tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post6775339941262772954..comments2024-03-28T15:42:13.014-04:00Comments on The Marmelade Gypsy: Family History -- It Just Keeps Rolling AlongJeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-64239148363635604162023-04-14T02:35:39.443-04:002023-04-14T02:35:39.443-04:00My ancestor was a gardener who lost his job for st...My ancestor was a gardener who lost his job for stealing.<br />Adam.David C Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891468618584742601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-29608947869555298352023-03-28T18:03:02.431-04:002023-03-28T18:03:02.431-04:00You come from good stock,Jeanie! Abraham Lincoln a...You come from good stock,Jeanie! Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Colbert - wow! I've been fascinated with genealogy,but have had little luck, since family names were different back in the old country. I assume you submitted a DNA sample to uncover these relatives? What a treasure your book will be for generations to follow! Eventually those younger ones will be interested!Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-86225270526910641292023-03-23T08:46:14.938-04:002023-03-23T08:46:14.938-04:00That's awesome that you've learned about s...That's awesome that you've learned about so many things along the way. Some of the younger generations might be interested in some of the history. I probably don't classify as "younger" anymore, but if someone in my family did something like that, I'd be very interested in my grandparents' generation and somewhat interested in my great-grandparents' generation. I think it's because I knew them. <br /><br />My grandfather was in the Air Force and didn't talk much about it until I was in my 20s. As far as I know, I'm the only grandchild (there are only three of us and I'm the oldest) that he told much of anything about it. It was on a long car ride, so I didn't get to write things down. That's something I wish I knew more about. It's only been the last few years that I've found out how big of a deal some of what he did was. I have some coworkers who are retired from the Air Force, and I shared some pictures with them and actually learned a lot about what my grandfather had done that way. <br /><br />Anyway, all of that to say that you never know who may find at least part of what you've done to be really interesting.<br /><br />Good luck with your final proofing and editing! Danielle L Zecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492742250595537348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-66000768539971559992023-03-22T23:39:59.767-04:002023-03-22T23:39:59.767-04:00How amazing that you learned so much, just startin...How amazing that you learned so much, just starting with the people that could be remembered, and then moved on. You will have one awesome book. <br /><br />I am writing up the stories told to me by my parents and grandparents over 100 years. also combining the stories that relate what my generation did, it should be an interesting read. If I ever get it in one organized form, that is.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-45933239510794810352023-03-22T20:54:02.382-04:002023-03-22T20:54:02.382-04:00yes indeed family history is fascinating - at leas...yes indeed family history is fascinating - at least to the oldies, not so much to the young ones. I guess lots of us are related to lots of other folk that we don't even know about :)Sherry's Pickingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115648682007275136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-44063185752625603442023-03-22T20:43:45.953-04:002023-03-22T20:43:45.953-04:00AND a cousin to Stephen Colbert. How fun:) Have yo...AND a cousin to Stephen Colbert. How fun:) Have you heard him sing Meatball Ron? Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-53189233589123787722023-03-22T18:49:00.333-04:002023-03-22T18:49:00.333-04:00Five years and soon you will have a finished proje...Five years and soon you will have a finished project and hopefully a book in your hands. This is such a great accomplishments and I think it takes a lot of patience and energy to get to that point. It is fascinating that this journey let you to learn so many different things and I love how you follow all these leads. I think you can be really proud when this will be finished. I do think that eventually the younger generations will be interested in it, and for them it is great to know that "Aunt Jeanie" wrote this wonderful book and did the search for them. Carola Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536486322412234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-44594574526775871272023-03-22T10:31:43.424-04:002023-03-22T10:31:43.424-04:00I know how much you've wanted to edit and fini...I know how much you've wanted to edit and finish your book so this is wonderful for you. Hopefully you will have these in the post soon. I have a thick report, I won't call it a book, that my cousins researched on our family on both sides. Irish and English ancestors. I know you are looking forward to seeing the new addition to your family. <br />Happy spring Jeanie........The French Hutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028597144785773804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-6215756819048494072023-03-22T04:26:49.445-04:002023-03-22T04:26:49.445-04:00Oh, wow. How does it feel to be related to someone...Oh, wow. How does it feel to be related to someone so famous and relevant? This makes me curious of my ancestors.Luxhttps://www.aboutlifeandlove.