I always wonder how people who claim links way way back have managed to actually make the link given that so many records have been lost. I consider myself lucky to have been able to go back to the mid 1550s on ONE line - most peter out in the late 1700s. Not questioning that you (and others) have done it, just wonder how you've done it.
Cheers Jan From: Bob Vary [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 4 July 2011 14:22 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file But not everyone has it well documented. I also feel that I have the good fortune to have several proven lines of descent from notable medieval figures. Whether it’s a mathematical certainty or not is irrelevant. From: John S. Adams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file I don't think it has anything to do with "good fortune." It's almost a mathematical certainty. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA ________________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 15:35:50 -0700 One reason is that some of us have the good fortune to be direct descendants historical people living in the 9th and 10th centuries...... CE Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
