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Post #427,125 by static 1/10/19 7:14:05 PM 1/10/19 7:14:05 PM Reply	Some cultures place great stock in remembering. Scots are one of them. I'm told that my mother's aunt once traces her line back to Rob Roy MacGregor (who, yes, really existed) and that that was not too difficult to do, either. And from there it is purported to be possible to trace ancestry back to the mid 800s AD! Wade.
Post #427,128 by boxley 1/10/19 8:53:23 PM 1/10/19 8:53:23 PM Reply	mine goes back to the book of fines, long before the domesday book cattle reaving and mayhem if I remember "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #427,129 by a6l6e6x 1/10/19 9:04:02 PM 1/10/19 9:04:02 PM Reply	My wife's uncle was that way. The surname is Gibbes and he traced it back to England via the Caribbean and unto the South Carolina in early 1700's. So, my wife qualifies to be a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #427,133 by static 1/11/19 12:28:39 AM 1/11/19 12:28:39 AM Reply	But on my father's side... ... the trail goes cold in England where we know my grandfather's great grandfather hailed from. We think that a lot of the required records were destroyed in WWII. Also perhaps there was a name change. Wade.

Paris to Pittsburgh. - (mmoffitt) - (24) - Dec. 14, 2018, 08:42:02 AM EST

Nicely done! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 15, 2018, 12:50:54 PM EST

looks like a good gig, beats climbing radio masts -NT - (boxley) - (7) - Dec. 15, 2018, 08:47:51 PM EST

I'd climb a radio mast - (drook) - (6) - Dec. 15, 2018, 10:27:39 PM EST

ya, well when it is lit up you better have tin foil over your private parts -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 15, 2018, 11:00:40 PM EST

I roomed with a cell tower repair guy - (crazy) - (4) - Dec. 16, 2018, 07:09:37 AM EST

Smart. Not much chance of being caught sleeping on the job. - (drook) - (3) - Dec. 16, 2018, 07:48:01 AM EST

This may be self-adjusting; - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2018, 06:06:27 PM EST

Speaking of unUsual tendencies - (drook) - Jan. 8, 2019, 11:58:24 AM EST

Dunno - (crazy) - Jan. 10, 2019, 10:32:10 PM EST

Another shameless shout-out from my daughter. - (mmoffitt) - (14) - Jan. 8, 2019, 08:03:51 AM EST

Your clan.. it is Everywhere.. - (Ashton) - (12) - Jan. 8, 2019, 03:03:43 PM EST

Re: Moffat. Not sure about the entire clan, but I know why my family spells it with an "i". - (mmoffitt) - (11) - Jan. 9, 2019, 10:18:13 AM EST

Maybe if I'd watched the whole thing I'd understand this, but what's with the quote marks? -NT - (drook) - Jan. 9, 2019, 11:14:51 AM EST

Amazing confluence ..zeroing-in on one person! - (Ashton) - (9) - Jan. 9, 2019, 10:18:27 PM EST

I, too, am largely disinterested in ancestry. - (mmoffitt) - (8) - Jan. 10, 2019, 08:24:48 AM EST

I've never understood that sentiment - (drook) - (3) - Jan. 10, 2019, 10:38:26 AM EST

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Jan. 10, 2019, 11:24:46 AM EST

I know better -NT - (drook) - Jan. 10, 2019, 12:32:20 PM EST

Yeah, it's stupid - (crazy) - Jan. 10, 2019, 10:35:38 PM EST

Some cultures place great stock in remembering. - (static) - (3) - Jan. 10, 2019, 07:14:05 PM EST

mine goes back to the book of fines, long before the domesday book - (boxley) - Jan. 10, 2019, 08:53:23 PM EST

My wife's uncle was that way. - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 10, 2019, 09:04:02 PM EST

But on my father's side... - (static) - Jan. 11, 2019, 12:28:39 AM EST

Yep! And how do you suppose grandchilderen make you feel? :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 8, 2019, 05:38:10 PM EST

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