Hi Wendy, Priestlybride wrote: >I have only researched using what others have done. I found information >going way back to BC and to the tribe of Judah (Bible) through the twin >Zerah. I tried looking at other sources to verify this and found the same >information. I also got a copy of Queen Elizabeth's geneology because I >knew they traced the line through King David back to Judah through Zerah's >twin, Perez. > >According to this geneological chart of hers, she shows lines going back to >both Zerah AND Perez who were the sons of Judah. > >Is this what you were getting at?? > That's kind of the idea. Should you want to verify this line, or parts of it that can be verified, I was thinking we probably, collectively, have the resources here to do that. I'd probably try to figure out who was the gateway ancestor to the various tribes of Judah and start there. By gateway ancestor, we usually mean the one who emigrated to the American colonies or the U.S. if they came after the colonial period. But it also means the ancestor who connects from one group, say of Jewish heritage, to another, like someone of French or Germanic heritage. The one who bridges the gap between two groups which otherwise haven't been know to intermarry to any great extent. That's the ancestor you'd want to start with and work back finding who has verifying sources to see how valid such a line is. I just suggested it to see who wanted to participate and who didn't. Thanks Jim

I know of no documented descent from Judah to the Plantagenets. There are numerous mythologic ones, but these rely on oral histories, which can not be verified. On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 12:27, JF wrote: > Hi Wendy, > > Priestlybride wrote: > > >I have only researched using what others have done. I found information > >going way back to BC and to the tribe of Judah (Bible) through the twin > >Zerah. I tried looking at other sources to verify this and found the same > >information. I also got a copy of Queen Elizabeth's geneology because I > >knew they traced the line through King David back to Judah through Zerah's > >twin, Perez. > > > >According to this geneological chart of hers, she shows lines going back to > >both Zerah AND Perez who were the sons of Judah. > > > >Is this what you were getting at?? > > > That's kind of the idea. Should you want to verify this line, or parts > of it that can be verified, I was thinking we probably, collectively, > have the resources here to do that. I'd probably try to figure out who > was the gateway ancestor to the various tribes of Judah and start there. > By gateway ancestor, we usually mean the one who emigrated to the > American colonies or the U.S. if they came after the colonial period. > But it also means the ancestor who connects from one group, say of > Jewish heritage, to another, like someone of French or Germanic > heritage. The one who bridges the gap between two groups which otherwise > haven't been know to intermarry to any great extent. That's the ancestor > you'd want to start with and work back finding who has verifying sources > to see how valid such a line is. I just suggested it to see who wanted > to participate and who didn't. > > Thanks > > Jim > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237