tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post5004733141643864298..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: Which Way Did She Go?The Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-56311152354958906812015-08-10T14:37:34.703-04:002015-08-10T14:37:34.703-04:00I've got pilgrims up the wazoo -- on my father...I've got pilgrims up the wazoo -- on my father's side in particular, whereever it isn't French Canadian, the lines go back to the mid-1600s. (And the Canadian lines may go back that far, but I expect when I get to them, it will be harder to track.)<br /><br />Those far back ancestors are easy, because so many people have been tracking them, that once you hook in to recorded line, it's just a matter of following it back. But since nobody in my family was much interested until recently in tracking, getting back before the Civil War can be more involved.<br /><br />Plus, there's so much you can fill in besides pedigree. More recent times have interesting things to discover in newspapers. Lurking family stories from distant cousins. Etc.<br /><br />Anyway, far back, I found today that two of my ancestors were hanged as witches. A couple nights ago, I followed one of my lines to Ben Franklin's father. (Freaking Ben Franklin is my great great great great great great great great great uncle!) But the Civil War stories and the stories of settling Michigan are the ones I find most interesting.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-29292335178770722082015-08-10T07:03:48.011-04:002015-08-10T07:03:48.011-04:00I hear you on the engagement issue. I'm a lurk...I hear you on the engagement issue. I'm a lurker unless I'm called out somehow to participate. And lurking works well for me since the arguments, for me, are all academic...there's little I can do to influence the industry one way or another, so it doesn't bother me much. But it's interesting to read opinions (yours are always well-constructed). Zen is good!<br /><br />I've always been fascinated by genealogy, but ours is well mapped out (on my mother's side...DAR stuff). The Spann side is more mysterious and interesting. Sounds like you're also enjoying the mysterious part of it all/the challenge!Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com