tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post6683143480886897852..comments2024-03-22T21:16:41.871-04:00Comments on A Grave Interest: Skeletons in the Family ClosetJoy Neighborshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-1672089894827987772013-06-21T10:59:54.709-04:002013-06-21T10:59:54.709-04:00Thanks, Stormie!! I appreciate knowing that! Thanks, Stormie!! I appreciate knowing that! Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-33898548342299121982013-06-19T22:05:55.171-04:002013-06-19T22:05:55.171-04:00I was just introduced to your blog. I am enthrall...I was just introduced to your blog. I am enthralled!<br /><br />My mother is the one that is doing the genealogy on Pop's side. Mom's side she can trace back to the 11th century. <br /><br />Pop's side is cool. Related to famous people, a couple presidents by marriage or blood. A murderess or two. Horse thief. One family was in the 2nd Oklahoma land rush and their soddie (sp?) house still stands. Great great grandfather disowned for marrying an Indian. It is so cool to know these things about my family!<br /><br />Wish mom's side was just as interesting. lol.<br /><br />She found one cousin, on Thanksgiving day. They contacted each other, since both were looking for that branch of family, and another branch grew.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your blog, you made my night!Stormienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-76919687226188057532012-08-08T13:26:46.577-04:002012-08-08T13:26:46.577-04:00Thanks for sharing that!! It just proves that in ...Thanks for sharing that!! It just proves that in the end, the only person you're responsible for is you....Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-18754020700236561532012-08-08T13:22:54.894-04:002012-08-08T13:22:54.894-04:00It might help to remember, whatever your ancestors...It might help to remember, whatever your ancestors did, it wasn't YOU. And, like it or not - agree with it or not - it is a part of the family history, and that's what genealogy is all about.Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-35482140943072190872012-08-06T18:04:28.939-04:002012-08-06T18:04:28.939-04:00My mother was very happy to have me researching th...My mother was very happy to have me researching the family until I told her there was absolutely no evidence that the person my paternal grandmother claimed was her husband ever existed. My father had no birth certificate, only an "affidavit of birth" when he was 17. There was no marriage license, and no divorce prior to her second marriage. Mom would never listen to a single bit of evidence after that. Dad was gone, his mother was gone, her only remaining sibling had Alzheimer's... So we still don't know positively, but my generation has accepted the probable fact that Dad was a "bastard". We are also not in the least ashamed of it - he made a hell of a man, and a hell of a good life for himself, Mom, and four kids. We're pretty proud of our skeleton!Cemetery Crawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353923394842297129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-73528032628372024752012-07-27T13:53:17.930-04:002012-07-27T13:53:17.930-04:00Some people still feel shame at what an ancestor d...Some people still feel shame at what an ancestor did and refuse to face the facts.<br /><br />Get over it people!Keith Hunterhttp://www.familytumbleweed.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-36608148566327357852012-07-26T11:00:59.220-04:002012-07-26T11:00:59.220-04:00Thanks Jenny!Thanks Jenny!Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-76167523257375104072012-07-26T11:00:24.850-04:002012-07-26T11:00:24.850-04:00Thanks Nicola!Thanks Nicola!Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-57889003131362908742012-07-26T10:45:36.561-04:002012-07-26T10:45:36.561-04:00Kristy,
I love the second-hand store comparison! ...Kristy, <br />I love the second-hand store comparison! That really does make sense. What a great way to approach it!!Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-959678355769937132012-07-26T10:43:54.609-04:002012-07-26T10:43:54.609-04:00Thank You!! It's always interesting to tell s...Thank You!! It's always interesting to tell someone that I wander cemeteries, shoot stones, and write about it. Some people think its great, and some just don't understand... <br /><br />And on those skeletons, trust your instincts!Joy Neighborshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517577511576153582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-56209330897670088312012-07-26T01:15:24.364-04:002012-07-26T01:15:24.364-04:00Sweet ass blog! :DSweet ass blog! :DJenny Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380254017784609692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-64159341852987922712012-07-20T16:50:37.034-04:002012-07-20T16:50:37.034-04:00Apparently there's a murder buried in my grand...Apparently there's a murder buried in my grandmother's family's past only no one can remember any detail about it. Or maybe they do.<br /><br />Great post!<br /><br />Beneath Thy FeetSeaThreePeeOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639732349402996973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-54889245367843267992012-07-20T10:47:03.458-04:002012-07-20T10:47:03.458-04:00Yes, exactly! I have always thought of the study o...Yes, exactly! I have always thought of the study of genealogy as being similar to shopping in a second-hand store. If you go in looking for something very specific (a relationship to a famous person, descent from the Mayflower group--whatever), you are bound to be disappointed. If you go in open to whatever interesting tidbits you may find, you are bound to find remarkable reports, just like the newspaper article you found. I have found similar things in my family research. Contrary to causing shame, these are the stories that keep the quest vital--IMHO.<br /><br />Kristy<br />www.vaporbackwriter.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177479069889847827.post-12828712617279249992012-07-20T10:46:57.801-04:002012-07-20T10:46:57.801-04:00I love this. Your introduction about cemeteries i...I love this. Your introduction about cemeteries is wonderful. I feel the same way but you expressed it so well. I also found your opinion on skeletons in the closet very informative. I have a lot of skeletons and debating what to reveal and when.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com