End of the line I spose

Up 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 assumes the records are sketchy when it starts saying the mother was 5 years old. I don’t think things were quite that different back then. 😂 it is neat to get back far enough where you start seeing the spelling variations from the lack of standardization though. Stuff is so cool. The last one I found was Nicholas Reede. From Nik to Nick! 😄

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bijouxbroussard · F

That’s really amazing !
What I could find out was limited because of the times. The one cool thing about my father’s parents being older (his mother was 42 when he was born in 1932), was the real history he learned just from asking them. And as a child he met older relatives who had been born enslaved. Mom could trace family members back to the late 1700s.

JustNik · 51-55, F

@bijouxbroussard What a priceless window he had! ❤️❤️

bijouxbroussard · F

@JustNik Both of my grandfathers served in WWI (my mother’s father had just turned 16 and lied about his age).

JustNik · 51-55, F

@bijouxbroussard I’ve read some about their experience as, honestly, I’m not sure I’d have been so willing to fight for a country that treated me that way. The integrity and dignity and hope and resilience one finds in their stories is just incredible. They fought two wars simultaneously.