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(72,300 posts)Archae
(46,337 posts)HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)my 21st great-grandfather.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)We are descendents of Walter Flanderensis who was came over with William the Conquerer in 1066.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I checked my index; I don't have your Walter in my line.
Was your Walter awarded lands and titles by William for participating in the Battle of Hastings?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I recently "met" a 2nd cousin on my Swedish line. Her grandmother and my grandmother were sisters.
My best friend, who introduced me to genealogy, turned out to be my 8th cousin.
My first husband was my 18th cousin, 3 times removed. I tell my daughter she is related to herself.
So welcome to the family!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....working on my genealogy way back past the 1600s has been a real thrill ride (I had originally worked the lines to 1600). Vikings, knights, Swedish royals, a giant, English royals, yada yada. Quite exciting. I haven't started looking for living descendants of those lines yet.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I've been looking for narratives about my ancestors. I've found that if there are records, they were generally either titled or landed gentry; no records were kept on the serfs. And for those with titles, one of the surprising sources of narratives has been Wikipedia.
I agree, this has been not only exciting, but since I enjoy reading history, it personalizes it for me.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)and a great example of what two strong willed people can do to destroy their children!
She, of course, had the money!
eShirl
(18,495 posts)RILib
(862 posts)in the old country the parish priests had to record when the lower classes moved from place to place, very useful.
At least I haven't found a criminal. In one of the groups I'm in, someone found an account of a murder trial for one of his ancestors.