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-63709369164665666852023-03-21T20:15:22.278-04:002023-03-21T20:15:22.278-04:00I did pass your idea onwards to my sister and she&...I did pass your idea onwards to my sister and she's on board with the idea of a family book, hurray! She's done so much work on our family tree that it deserves a wider audience. I'm one of the oldest cousins, so I have a lot of memories that the younger ones don't. I think we'll make a good team!Roxiehttps://pogonipnv.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-53564622718532426442023-03-21T19:32:15.123-04:002023-03-21T19:32:15.123-04:00Always interesting to see the ancestry of people. ...Always interesting to see the ancestry of people. I have my Mother’s entire family tree. Someone ( a family relative who I have no idea who they are) did all the hard work. I am impressed with all your hard work! Wow! <br />I am also impressed with the details. I do not have that… but I do have the family tree. I also don’t have Lincoln in my family tree… my relatives both my Mother and Father’s side are Slovak, Czech, and perhaps Polish. <br />Way to be awesome… Jeanie! And someone in your family was a Ham Radio person as I saw those radios from that Christmas Kids photo. <br />Happy Spring my friend!Nancy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05419827293594419701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-64084385927661710532023-03-21T13:21:56.794-04:002023-03-21T13:21:56.794-04:00Wow, Jeanie! What an amazing project. Your book wi...Wow, Jeanie! What an amazing project. Your book will be well appreciated by the family. My mother-in-law wrote a similar account and gifted a book to all of the children and the grandchildren. The grands have read parts of it, the more recent histories, and treasure the book, and will treasure it even moreso in the future. We, the children, have read all of it and I refer to the book for matters of discussion about family history. <br />I am currently writing a story, more a memoir than an historical document, of our family of five's years spent living in South America. It's easy to go down those rabbit trails you've described. <br />I am of Mennonite roots; both my grandfathers came to Canada from Ukraine in the early 1900s, and my grandmothers' families came in the 1870s. Maybe we're related!Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-24156912914924573212023-03-21T12:42:02.642-04:002023-03-21T12:42:02.642-04:00WOW what fantastic work you have done Jeannie, wel...WOW what fantastic work you have done Jeannie, well done, it's a great achievement. A cousin of mine did a lot of research into our shared grandparents, it is lovely reading about their lives, although I did learn a lot from my mother.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-32517323800680692232023-03-21T12:01:42.488-04:002023-03-21T12:01:42.488-04:00Wow, Jeanie, that is a huge work to be near to com...Wow, Jeanie, that is a huge work to be near to completion! Your description of some details conveys how much fun it can be. I am repeatedly impressed by the hidden stories just on two pages of a genealogy book my great aunt put together fifty years ago, and I passed on all the related papers related to my husband's family that had been collected by his mother and aunt. <br /><br />But just yesterday I discovered (again after five years) a shoebox containing steerage documents, passports, receipts and letters of my father's family, from the 19th century onward, in several leather sleeves and wallets. I could muse over those for hours...Gretchen Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517667588580639304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-87707763138118892772023-03-20T22:17:42.369-04:002023-03-20T22:17:42.369-04:00You can't beat Lincoln to have on the family t...You can't beat Lincoln to have on the family tree:)<br />HugsSandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-27475531529211845882023-03-20T21:55:11.277-04:002023-03-20T21:55:11.277-04:00What a wonderful project and thanks, Jeanie, for s...What a wonderful project and thanks, Jeanie, for sharing your family history. Inhave done some genealogy but nothing to the extent as yours. Everyone who might be able to provide family background is no longer available. Unfortunately, a handful of cousins seem to have zero interest. I still have all my notebooks and your post has made me think about reviving my own family history project.