A Thanksgiving Surprise

[Mr. Kilt]

How very cool! Not many people can claim a direct link to the Mayflower pilgrims. Family history can be incredibly fascinating. Thanks for sharing that!

[Mike1]

His 84 years of life are evidence of his strength.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

That's great Turpin. I am working on our family history, but all trails show us coming over in the mid-1800's. How long did it take for your brother to do all the research and pull it all together?

[turpin]

That's great Turpin. I am working on our family history, but all trails show us coming over in the mid-1800's. How long did it take for your brother to do all the research and pull it all together?

He's been working on it for quite a few years. He told me there are two kinds of geneologist: researchers and collectors, and he is the latter. He corresponds with extended family members and posts on several forums where such info is shared. He compiles the results, checks it for errors, and uploads it to rootsweb. The things I really enjoy are the validating notes for some of the entries, including land title documents, wills, personal journals, ship manifests, and other documents that refer to the person. Here are a couple of examples from my tree for those who might be interested such stuff. Those of you with a direct Gordon lineage can use one of these to maybe trace your lineage.

GG-9 William Brewster

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi...lard&id=I10497

My GG-28 , Sir Adam de Gordun, first Gordon in Scotland.

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi...lard&id=I11136

[Tattoo Bradley]

His 84 years of life are evidence of his strength.

I thought the EXACT same thing. And, I also noticed he made the Mayflower voyage at the age of 60. That's quite a testament as well, seeing as how those trips weren't exactly "The Love Boat."