Your most recent discoveries (Indians, American, find, search)

[westsideboy]

Originally Posted by PA2UK

At some point, everyone's pedigree collapses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedigree_collapse - which basically just means there's going to be married couples in your tree who are cousins, whether they know it or not (whether close or distant cousins).

It's not unusual for an instance of pedigree collapse to be recent enough that it's within a genealogical time frame and therefore traceable or documented.

It's common for people with colonial American ancestry that stayed in one place and didn't move around.

I have a few early 18th century couples I descend from multiple times. Some of the "duplicate" lines were cousin marriages early on, a few of the others are more recent ancestors who happen to share distant relatives (think 4th and 5th cousin marriages, meaning if we didn't have a fleshed out family tree, nobody would even know there was a connection.)

[bjh]

Originally Posted by westsideboy

It's common for people with colonial American ancestry that stayed in one place and didn't move around.

I have a few early 18th century couples I descend from multiple times. Some of the "duplicate" lines were cousin marriages early on, a few of the others are more recent ancestors who happen to share distant relatives (think 4th and 5th cousin marriages, meaning if we didn't have a fleshed out family tree, nobody would even know there was a connection.)

Yep. That can happen. Limited opportunities in previous generations and both descendants more recently.

[DeanGuitarist]

My surname is an Old Norse name.

[cruciallyraport]

I discovered that Powhatan, whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh, was the leader of the Powhatan is my 10th great-grandfather and his daughter Pocahontas is my 9th great-grand Aunt.

[aries63]

Not a "discovery" exactly, but do you ever get a chill from a coincidence?

I was sitting in a chair reading, and it popped into my head that I should cross-check some information on a certain great-great grandmother in Ancestry, since I recently reactivated my membership. I hadn't worked on that part of the tree in some time. When I got into my account I saw that her birthday was exactly 200 years ago today. I didn't remember the date or year of her birthday, so this is either a surprising coincidence, or somehow my brain registered it at one time and sent me a reminder. I'm not in the habit of remembering ancestor birthdays.

[SunGrins]

^^^That is a bit unsettling.

[in_newengland]

Last week I found that a Puritan ancestor was one of the main accusers of Rebecca Nurse who was killed for being a witch.

I am sickened and disgusted by this extremist fanaticism and cruelty. Reading more about the executions, I've learned that some were done merely because of disputes over land. How nasty can you get? To kill a 71 year old woman who did nothing wrong just because of a family dispute over land. I could say more but let's just say "moderation" in all things, including religion.

[bjh]

I recently found one of my great grandfathers in the 1911 UK census that I couldn't find before, though that census has been out a while. The transcription of his surname had been badly misspelled. Fun fact: he lived next door to a pub.

[bb207]

Hi bjh,
The UK 1921 census comes out over here in JANUARY 2022,
they say more information on them, looking forward to seeing
what’s on it.
Billy.

[bjh]

Originally Posted by bb207

Hi bjh,
The UK 1921 census comes out over here in JANUARY 2022,
they say more information on them, looking forward to seeing
what’s on it.
Billy.

Thanks! I just looked up the release date. It's the 6th of January 2022, just 12 days! I look forward to finding him and others.

I guess we'll be transcribing it first.