Comments on: Fun With Family History

By: Seth R.

Seth R. — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:10:33 +0000

Well jose, when your talking about the two most important engagements in the entire Battle of Gettysburg and the turning point of the entire war, one out of two ain’t bad.

cew-smoke,

If I know anything about the French, I imagine that particular revelation must have been slightly awkward.

By: cew-smoke

cew-smoke — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:59:15 +0000

My wife’s family had a very french, but virtually untraceable last name. So, I took it upon myself to take this family of french origins and see what I could see. After a great deal of research on earlier forms of French, I discovered that their name was a slightly bastardized version of an early french word. I almost fell off my chair from laughing so hard. There last name translated to “The Foreigners”.

They had to start their family history all over again from the perspective that they were NOT from France. The good news is that they were able to trace their roots succesfully this time around and they were primarily descended from jewish immigrants from Russia.

By: jose

jose — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:13:28 +0000

My wife’s family has an ancestor that led a regiment at Gettysburg–for the South of course. The long-held contention is that he led his men into the famous Pickett’s charge. However, when I heard about it, as one who enjoys military history, I wanted to learn more. I did learn more–we even went to the battlefield. My conclusion: he wasn’t in Pickett’s charge. However, grandpa was in Battle for Little Round Top the day before. I’ve tried to correct the myth, but apparently I’m the only one who notices the discrepancy of a mile and a day.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:37:59 +0000

Ayup. If you’re interested in 20-year old mormon girls, all their worthy 19 to 21 year old male friends should be on missions. It improves your odds.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:27:00 +0000

Yeah, in the 1970s.

He’s always been a little vague about why exactly.

He always says it’s because he heard that their young men all take off for two years and leave their women behind.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:24:17 +0000

Your dad went to BYU when he wasn’t a member?

There was family lore that said my maiden name a was French name, originally spelled with an “E” on the end of it. When I joined the church and started doing family history research, I quickly learned that wasn’t true. The family name was originally French, but it was way different from what our name became over the years. Some of my family members didn’t want to give up their long-held belief in this story about our name.