Not only are names confusing but relationships - which started my quest 38 years ago, how are these people related to me and/or to each other. Ancestors with multiple wives, my own grandfather had a nephew the same age as him and the complicated ones like this: Mother - Father have son. Son grows up and marries and has children. Mother dies. Son dies. Father marries daughter in law and has children. So we end up with a head spinning figure out who is related to others as half siblings, grandchildren or children and if Son had siblings their children would be related somehow to the second set of children from Son's wife by his father. That made my head hurt. I do like the family members with names that strike one funny and the ones that make one wonder, what were their parents thinking to call them that? My mother had four aunts named for states - Georgia, Missouri, California and Nebraska. The odd or funny ones - Pledger Franklin, Claude Butt (who had to go in the army with that name, in WWI but died in camp), Fanny Butt. The unforgettable ones - Prudence, Thankful and Remember. But not only does one learn about family, one learns a lot of history we never heard of much less learned in school; the twists and turns of history where people show up together as friends in one place, enemies in the next scene. Through this course I've learned about history yes, but also botany, Native Americans, geology, anthropology, mining, various animals, canals, forts, fur trapping, archaeology, religious history and denominational beliefs, agriculture and on and on. For that alone, it has been an amazing education. And yet, to top that off, to have met the people still alive and willing to help others in their research, from all walks of life, that has been icing on the cake. Tim On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Linda Ziemann <[email protected]> wrote: > To add to the levity.....my family tree also gives me "fits" or it did > UNTIL > I realized that the men in the SAME FAMILY spelled the surname > differently....What? > > How about twin brothers, one spelling the surname Lathrop....and the other > twin spelling his surname as Lothrop. Really? And on the other side of > the > tree, other men spelled the surname (and this spelling goes WAY BACK) as > EWING. Ok, so my great grandfather's generation spelled it 2 ways....some > of the prominent men in the same family dropping the last G. Oh, > me....Explain that to future generations! My maiden name was EWIN. (NO G) > And on Mom's side....JENSEN married JENSEN.....not only once, but two > sisters did the same thing. And no relation between the two JENSEN men to > one another and neither of them related to the JENSEN sister until they > married one of the sisters. <smile> > > No problem about the dates in that initial message from Pat. I agree, it > does need to be corrected for the sake of correctness. But....mistakes are > made.....no need to hang anyone out to dry for that! <smile again> > > You all are a great bunch to serve with on this project.......looking > forward to being a part of this in the days and weeks, months ahead. > > Linda Ziemann, Rock CC > > > > On 2/14/15, 2:41 PM, "Timothy Stowell via" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Blame it on the spell checker or the tiny keys one must type on these > > days. When you find that time machine for going back would you please > rent > > out flights? I need some answers in my tree, that defy research. :) > > > > Like Jones marrying Jones and Smiths marrying Smiths that they weren't > > related to or all siblings naming all their children the same... > > > > Tim > > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Pat Asher via <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> It has just been pointed out to me that my original message said the > >> voting period was from 12/14 thru 12/21. Obviously, December is long > >> gone and the dates should read from 2/14 thru 2/21. > >> > >> Anyone know what causes one part of the brain to decide to go AWOL? LOL > >> > >> Pat Asher > >> > >> > >> At 03:19 PM 2/13/2015, you wrote: > >>> Voting for MNGenWeb State Coordinator starts tonight, 12/14 at > >>> 12:01am CST, and runs through Saturday, 12/21 at 11:59pm CST. > >>> > >>> To be counted, your vote must be time stamped during this period and > >>> be copied to all three members of the election committee: > >>> > >>> Patrice Green - <[email protected]> > >>> Mike Sweeney <[email protected]> > >>> Pat Asher <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> > >>> Your candidates are: > >>> > >>> Shirley Cullum > >>> Martha Crosley Graham > >>> Tim Stowell > >>> Linda Zieman > >>> > >>> > >>> The winner must receive a majority of the votes cast, i.e. 50% + 1 > >>> > >>> If no candidate achieves a majority, there will be a run-off election > >>> between the two candidates receiving the most votes. > >>> > >>> It only takes a minute. 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