Quote:
Originally Posted by Raph's Girl
On my dad's side I have Native American ancestry so that side's been in America since the ice ages.  On my mom's side....since the 1500's. Im descended from one of the men who baught Manhatten (I've read there were 12 all together) island for a bunch of beads from the Native Americans.
Bit of a trivia: Harlem was the original Dutch colony. It was named after the town in the Netherlands, which changed it's name from Harlem to Haarlem. Ironically Haarlem is the top producer of chocolate in Europe. |
You're bad!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raph's Girl
Genealogy is fun. My grandparents are professional genealogists and Im one as well (altho not a professional). Im always helping people with their genealogy and Im currently putting mine online. I've found several links to Princess Diana on my tree without even looking for em. Always happens. I find a link to some celebrity while Im looking for something else. *lol* Or I find some obscure link to a comic book character (Im related to the real Peter Parker)...my links to the TMNT are fun tho (IE related to one of the founders of Northampton, MA ) |
I didn't even know people actually put their personal geneologies online. So, while my family says that all of my decendants that didn't make it to the U.S. are dead, how likely you think that would be the case? How common are the names Barone in Italy, Kersinski in Poland, and Keller in German?
The Barones on my family now, are now part of a Canadian/Italian mob that runs the Niagra Falls border. Frankie Barone and his wife Angel Barone (who is my first cousin on my dad's side) run the operation. Nice ties that I got, huh!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raph's Girl
As for Normandy. Yes it's very eerily quiet. But if ya ever do go there and go to the beach bring a gas mask cuz MAN it stinks worse than a skunk! There's tents and stuff still on the beach from WWII and it's rotting away. It's covered most of the time by the ocean but if you go at low tide you can see it. There's also a ship that's stranded on the beach like a whale. It's got this HUGE gaping hole in it. One of these days I'll have to scan the pics we took.
|
Do you think the stuff is left on Normandy Beach as some sort of rememberance, or are people afraid to disturb the area or something?
Also, are you into horse racing, or horses all together? I'm a huge horse nut!
