Lolly posted about
Ancestry.com and I fell into the gaping maws of the time suck. I'll never get as nice a family tree as she has, because my family arrived only in 1898, 1912, and 1947, but I still have found census information on my in-laws, grandparents, and great-grandparents. I've even tried their "find famous ancestors." Um, no. No way am I related to all those famous
goyim. Nice try, though.
But at least it's taught me not to complain. Sure, I have 3 teens to feed, but my poor great-grandmother had 19 mouths to feed every single day (see lines 43 to the end below; click to enbiggen). And no tanorexics, either--family and farmhands (yes, a farm in the middle of Queens, NY, bordered by Woodhaven Blvd. and Union Turnpike).
Nice to read about you again. My husband was seduced by ancestry.com. Found out way too many skeletons in the closet, with his relatives on both sides of the Mason/Dixon line. He straightened out some myths in my family but as we have DAR all around, there weren't many unknowns. Alas, no farms in Brooklyn either.
ReplyDeleteI mean Queens.
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