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[ellyssian]

We're approaching 3000 names in the ol' family tree.

We had a puzzle trying to figure out the Riddles - quite a few curious doings, and the same people appear as grandparents in multiple generations. We finally figured it out, and did get back to Germany, with the Ghosts, Hoffmans, and Huffmans. The Riddles themselves actually came from Scotland, which was a surprise. I must have missed that when I looked over the list quickly, as I told John @ Poetry that I didn't have any family in Scotland.

Matthew Riddle was born in Scotland, then came to Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary War as an aide to George Washington. I've got an article where the DAR did a presentation of an additional monument at his gravesite. His son - my direct ancestor's brother - served with Commodore Perry on Lake Erie.

We also - for fun - took the White --> Bowen line back 49 generations. I think we're missing some in there, because that allegedly takes us back to 100 BC, when I come up with a 3 generations per 100 years guesstimate of somewhere in the third century AD being much more reasonable for that many generations. Definitely through to the Welsh, with a large quantity of w's and y's and l's stuffed into most of the names, except for the occasional Owen that pops in here and there. There's even a propensity for music in the family line - we have both a Prince Bard and a Bard Prince.

Still only a portion of names that I've seen have been entered.

I've also picked up a book on the Doctors Warren of Boston: First Family of Surgery. The trees they show inside the covers leave a lot of openings - many places listing "7 other children" or something like that - but I'm still fairly sure that if there's any relation, it happened in England prior to them heading over to fair Amerikay. After I've exhausted all my current supply of information, and in lulls from hunting down actual ancestors, I'll probably explore a few of the other Warren families just for the historical interest - the good Doctors include the founders of Harvard's medical school, sending some guy named Revere off on a ride, and dying at Bunker Hill, amongst other things; the Watertown Warrens have an interest because that's my hometown; and Richard Warren came over on the Mayflower, and that's another point of interest.

Much, much more to do.

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[patrixa.livejournal.com]

Some years back Dad said he definitely was not related to Dr. Warren and probably not to the Mayflower Warrens. He showed me then, but I forgot where, all his records of it is. However, I came across 2 manila envelopes of papers in the drawers in the computer room.. Also, there's still quite a bit geneology files left in the file cabinet. If you and Deb could switch cars for the trip here, would there be more space for bringing stuff home? Although the sedan has a large trunk...hmm make sure whichever car you use is pretty empty.