Do you know the history of your country , city , family ?

Question

Tell us about that ?

I enjoy reading these real stories . Thanks !

Nice real stories . And because they all nice stories ; I can't choose . I'll leave everthing for the voters .

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Sure I do.
I am half Irish, my great grandfather on my mother's side came to the US during the potato famine. He lived in Maine his entire life and there is a road named after him, Lydon Lane. His estate is on that road. My grandfather joined the military & moved all over the world with his family (my mother included). He retired as a colonel in the United States Air Force.
I am also 1/4 Russian. My great great grandfather on my daddy's side was a part of the Russian Revolution. He had gotten involved with some bad people in Russia and had to escape to the US from there. When he arrived, he changed his name from Shushonsky (I think that's how it was spelled) to Shaw. He lived peacefully for the rest of his life. His son (my great grandfather) worked in Hollywood! He was kinda famous, produced a lot of movies and stuff. That's where the "coolness" of my famliy ends, though. My gradfather on my daddy's side never did anything amazing, neither did my daddy =D

Answer 3

i have a special story my grandmother is from bowie texas. my great grandfather was from germany, he came here to our country escaping and settled in texas i was a girl whom was out of the ordenary close to her grandma, well the story of her history was when my g-grandfather came he settled most of a county in texas called montague he worked the feilds 18 hours a day to support his 13 children he discoverd oil on the land. back then of corse he was not educated and was not in complete understanding of what he had. well the oil had the name where they drill called the mueller pool. growing up i was lucky enough to have the history lesson every summer we went there. he built the first church the first school house in which my grandmother and her mom dad and siblings are barried, but to my suprise when my grandma died two years ago i saw a book my mom found that was a register of the property they owned i felt so overwhelmed of the history layed before my eyes he settled the area but he also built the first church school and store, it was endless mapping of land and oil all the way back to the 1890 era
it was all original mapping and detailed information i was in ah on how my g-grandfather was such a inportant person to that part of the state. even though we were not rich from the oil which they still drill for on the property that is left but the rich i felt was the history of such a noble man mo money in the world could of made me feel rich inside as i did that day

Answer 4

Yes I know the history of my country from attending school. I know the history of my city by going to museums, reading books and looking at old paintings and photographs.

I know the history of my family through fairly exhaustive genealogical research online, at county courthouses, interviewing relatives, and tracking down burial sites.

Probably the most interesting thing I found out was that the Capital of West Virginia, Charleston was named after my Great, great, great grandfather Charles Clendenin. Before that it was called Fort Lee, one of his sons renamed the town after him.

Answer 5

Yes, I am bosnian, and we come from a town called tramosnica. I have 7 aunts & 7 uncles, no grandparents, my father was an orphan & my mothers parents died before I was born. My Family moved to Germany during the war, & I live in Australia. Thank You for asking, makes me remember to be proud. Thanks again.

Answer 6

This is too general of a question. I do not think this is a good forum for what would amount to two textbooks and a biography. Be more specific!

Answer 7

I do don't you wish you did?