What I found (eyes, find, world, family tree)

[MaryleeII]

Well, I've been playing around with my Ancestry.com 14-trial, decided to keep it!

I tried tracing an aunt I barely knew, and found enough to do a movie on her!


Also, I found my grandmother's wedding annoucement and engagement party in an old newspaper citation. It described Grandmother's engagement party serving "....delicious lemon and white cakes decorated with pink and yellow frosting....." dainty cucumber sandwiches........." pink lemonade, etc, etc.......

on the same page---this was in 1914, it talked about food riots in Germany, and people making bread with straw and sand just to have something to eat. Sad comparisons Now I've got a hankering for cake!

[ArkansasSlim]

Marylee, I'm a long time fan of Ancestry.com and have the "world-wide" subscription, but, you must be careful. I'm sure you have read in this Forum that you should validate the posted "family trees" you find here because they may not all be correct. Too many people will post incorrect info just to add numbers to their trees. So, use the info as leads until you can validate its correctness. Having written that, you can also (as you have already found out) get Links and leads on many other valuable items.

[MaryleeII]

Originally Posted by ArkansasSlim

Marylee, I'm a long time fan of Ancestry.com and have the "world-wide" subscription, but, you must be careful. I'm sure you have read in this Forum that you should validate the posted "family trees" you find here because they may not all be correct. Too many people will post incorrect info just to add numbers to their trees. So, use the info as leads until you can validate its correctness. Having written that, you can also (as you have already found out) get Links and leads on many other valuable items.

Thanks for the heads up, Slim!

What I've found so far completely tracks my own knowledge of my family, going back to about 1900, Other stuff I am taking with a grain of salt. For example, I'm supposedly related to some Earl in Scotland, abt. 1650. Wasn't that when people were getting their heads cut off Anyways.....

I also realize if you can make a connection to Europe, take it with a grain of salt. Don't get too high on yourself because you are supposedly connected to royalty, after all, they were the only class of people who kept records. You don't expect the local pesantry had family crests, lineages, etc!



But I just thought it interesting, and quite ironic, that I found my grandmother's wedding announcement and engagement party, complete with a description of the delicious foods, right alongside an article about famine in WWI Germany (this was about 1914). It talked how people were lacing bread dough with straw and sand just to have something---how sad!