My ancestors were all very poor, and most lived below the radar. With my father's family, I feel lucky to have gotten to 1850 in one line. In my mother's it is easier. Her mother was from a group of Bucks County people who actually owned land. I can get my father's mother to a ship manifest, and that is it. Good for all those people who can go back farther, but a lot of us cannot. I feel very lucky to have 1200.
Elizabeth C Jan Roberts wrote: > 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:oldcro...@optonline.net] > Sent: Monday, 4 July 2011 14:22 > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > 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:oldbr...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:15 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > 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: wood...@msn.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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