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Family history

200906blog006Wow!   A few weeks ago there was a discussion on the QuiltDesigners Group over on Yahoo, and  internet friend Diane Harman-Hoog of Quilters Keep Learning was prompted to do a quick search on me on the internet.  Diane, you see, is a maven of family genealogy (spelling?).  In just a few days, she had traced my dad’s family back to the Patrick who immigrated from Ireland in 1857, and my mother’s family back to Switzerland and Germany to 1590!!!!!!!!  She incredibly generously sent me a TON of information (and discovered that we have a common ancestor in Edward Plantagenet!) and did this extensive family tree:200906blog007

Dad’s family is the little cluster on the upper left portion.  All the rest of it is my mom’s family, which has been in the US since the late 1600s.  I had NO idea I had family ties to the Netherlands, Switzerland or Alsace-Lorraine (now France, previously Germany)!  Here’s that corner of the chart:

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And here:

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And then there were tons of records including my dad’s 1921 passport application.  I printed out over 100 pages of history into a binder (photo at top).

THANK YOU DIANE!

6 Responses to “Family history”

  1. Marie Says:

    Oh My!
    This is so dang cool!
    I have been sorely tempted to join Ancestry.com but somehow there is always something that I want to spend the money on. I know mother’s family was here (mass and Rhode Island)in the 1700’s (my ancestors dress is in Deerfield) but it would fun to go back father! I need a friend like yours!

  2. Vicki W Says:

    What a treat!

  3. Maggie in E. Central Illinois Says:

    WOW! It is just amazing how the internet has sped up this type of research!

  4. Jill Says:

    How very cool! I’d love to see how everyone falls out of my family tree!

  5. Liz Says:

    Wow! I’m impressed… I’ve been into genealogy lately but my aunt, parents and brother have done most of the hard work. Our family is very boring compared to yours… almost exclusively in Staffordshire and the West Midlands in England and nowhere else! Although my great great grandfather was a drummer in the Crimean war… that’s as about as exciting as it gets!

  6. Karoda Says:

    This is priceless info! Kudos to Diane!