Memories from my mother’s family…My late mother grew up in Vieux Carre, and used to tell us about hearing the vendors with pushcarts from her window. She would stop by her parents’ room, and her father, getting ready to go to his shoe shop, would give her a nickel, so she could buy... See More »
anyone have the same ancestry as mei'm english and italian, italian on my fathers side and english on my mothers side. british as i was born here in britain.
End of the line I sposeUp til now, I’d never known any family history back further than the mid 1800s on my father’s side. In 15 minutes, I could trace my mom’s side back to England totally for free. LOL now I have to dig some more. I only made it to the mid 1500s. One... See More »
what is your ancestry or heritagemine is italian on my fathers side and english and manx on my mothers side.
I've started tracing my ancestors! 👏👏Am concentrating on my father's side of the family coz my mother's side was probably all law-abiding god-fearing bunch so I'm hoping to find a few more colourful characters on my father's side 🤭.
Sir Walter Raleigh was f̶o̶u̶l̶ fowl.His famous quote: "Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall. Whosoever in writing a modern history, shall follow truth to near the heels, it may strike out his beak." Yes, he was a duck. He gallantly laid down his cloak over pondweed so that the... See More » (1)
4 Wheeling in the Hollars of KentuckyFor those who don't know what a hollar is, it is a remote valley in the hills. I have been working on my genealogy for about 8 years. Seems that most of my family is from Kentucky, settling there with Revolutionary War grants. I have found some... See More » (6)
