Lasts names searching are bryant and bonine, both B's, but I reach brick walls around 5 generations which is not a lot of time if you count a generation as 20 or so years. I'm specific to Both Surnames in TN and NC and I can only go back to 1825 but that is even unconfirmable. Confirmable goes to 1885 at best. What's driving me crazy is that you'd think a relatively rare surname like Bonine would be easy to go in a straight line but it at times is no more easy than a smith or jonesmy forgiveness if you're searching those two :-) } So can some soothe sayer, some Senior Genealologist here help a poor soul our? thanks

TECH NEWBIE wrote: > Lasts names searching are bryant and bonine, both B's, but I > reach brick walls around 5 generations which is not a lot of time if > you count a generation as 20 or so years. > > I'm specific to Both Surnames in TN and NC and I can only go back to > 1825 but that is even unconfirmable. Confirmable goes to 1885 at best. > > > What's driving me crazy is that you'd think a relatively rare surname > like Bonine would be easy to go in a straight line but it at times is > no more easy than a smith or jonesmy forgiveness if you're searching > those two :-) } > > > So can some soothe sayer, some Senior Genealologist here help a poor > soul our? > > > thanks Where have you looked ? Ancestry seem to have lots of Bonines. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:15:52 -0400, TECH NEWBIE <TECH@ICAL.HELP> wrote: > Lasts names searching are bryant and bonine, both B's, but I >reach brick walls around 5 generations which is not a lot of time if >you count a generation as 20 or so years. > >I'm specific to Both Surnames in TN and NC and I can only go back to >1825 but that is even unconfirmable. Confirmable goes to 1885 at best. > > >What's driving me crazy is that you'd think a relatively rare surname >like Bonine would be easy to go in a straight line but it at times is >no more easy than a smith or jonesmy forgiveness if you're searching >those two :-) } > > >So can some soothe sayer, some Senior Genealologist here help a poor >soul our? > > >thanks Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a solution. I have a G-G-grandfather who just "appeared" out of nowhere. I have a possible name for his father, but zero documentation for the connection. Even the possible person seems to have appeared out of thin air :-( It was much easier to start a new life in the early 1800's - move 100 miles away and use any name you liked. You were not likely to encounter anyone who knew you (or even knew of you). I have to wonder if there were horse thieves or bank robbers in my past ;-) John

I believe that the sudden appearance or disappearance of a family member can be easily explained. Alien abduction comes to mind ... <news@jecarter.us> wrote in message news:9u0k46htsc9pl60au4qoi9bt5995trpt5d@4ax.com... > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:15:52 -0400, TECH NEWBIE <TECH@ICAL.HELP> > wrote: > >> Lasts names searching are bryant and bonine, both B's, but I >>reach brick walls around 5 generations which is not a lot of time if >>you count a generation as 20 or so years. >> >>I'm specific to Both Surnames in TN and NC and I can only go back to >>1825 but that is even unconfirmable. Confirmable goes to 1885 at best. >> >> >>What's driving me crazy is that you'd think a relatively rare surname >>like Bonine would be easy to go in a straight line but it at times is >>no more easy than a smith or jonesmy forgiveness if you're searching >>those two :-) } >> >> >>So can some soothe sayer, some Senior Genealologist here help a poor >>soul our? >> >> >>thanks > > Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a solution. I have a > G-G-grandfather who just "appeared" out of nowhere. > > I have a possible name for his father, but zero documentation for the > connection. Even the possible person seems to have appeared out of > thin air :-( > > It was much easier to start a new life in the early 1800's - move 100 > miles away and use any name you liked. You were not likely to > encounter anyone who knew you (or even knew of you). > > I have to wonder if there were horse thieves or bank robbers in my > past ;-) > > John > >

As has oft been said: The best proof that there is *intelligent* life elsewhere in the universe is that they have *NOT* tried to contact us!!! Mick On 07/23/2010 06:07 PM, Erik Dillenkofer wrote: > I believe that the sudden appearance or disappearance of a family member > can be easily explained. Alien abduction comes to mind ... > > > <news@jecarter.us> wrote in message > news:9u0k46htsc9pl60au4qoi9bt5995trpt5d@4ax.com... >> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:15:52 -0400, TECH NEWBIE <TECH@ICAL.HELP> >> wrote: >> >>> Lasts names searching are bryant and bonine, both B's, but I >>> reach brick walls around 5 generations which is not a lot of time if >>> you count a generation as 20 or so years. >>> >>> I'm specific to Both Surnames in TN and NC and I can only go back to >>> 1825 but that is even unconfirmable. Confirmable goes to 1885 at best. >>> >>> >>> What's driving me crazy is that you'd think a relatively rare surname >>> like Bonine would be easy to go in a straight line but it at times is >>> no more easy than a smith or jonesmy forgiveness if you're searching >>> those two :-) } >>> >>> >>> So can some soothe sayer, some Senior Genealologist here help a poor >>> soul our? >>> >>> >>> thanks >> >> Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a solution. I have a >> G-G-grandfather who just "appeared" out of nowhere. >> >> I have a possible name for his father, but zero documentation for the >> connection. Even the possible person seems to have appeared out of >> thin air :-( >> >> It was much easier to start a new life in the early 1800's - move 100 >> miles away and use any name you liked. You were not likely to >> encounter anyone who knew you (or even knew of you). >> >> I have to wonder if there were horse thieves or bank robbers in my >> past ;-) >> >> John >> >> >

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:12:08 -0400, news@jecarter.us wrote: >On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:15:52 -0400, TECH NEWBIE <TECH@ICAL.HELP> >wrote: > >> Lasts names searching are bryant and bonine, both B's, but I >>reach brick walls around 5 generations which is not a lot of time if >>you count a generation as 20 or so years. >> >>I'm specific to Both Surnames in TN and NC and I can only go back to >>1825 but that is even unconfirmable. Confirmable goes to 1885 at best. >> >> >>What's driving me crazy is that you'd think a relatively rare surname >>like Bonine would be easy to go in a straight line but it at times is >>no more easy than a smith or jonesmy forgiveness if you're searching >>those two :-) } >> >> >>So can some soothe sayer, some Senior Genealologist here help a poor >>soul our? >> >> >>thanks > >Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a solution. I have a >G-G-grandfather who just "appeared" out of nowhere. > >I have a possible name for his father, but zero documentation for the >connection. Even the possible person seems to have appeared out of >thin air :-( > >It was much easier to start a new life in the early 1800's - move 100 >miles away and use any name you liked. You were not likely to >encounter anyone who knew you (or even knew of you). > >I have to wonder if there were horse thieves or bank robbers in my >past ;-) > >John > I took a genealogy class and one person in the class had a grandfather who disappeared in the 30's. He was found to have moved a long distance and raised a second family completely unknown to the first family.

On 11-30-2010 20:35, Brian wrote: > I took a genealogy class and one person in the class had a grandfather > who disappeared in the 30's. He was found to have moved a long > distance and raised a second family completely unknown to the first > family. I have a relative who "disappeared" He erroneously misinterpreted the "Gros" in "Grosleau" as French for "Big" Started calling himself "Bigelow" and decades later, no one knows where to look. :-)_ -- Wes Groleau Why “The Blind Dog Leading” ? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/BlindDog?itemid=3569