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Most of my ancestors came to what is now the United States from England, Switzerland, and Germany in the 1600s and early 1700s. Some of the ancestors who came here from England were French Huguenots who had settled in England. The ancestors who came from Switzerland were actually Jewish. Some of my ancestors are Native Americans.
I can't find any trace of ancestry who came to the US any LATER than about 1720. So yes - I am textbook American - and a mutt!
I have a couple of really cool ancestors, including Jesse James as well as this guy:
Oh and another interesting one is Thomas Willis, who was a midshipman on Captain Cook's ship the "Resolution:"
Two of my ancestors - my g-g-g-g-g grandmother and father - were Civil War medics - well, a nurse and a medic (not sure what the difference was back then except that one was female and one was male). It's interesting to think of them traveling to all those battlefields and tending to the injured together.
Last edited by KathrynAragon; 09-20-2013 at 05:01 AM..
Every branch of my family tree came to America before the 1730's. We've had more luck tracing a few of my great-great-grandparents's families back to the 1600's in America because they came from prominent planter families in Virginia and Maryland. I haven't attempted to go back to Europe with my tree. Whenever I "hit water" I stop and have focused on tracing only the American side of the family. Since my family has been in the U.S. for more than 300 years, I have a large tree and I'm distantly related to several famous Americans, including five presidents.
How far back in your ancestry to you need to go, to find an ancestor who was not born in the country of which you are now a citizen? (If you're not sure, make your best guess.)
i only know of two immigrant ancestors, 1679 to charleston, and 1650 to virginia.
if i had to guess i'd say the most recent crop of ancestors came over between 1750 and 1790.
Idk but it's before the great grand parents, from China (duh).
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