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-51282145050760383802023-03-20T14:25:06.229-04:002023-03-20T14:25:06.229-04:00I had to look at it again but I looked it up once,...I had to look at it again but I looked it up once, what is once, twice, etc removed mean? I have the hardest of times keeping up with that. Old Abe, nice..Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211965720334593365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-73691039979858450712023-03-20T12:24:13.960-04:002023-03-20T12:24:13.960-04:00So fascinating. I was watching the show 1883 (Yell...So fascinating. I was watching the show 1883 (Yellowstone spin off) and the hardship those folk faced journeying the Oregon trail and I wondered and doubted that their great great great great great grandchild understood or could ever comprehend the sacrifices made for them to be here living the life they are living. <br />You are paying a great homage to your ancestors and I am sure they would have appreciated it. Hena Tayebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419428884435062756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-68827321160183716642023-03-20T08:32:20.224-04:002023-03-20T08:32:20.224-04:00What a fabulous project Jeanie! Your relatives are...What a fabulous project Jeanie! Your relatives are going to be very appreciative to receive this information and book~ one of my cousins did our family tree a few years ago and traced our ancestry back to Europe in the 1600s. She had a diagram made and I have it framed and hanging in my home, it's such fun to look at. My relatives came over on the Mayflower and I have one that was hung in Salem Mass accused of being a witch!<br />Jennathepaintedapron.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956666284000629194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-31327515574178513312023-03-19T21:34:34.249-04:002023-03-19T21:34:34.249-04:00All your hard work and effort will be cherished.
...All your hard work and effort will be cherished.<br /><br />I enjoyed seeing all the family photos.<br /><br />Bravo and all the best, Jeanie.<br /><br />Hugs and blessings.Veronica Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411581380408080378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-73130465462557328992023-03-19T19:06:59.020-04:002023-03-19T19:06:59.020-04:00Hello Jeanie:=)
I know so little about my family&#...Hello Jeanie:=)<br />I know so little about my family's history, and it's a shame, although I do know I have some American cousins.I'm impressed that you are related to Abraham Lincoln, and happy for you that you had all those long talks with your mother and other relatives which enabled you to have some sound ground work with which to work from. Your Great Grandmother looks very stylish, and I love the photos of the rest of your mothers and fathers ancestors.It will be a lovely Christmas gift for your family to know about their ancestry. You are amazing to have got so far and delved so deep. Good luck finishing your story and publishing your book.<br />All the best. Breathtakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883608347810648676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-81782501504387075932023-03-19T18:22:59.448-04:002023-03-19T18:22:59.448-04:00I love family history. You have accomplished a gre...I love family history. You have accomplished a great work for those who come after you. Congratulations. Sally Wesselyhttp://sallywessely.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-43242823420524641722023-03-19T15:02:10.402-04:002023-03-19T15:02:10.402-04:00How special that you are tracing your ancestry, Je...How special that you are tracing your ancestry, Jeanie. I've always wanted to do that, but it's so time consuming. The girls, however, did the ancestry test, and they know what heritage they are. It's so interesting, isn't it? You have shared some wonderful old pictures with us. That's great that your mom talked with you about her family and youth. I had an aunt who remembered so many things, and she would talk with me as well. You have learned so many facts about your ancestors. Good for you, Jeanie!<br /><br />~SheriRed Rose Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685747099912989862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-40672036367152549552023-03-19T12:47:53.708-04:002023-03-19T12:47:53.708-04:00I have no doubt your children and descendants will...I have no doubt your children and descendants will appreciate all this work. My dad dug back into our geneaology but it's all on Ancestry, not in an easily accessible book form. (I should transcribe it!)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-24653196139962511932023-03-19T10:24:00.368-04:002023-03-19T10:24:00.368-04:00I love looking at your finding and photos in your ...I love looking at your finding and photos in your research. I wish I had become interested in my family background sooner. Most of my relatives are gone that I have questions for. Abraham Lincoln? Impressive.gluten Free A_Z Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651624214552275164noreply@blogger.com