles. Mine actually sucks compared to what some of my students have done.