Genealogy

Sooo I was studying my ancestry, which is difficult because my biological father is estranged from us and from what I know, his father was estranged from him long before that. Anyway, I came across his father, my grandfather, and he lived a fascinating life as an author and I really enjoyed reading about him and his work and I found his address. I thought about writing him a letter and maybe sending him a pic of my brother and me but I'm hesitant because I don't want to freak out this 80 year old man but maybe he would appreciate it? I feel strange reading all of this stuff from him and seeing his picture, but he has no idea about me.

What do you think? Just keep it to myself or try to contact?

2007-06-27 16:45:16 · 19 answers · asked by JenEstes 5

I was thinking of joining one of those sites where it'll find your ancestors. I went to ancestory.com to view a few samples of family trees, prices, etc. My questions for those who are members of sites like this are:

1 - Is it worth the price to become a member of these sites

2 - Can non members of the site view a "family tree" that I create

3 - Does being a paying member of the site actually enhance the capabilities of my "family tree"

4 - What if I don't know the names / places / birth years of anyone past my grandparents?

These are just some of the questions I have before paying money to these sites. I viewed some free samples of the ancestory.com family trees, and they go really deep into the family tree, but I don't know the names of people past my grandparents. But is that the whole idea of joining a website like this? Does the website search for people I don't know and their birth information for me

Any information, suggestions would be greatly appreciate

2007-06-27 12:58:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had to do that because it was sending me everywhere but the right place.

2007-06-27 12:45:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not just my african roots..but all of it..I can't really do research about my family tree because my mom..is actually the result of a rape to her mother..so that man isn't in our lives

2007-06-26 18:33:53 · 3 answers · asked by Video_Production 6

Griffin Higgins
Born 1813 Cambel county Georgia
Mary Polly Bonds

Henry T Higgins
Born 1836 Cambel county Georgia
Mary Elizebeth Tremaine


Victoria Melissa Higgins
Born 20 Sep 1877 in Grapevine, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Died 25 Dec 1946 in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, Usa
Married Rolfe Oklahoma
John W. Gipson

I have been trying to research the country of origion for all my ancestors before they came to america. These three surnames are my biggest road blocks.

2007-06-26 15:41:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

A friend wants to find his half brother, but we don't know his first name. He was born about 1960 in Memphis. His mother(maiden name Lopez) died in late 1961 or in 1962. The baby was placed with mothers relatives in Arkansas. The baby's last name was either Lopez or Price. His fathers name was Earl Price. That is all we know.

2007-06-26 12:27:17 · 7 answers · asked by bernih@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-06-26 10:49:50 · 10 answers · asked by zj 2

The surname is Clarke but in the past I haven't had much luck with tracing back with that side of my family. The "e" on the end makes it very difficult because to me it seems rare compared to just Clark which is a very common English surname. A while back I had a genealogy project and I asked my father and he had said that his grandfather had immigrated from Ireland and it was originally Clark but the E was added when he came to America. I'm not sure if he was being completely serious but his grandmother's maiden name was O'Mahoney which to me sounds like the epitome of Irish names. I guess my question really is has anyone ever heard of Clark spelled with an E at the end before? Maybe it is more popular than I think.

2007-06-26 08:36:55 · 5 answers · asked by cmclarkie2 1

can u still make a new last name ?

2007-06-26 08:17:38 · 29 answers · asked by leftnutbust 2

ok a couple of years back i was surfing the web when i came across an article that said a canadian man married a tree, does anyone have the link to this story? I am trying to find it for a friend who doesn't believe it, but i know i saw this story somewhere.

2007-06-26 06:40:34 · 4 answers · asked by robby G 1

I heard her name was released. Is that ture?

2007-06-26 06:05:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-26 05:47:35 · 10 answers · asked by peanutbulls 4

My name is counted as 7 on the first name given, 7 on the middle name and 7 on the family or surname. tell me now, what is the meaning of 777?

