No Pleasing Some People...

I haven't told you...forgot actually...this tree I'm researching for a friend has thrown up some very interesting snippets. For instance, one of her great grandmothers was scalped by Indians...they also murdered two soldiers they found in her house...her daughter-in-law and one of her grandchildren. They were said to be a group of 'rogue Sioux'...

Another of her relatives was the man who found Guy Fawkes hiding behind the kegs of gunpowder in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament...he was also the prime instigator of the terrible torture which Guy Fawkes underwent...

One of her people built a big wooden house in the early 1600's, he was one of the early Quaker settlers...and there it stood until one of the new-fangled trains went past and a spark from the engine set fire to the house and burned it to the ground...

Her people of the 1200/1300's are heaving with Lords and Ladies born in castles now long gone...

Another man died of Yellow Fever in Cuba of all places...he used to trade horses with the Cubans and his son died in Columbia...it would seem there was some sort of insurrection there which he became embroiled in...

But I made a mistake...thought there was a branch by marriage which originated in Wales and then found I was quite mistaken...she was cross that she isn't partly Welsh...has dismissed all those people from so long ago...just wants to be a little bit Welsh...

Then there are the Vikings...one of her gt grandfathers is said to have a Viking ancestry...she wanted to know which branch of Vikings he was descended from and I said I hadn't the foggiest idea actually...so she was a bit cross about that as well.

It was probably good old Sven of the Forked Beard...he tends to crop up in family trees on a regular basis.

I did like the story of the Vikings landing in Dublin...the Irish women were bowled over by these handsome men who washed their hair and used toothpicks and bathed and smelt of herbals rather than the ancient sweat and shite from the Irishmen they were used to...

Funny isn't it...peoples expectations...hours I've spent trawling through records...one mistake over one record and I've blotted my copybook.

[punkyb]

I did some of that record hunting, but never found anything interesting like you did..good job

[Hidden in reply to punkyb]

I do think this particular family has a truly amazing tale to tell...not everyones is like that..

[redted]

I thought about having a go,but don't know where to start,not sure zi have the patience either.

[Hidden in reply to redted]

Start at the beginning...lol

[Wendywoo78]

One of my cousins has researched my Dads family tree back to about 1740 - nowhere near as exciting as the family you are researching Vashti - Apparently I'm descended from a long line of Herefordshire Farm Labourers! x

[Hidden in reply to Wendywoo78]

Ah no...don't knock the humble ag labs...it was they who fed the country!

[Nanaeal]

Your so right Vashti there's no pleasing some folk

Now if you four d out all those interesting things about my relatives I'd be a over the moon say thank you and buy you a great box of chocs even if you did make s tiny mistake. I so love your tales Nan

[Hidden in reply to Nanaeal]

Did I just read chocolates...lol

[Nanaeal in reply to Hidden]

You did you deserve an enormous box. Shall I pop over with some I could bring some wool too xxx

[Hidden]

My kitten just strolled across my lappy without touching any keys! How cool is that?

Loved the story as usual vashti. God know what you would find in my family tree x

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

You'd be surprised....quite probably in the very nicest way!

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Maybe - after all I had to inherit my silliness from someone x

[bikergrove]

Loved the story Vashti so interesting keep up the good work x

[Hidden in reply to bikergrove]

It's something I really enjoy...

[Hidden]

You are so clever at finding out this kind of detail - I've just read your post to my husband and he's really jealous! He's been trying to research his family for over a year and is struggling to get back before the early 1800s. Mind you, seeing the kind of info you've discovered, maybe it's just as well he doesn't know too much detail 😀😀

Jan xx

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

It all depends on whether or not the records are on-line...sometimes I can whizz back to the 1400's without any problem whatsoever...but I've tried to do my sister-in-laws tree and haven't even got as far as her grandparents!!

[Nikkers]

Not true Vashti, you do a great job and I, for one, know that it's not as simple as it sounds. I've just had my DNA done by Ancestry.com .........very interesting! What a mongrel I turn out to be! Woof, woof.

[Hidden in reply to Nikkers]

Did you...wow...I've been thinking about it for ages...!

[Hidden in reply to Nikkers]

Never heard of that Nikkers? What is it? x

[sassy59]

Crikey vashti what an excellent job you have done so far on your friend's family tree. She should be very grateful but it takes just the odd one or two things to upset someone. Never mind, you are doing your best so give yourself a pat on the back. Take care xxxx

[Hidden in reply to sassy59]

She's had a bit of a think and has said she's sorry for making a fuss...

[Offcut]

You can please some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time!

[Hidden in reply to Offcut]

This is perfectly true!