I started writing down information back when I was a child....and would ask my grandma to tell me about the family....but put my shoulder to the wheel in the late 1960s; I've never looked for any famous persons, just didn't think they would be there, I suppose....or maybe I just wanted to be sure of my data, so it never seemed to lead me in that direction.... doris ----- Original Message ----- From: <AletaM@aol.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] famous/infamous relatives In a message dated 6/1/02 8:53:53 AM Mountain Daylight Time, halltown_tn1951@yahoo.com writes: > Have been doing genealogy research almost 7 yrs. Have observed one thing, > everbody tries to connect to someone famous. > > Am I the exception to this, my kin were just hard-working "average" people. > I have been doing genealogy, off and on, for well over 40 years, I was 8 when I filled out my own pedigree chart. I have never looked for anyone famous, I thought they all were, many are LDS Pioneers of 1847 and two were members of the Mormon Battalion. It wasn't until 1992 that I ran into the Royals and was able to verify, sketchily, that I have Mayflower Ancestors. I was at the Ogden Family History Center gedcomming one line and ran into the Royals. I started laughing and haven't stopped. This was entirely unexpected. Aleta, IBSSG, Charter Member Bo-Peep Award Ogden, Utah, USA "God sent his Singers upon the Earth, With songs of Gladness and Mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them to Heaven again." --Longfellow ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.362 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/2002