saki wrote: > "brenda parker" <fairplay1951@gmail.com> wrote in > news:mailman.2151.1200428167.4586.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com: > > >> And NOBODY"s ancestors were just plain every day people who worked >> hard for a living. >> > > Mine were. :-) Well, most of them. > > No kings, castles, princes, or fortunes though. It's been a hard job > convincing some of my relatives that we had no castle anywhere, or buried > treasure for that matter. > > Seems to me that being able to trace ancestors (via verifiable documents) > back to 1597 is the real treasure! > > > Some of mine were smugglers off the south coast of England (Cornwall) names: May, Pearce, Body, Job. Some were tin miners. Many emigrated to USA, Australia and Canada. One named Body was supposed to have supported the king in clearing out the monasteries and churches... guess which king? Lorna