These were all Germans. My father's mother was from Baden-Wuerttemberg,
cannot find out where my father's father was from. My mother's father
was from Hesse, (I have not yet started on my husband's Irish ancestors.)
Elizabeth C
Mike Fry wrote:
> On 2011/07/04 18:43, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote:
>
>
>> 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.
>>
> In England& Wales, it should be relatively easy to go back to the beginning
> of
> the 19th century. Beyond that, it helps to have relatives with uncommon names
> living in small communities.
>
>
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