I’m digging, digging, digging into the past trying to find out who I come from, who I am and the country of origin of my roots. Most of the elders in my family were gone before I got here with only one left who passed away shortly after I arrived which made it hard to know the foundation of my family. Mom said “They didn’t talk about things like that” and she didn’t know any answers to the questions I asked as a kid.
So I had to wait until wearing the clothes of a grown-up person before I could seriously begin my research on finding my ancestors and it took until the internet before I found my father’s country of origin which turned out to be Cornwall, England where a zillion Bice families still live. Two of them fought in the Revolutionary War on the American side, which reveals that I come from good stock. Mom’s side revealed roots dating back to the 1600s in New Jersey where their names are enrolled in Piscataway history books that I have just received in the mail and will lose myself in them for the entire day making me a very happy person.
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…’wait until wearing the clothes of a grown-up person before I could seriously begin‘
What an excellent line!
(totally wordage jealous lol)
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Thanks. I don’t always know where those lines come from…an ancestor looking over my shoulder, i think.
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some great wordsmithing here. marvelous use of the cue.
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Thanks. some days the words flow smoother than others.
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That sounds like a wonderful foundation to discover.
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Wonderful for me….and learn so much else in dong the research.
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How exciting! The internet certainly has opened up access to those looking to create genealogy trees to chart family history. Enjoy!
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thank you. . .
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My brother has worked on our family genealogy and so far thinks our ancestors came across the ocean in a row boat, as there hasn’t been a record of any of them coming any other way!
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hahahaha. it took me years to find the country of origin for mine. i still haven’t found the transport for most.
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Good six. Cool you found out your origins are Cornish.
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thanks, and just found a movie on Netflix based in Port Isaac, Cornwall. Isaac is a family name back 4 or 5 generations.
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It’s a magical place. Daphne Du Maurier lived and wrote there, and based some of her novels on the various locations.
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i read all her novels when i was younger and recently watched the remake of Rebecca. I did drive around Cornwall in one of my exploring England & Wales meanderings about 20 years ago. I love the small villages, the oldness of them. Hay on Wye was always my first destination.
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