2007-06-26 00:55:23 · 8 answers · asked by ariane 1

Can you guys guess my ethnicity(s)? I've gotten many different replies whenever anybody tried to take a stab at it. Here's some pictures:

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2007-06-25 11:51:35 · 34 answers · asked by adorevintage 2

Where online (or offline) can I find obituaries? I found some at the local newspaper website but they don't go back far, only to 1997.

2007-06-25 10:18:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, I have Green relatives who were Greenfarbs in Poland. Not knowing this, assuming statements in family are corrected, I would probably have assumed they are English. Sometimes records may not be sufficient to soundly deduce a different origin from the common one.

2007-06-25 10:16:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm black and Native American. I've been trying to find my lineage on my deceased fathers side. From what I understand, he was Cherokee and Blackfeet Indian. My uncle stated he really doesn't know much more than that. Who can I contact? My cousin, I found, stated to my brother that my grandfathers last name was Bronze Eagle, but he was adopted, so now we have the last name Brown.

2007-06-25 04:07:36 · 6 answers · asked by Crissyluv 1

What do I say to a person when they want to know my interests. When I say genealogy and they say they like rocks to. Or similiar !

2007-06-24 17:31:11 · 10 answers · asked by onedot.darling 4

I keep coming across instances where Americans in particular seem to have real difficulty in telling the difference between Scottish ancestry and culture and Irish ancestry and culture.If they did their research properly it wouldn't be a problem.

2007-06-24 13:40:19 · 23 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-06-24 11:08:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am currently searching for my mother in laws anchesters! Boy why am I putting my self through this!!
I am now currently stuck..... grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Any good family tree experts?! I could do with some good answers!! x

2007-06-24 07:55:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking for information on Joseph Molnar that married a Julie Elek. I know that they had a daughter named Helen that married Mihaly Gere. This is all the information that I have, and I am new to researching this. Thanks

2007-06-24 06:29:17 · 2 answers · asked by spaew 2

2007-06-24 03:56:25 · 9 answers · asked by green_e_zeleno 1

Preferably the area of now Germany and the time from 1100to1500

2007-06-24 03:43:00 · 5 answers · asked by m....n... 3

Let’s say that you have a person’s first name/nickname and even a general idea of where they reside. But you have neither last name nor their exact location. When you search for surrounding addresses, you cannot find what you are looking for. What are some reasons why you cannot locate this person?

2007-06-24 03:35:17 · 3 answers · asked by Michael 1

We noticed all the African americans and Biracial african ameriacans had 25-50% sub saharan African ancestores and 30-60 percent caucasion anscestores 20-40 native American ancestres the spectrum was astaunishing one girl thought she was full black and shes only had 20 percent African gentics and 40 percent white 40 percent Native American...







The funny thing was 6 out of the 8 white children had 7-11 percent west african or sub saharan african ancestory and they didnt want to beleive it some though tit was cool some said they didnt believe it others said the test was a crock ! Theres was only one full caucasion because shes straight out of Russia no American mixing ! There was white girl who had 10 percent east asian ..



Now what I dont understan is how do all these whites kids in my class have black ancestores one girl was 20 percent subsaharan African and she was shoked the Ironic thing is some black were around 20 percent so we found that to be kinda funny...

Do you think

2007-06-23 18:46:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just dont know how they can possibly find all of your past relatives with the limit resources they had back then. I mean how far back does it go? And im blk, so my ancestors were slaves, so you know they couldnt careless about who gave birth to this slave and that slave...

2007-06-23 14:28:11 · 6 answers · asked by Yahoo 3

My mother's first names were Avis Moya and I've never heard of anyone else with those names.

2007-06-23 13:01:13 · 31 answers · asked by marcoporres 4

question, the asker can't take the time to choose the best answer themself, and it goes to the voting panel. Should Yahoo deduct points from the asker for not taking the time to select and award 10 points.

2007-06-23 12:39:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

this was my grandmothers last name from my moms side
i would like to know info on it

2007-06-23 10:18:54 · 7 answers · asked by crystal 3