Yes, that must have been very satisfying - not to say fabulous! How did we ever mange before the widespread use of computers? (Well, we took long journeys to CROs, spent the day ploughing through records, and returned home absolutely knackered. No doubt you did similar.) Many of us have believed that stories handed down by word-of-mouth through the generations get distorted. My experience - and yours - is that it is not necessarily so. I should have told my mum I believed every word she said. Life would have been a little more tranquil! Thank you for your kind words about my article. BW David On 6 December 2010 19:23, <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:47:31 -0000, David Roberts > <david@roberts-productions.com> wrote: > > > I hope my rellies do turn out to be from Calne. One relies so much on > > 'family legends', although I have to admit those that I have tested so > > far, have turned out to be true - including the man that joined the > > Mounties, and an all-in wrestler! I sold the article to The Genealogist. > > > Makes life more interesting... > > Hi David, > > I certainly found your article 'Family Legends: Shadow or Substance?' very > interesting and very readable, especially as I had already 'met' your > ancestor, Thomas PALMER, through our recent correspondence on the > Eng-Wiltshire List. > > It's fascinating to mull over family history stories, which we were told > when young. My mother once told me that my great-grandmother, on my > father's side, had pursued some inheritance involving property miles from > where the family lived, without success. It seemed very unlikely to me as > my father's family wasn't the sort of family who would own substantial > property. > > However, often what my mother used to tell me about my family history has > proved to have been true. Recently, I was looking for the burial of my 5x > great-grandfather. When I couldn't find it in the place, where it ought to > have been, I put into Google the town where the property was said to have > been plus my 5x great-grandfather's name. Up came information about the > property and detailed information about other ancestors, all from > searching on just three words, first name, surname and place. > > Josephine > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >