WOW, my family history!!

[MamaHen]

I researched my family tree over the course of many years. I was able to trace back my great grandmother's line all the way to somewhere around 80 AD. Which wasn't too hard when I discovered royalty in that line. They had this thing about keeping records My 39th great grandfather was Charlemagne. Impressive huh? ROFL! But I loved seeing just where and when my ancestors "came over." All but that one line of my great grandmother were German. My grandfather's line couldn't be traced very far, as the family name was changed when there was great animosity against Germans.

I researched my in-laws family trees, and they were shocked to find out that "Big DayDay" was a union soldier and not a Confederate. My father-in-law was stunned. "I had a Yankee in my family tree!? I don't believe it!" LOL

It was also interesting how names would change or become "americanized." My great (x3) grandfather was born "Franz Muller" (u with oomlats over it) in Germany, and died as "Frank Miller" in Illinois.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by MamaHen

I researched my family tree over the course of many years. I was able to trace back my great grandmother's line all the way to somewhere around 80 AD. Which wasn't too hard when I discovered royalty in that line. They had this thing about keeping records My 39th great grandfather was Charlemagne. Impressive huh? ROFL! But I loved seeing just where and when my ancestors "came over." All but that one line of my great grandmother were German. My grandfather's line couldn't be traced very far, as the family name was changed when there was great animosity against Germans.

I researched my in-laws family trees, and they were shocked to find out that "Big DayDay" was a union soldier and not a Confederate. My father-in-law was stunned. "I had a Yankee in my family tree!? I don't believe it!" LOL

It was also interesting how names would change or become "americanized." My great (x3) grandfather was born "Franz Muller" (u with oomlats over it) in Germany, and died as "Frank Miller" in Illinois.

Lord, I would die if we had a Yankee in the family!!!

That's the hard part of doing the research - the name changing or if a courthouse or place where records kept happen to burn down.