Comments on: Finding my roots https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-my-roots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-my-roots David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:00:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-my-roots/#comment-5336 Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:03:43 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=47#comment-5336 Hello everyone. I have an ancestor named Margaret Farquhar, born around 1831 in Conneticutt. I am not sure who the parents are, but I have heard that she might be the daughter of a Gov., but not sure of the state. Could any of you possibly have any info. I would very much appreciate anything help.

Thank you,
Nate

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-my-roots/#comment-5335 Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:46:01 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=47#comment-5335 Well hello cousin – my mother’s dad was into geneology and always told me to tell people I was the 13th direct descendent of John and Pricilla Alden (that info and a $1.50 always got me a cup of coffee) They were also members of the original Plymouth Colony, made sort of famous by Longfellow’s poem, “The Courtship of Miles Standish” (both also distant relatives). I saw Grandpa’s research once and noted THE Adams and a few other minor notables fed into the bloodline later on. Plymouth Colony was small enough that most people who can trace their history to that group find themselves related somehow at some point or another. Our thread didn’t travel too far afterwards though – I grew up about 30 miles from Plymouth, Mass.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-my-roots/#comment-5334 Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:25:11 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=47#comment-5334 I did the family research thing back in the mid 70’s. Could only go back to the late 1700’s on my father’s side, as so many French Catholic birth and marriage records in Louisiana were lost in church fires. My maternal grandfather was an Irish Presbyterian named Webb, and we traced the family back to the 1500’s in Country Antrim, Ireland. This is where they prepare Old Bushmill’s Irish Whisky, a sometimes favorite beverage of mine. On Grandpa’s side of the family, there were many Presbyterian ministers, and the birth and marriage records were extremely well-maintained. One of the ancestors married a woman named Elizabeth Taylor, who we believe was descended from US President Zachary Taylor. Interesting what things you can and can’t find digging through old family and church records.

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