Author Topic: Genealogy and Family Trees – How far back can you go? (Read 888 times)

Masherbrum · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2008, 08:35:26 PM »

Blood Descendant of Rob Roy.

Currently I'm stalled on a relative who died at Bunker Hill. I have some letters to mail out.

Xargos · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2008, 08:59:23 PM »

1634 Virginia on my Dads side. Descendant of Geronimo on my Moms.

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2008, 10:09:56 PM »

edit: went farther back 1871 in England.

LePaul · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2008, 11:19:57 PM »

We were able to find our first ancestor who came from France to Canada, he was a soldier in the late 1700s. Prior to that, we're stuck as some of records were in churches that were damaged in WWII.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2008, 11:22:18 PM »

1490. I'll scan some docs tomorrow.

AKIron · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2008, 11:23:24 PM »

I can't document it but I'm betting my family tree goes back as far as anyone's here.

rpm · « **Reply #21 on:** February 02, 2008, 12:31:22 AM »

I have traced my ancestors back to sailing from England via Ireland to South Carolina in 1789. We have been unable to trace it any farther back due to English recordkeeping. You have to know the shire from which the person immigrated. I have a distant relative that really did some intense searching and hit the deadend in England.

There is a rather famous family story about one of my ancestors that was captured during the Civil War. He was a POW and was summoned to the White House by President Lincoln. He was sure he was to be executed in a very public fashion.

Upon arrival he was escorted to meet the President. Lincoln took a long look at him and asked him if it was true he was a talented dancer. He answered some said he was and gave a quick demonstration. The president then asked if he would like to entertain during a dinner that night.

Well, DUH!! He did indeed dance for the President's dinner party and afterward instead of sending him back to prison camp, Lincoln gave him a full pardon and set him free to return to Mississippi.

True story (or so I have been told all my life).

airspro · « **Reply #22 on:** February 02, 2008, 06:55:58 AM »

My Dad's side did a research in the 60's , and made a book on it for our whole family .

They traced it to 1440 in Switzerland , five brothers Cueni , Hensli , Budger , Uli and Little Uli .

On Monday , Oct. 4th 1734 Caspar N. and his son John Caspar came over from Zurich , Switzerland , they landed at Philadelphia , PA on May 29 , 1735 .

They have letters of some of the ships passengers etc and sailing dates etc of this journey also .

Interesting reading . My family on Dad's side to were I live went like this >

Switzerland > Lancaster Pa ,
Dark County , Ohio
, Mid Michigan .

Always on the look for good farmland that was cheaper etc .

Thruster · « **Reply #23 on:** February 02, 2008, 07:02:18 AM »

My Daddy was a Gibson, my Mother was a Fender..........

That's why they call me....

Mind Bender

BlkKnit · « **Reply #24 on:** February 02, 2008, 07:52:03 AM »

1 William Faughan d: 1758 in Surry Co. Virginia
........ 2 James Faughan b: 1735 in Virginia
.............3 William Faughan b: Mar 13, 1768 in Virginia
................+Amanda Springer
...................4 James Faughn d: Feb 19, 1859 in Lyon Co., Kentucky b: 1800 in North Carolina
.....................+Sarah Cotton
.......................5 William F Faughn d: Apr 2, 1879 in Lyon Co., Kentucky b: Oct 22, 1824
..........................+Eula Cotton (1st wife)
..........................*2nd Wife of William F Faughn:
..........................+Emma Cotton d: in Lyon Co., Kentucky b: Mar 6, 1833 in Lyon Co., Kentucky
............................. .6 Eli Faughn d: 1888 (? might not be right) b: 1858
............................. ...+ Margaret Stephens ( her father William Jasper Stephens is buried in Campbell, Mo.)
............................. ......7 U. S. Grant Faughn b. 1886 in Campbell, Mo.
............................. .........+ Emily Inabelle Williams

We lost that last "a" sometime after 1800. Grant is my grandfather, didn't really see a need to go any further.

Notice the 2 generations of Cotton girls.....seems my family tree didn't have a lot of branches at one point lol.

Now heres how I got my information:
I sitting around one fine day and decided to check my email. Well i recieved an email from a Mike Faughn (which happens to be MY name), and I was thinkin some kinda spam maybe. Well no its a long distance cousin who is researching the family tree.

He sent me everything he had and I fitted our group in (Eli down) by finding Eli's brother, Fitzhugh Lee Faughn d: 1939 in Missouri b: 1865 in Missouri. He was known to my father and his sons also as they had moved to California (Taft area, one decendant is the newpaper editor there I believe) and we lived nearby. I had a teacher who knew them though I personally did not. He told me about some of them, once in a while.

Dont know about going farther, seems there is a brickwall at Ireland. There are other Faughns in the US, but they seem to hail from England and even from Isle of Man. Supposedly, also, the name seems closely related to studmuffinan and Faulkner and maybe a couple of others as well.

Seems a lot of folks can go back to 1700's Virginia pretty easily, eh?

So, theres my method......just sit around and see what happens!

Blooz · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:00:34 AM »

I can go back to 1940.

After asking many times, my parents won't give me any details of the family.

I guess they feel it's not important or maybe they're hiding something.

OOZ662 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2008, 09:07:29 AM »

I've never tried to go all the way back before.

I love this one though. Bwahahaha.