Most of my work is around historical records and my clients typically are able to trace back up to 4-5 generations (some even 7!). I am in a awe of such work. How far back in time can you track your family? I do very poorly, myself. 3 generations and that's it.
Genealogy - How far back in time can you trace your family?
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When I was a child, my maternal grandmother had a possibly dubious genealogist trace her Scottish family back multiple generations. On my Father’s side, unfortunately all relatives older than my English-descended grandparents are mere mythical figures to me.
It’s a real pity that passing down family information has been far less a priority in the New World than in Europe.
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i can trace my ancestor until 1865, not more in the past.
perhaps I need to investigate more,, but at the time my ancestors came from the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetian and the register of my earlier ancestors are in the churches of the small towns where they married and baptized.
The only thing that i can assure that we were better under the Austrian empira than being under present Italy.
of coursem that depends on the region where your ancerstors were.
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I've never really tried to be honest. However I used to love listening to my grandmother (mother's mother) tell stories about her side of the family going back generations. How accurate her stories were I do not know.
Her tales about one of her relations caught my attention the most....her Uncle Guy. Seems he came to Argentina to ''build the railways''. I'd like to find out what happened to him.
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It's only recently that I discovered my grandad served in the first world war and I found a picture of him in uniform.
We don't know what he did during that war, but later he opened a grocery shop in the Welsh mining valleys and some of the time we all lived behind the shop with a coal fire and baths in a tin bathtub.
He used to give credit to poor families during rationing in WW2, was a presbyterian lay preacher, loved funerals and told us that alcohol was the work of the devil, although he never said no to a gift of a bottle of sherry at Christmas. he was certainly a real character.
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@Bombonera , you are correct. This client was able to trace back his GGGGGF's BC dated 1771.
I think he probably went back further for genealogical research, since on the BC are noted the parents' names. He could easily trace their MC. Of course, these endeavors cost a lot of money and time.
An acquired relative of my husband, whose family came from Ireland, actually had all her older ancestors on myheritage.com. I think they went back to late 1500.
My husband had to severe the connection because there were like 2500 people in his extended family due solely to these acquired extended family of this aunt with Irish ancestry.
Like Carlos , also my family comes from the territories that were once of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Unfortunately, there was also a lot of ethnic cleansing along the borders during and after WWII, so the church and civil registers are long gone. My aunt tried to find records locally in Germany, but there wasn't anything left.
I did a DNA test for fun on MyHeritage, but unfortunately it didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know. The only fun fact is that I am about4% Ashkenazi, but who isn't among those of German ancestry?! And 22.5% of Iberian ancestry - I have no idea where that comes from!
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I too did a DNA test, mine via Ancestry DNA. Apparently I'm mainly Scottish and had no idea!
Maybe that's why I love Argentina so much-my Scottish heritage!
Do you love trains? Like wearing a skirt with no undies? Do well in cold, harsh weather and enjoy whisky (but not whiskey)?
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serafina , its not a skirt , its a kilt!
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Can't see the difference, sorry!
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serafina , its not a skirt , its a kilt!
Speak for yourself pal.
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Can't see the difference, sorry!
These girls are wearing skirts made from tartan cloth
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Earasaid - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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A mans kilt should have 6 to 8 metres of material
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Perhaps the difference between a kilt made of tartan cloth and a skirt made of tartan cloth is the attitude or state of mind of the wearer?
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Wikiwand - KiltA kilt is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a…www.wikiwand.com
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I've never worn one nevermind owned one.
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I brought mine over to Argentina just before the pandemia
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I brought mine over to Argentina just before the pandemia
I've often wondered what the reaction would be in this town if I wore one to go to a function or whatever. Being a shy person I shudder to think!!
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Quote from Serafina;
Like Carlos , also my family comes from the territories that were once of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Unfortunately, there was also a lot of ethnic cleansing along the borders during and after WWII, so the church and civil registers are long gone. My aunt tried to find records locally in Germany, but there wasn't anything left.
I say;
Dear Serafina,
I dare to disagree with your opinion about the northeast part of Italy, that there was ethnic cleansing if you can call it that, it was purely nominal, carried out after the first world war by Mussolini's fascism during and after the second world war. The only ethnic cleansing was purely nominal, since one of my relatives was named Retzbach, obviously of Germanic origin, and lived in Trieste, where Italians, Austrians, and Greeks also lived peacefully, given the importance of that port for the Mittel Europa. As Retzbach is assimilable to the word Bach, which is equivalent to river or stream, he had to adopt a new surname that was Rivi which sounds related with a riverside.
But even so, he was never harassed or dispossessed or forced to emigrate. The same thing happened in the Trentino-Alto Adige region, where Italians and Austro-Germans had lived together for many years. The situation was resolved in 1957 with the De Gasperi-Gruber treaty, prime ministers of Italy and Austria, by which citizens could use the Italian or German language without distinction, having the same legal value. Currently, German-speaking citizens have no intention of belonging to Austria again for a very practical reason, since in Austria they would pay more taxes than in Italy, and they also have a larger internal market for their products that are highly appreciated, derived from the breeding of dairy cows, in addition to tourism since they are regions of very beautiful landscapes.
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I've often wondered what the reaction would be in this town if I wore one to go to a function or whatever. Being a shy person I shudder to think!!
Might not that reaction depend on whether or not you also wore mascara, blusher and false eyelashes?
