tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post7927231411709857531..comments2024-03-28T12:19:54.572+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: I have been to ... the 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Show ... yet againRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-40191725780173830092013-02-24T00:08:57.310+00:002013-02-24T00:08:57.310+00:00Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
The funny thing is that I...Archduke Piccolo (Ion),<br /><br />The funny thing is that I didn't notice the colour of the carpeting until I looked at my photographs at home. At the venue it just did not seem to stand out ... probably because everyone was looking at the stands and not the floor!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-68130358274188024492013-02-23T23:52:07.880+00:002013-02-23T23:52:07.880+00:00Looking at your pics the Convention Centre where t...Looking at your pics the Convention Centre where this event was being held, I was rather struck by the colour of the floor. Was it really so ... forthright ... a shade? I'm surprised riots and brawls didn't break out. The English (my ancestors) are a truly phlegmatic people... :-)Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9092197470699073562013-02-23T17:04:06.251+00:002013-02-23T17:04:06.251+00:00SAROE,
It is amazing what one finds when one star...SAROE,<br /><br />It is amazing what one finds when one starts to dig into ones family's history.<br /><br />My brother has begun doing our family's history, and so far he has not found anything of particular note. We look like being a very boringly normal family.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-24553148756342835852013-02-23T16:39:06.748+00:002013-02-23T16:39:06.748+00:00I have a friend who runs the quarterly mini-conven...I have a friend who runs the quarterly mini-conventions 'round here. He found out his great-grandfather (?) had changed the family name. Because he was on the run, having been a horse-thief in Canada, and decided to start a new life in the States. Apparently it worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-83747394923473345432013-02-23T15:10:51.816+00:002013-02-23T15:10:51.816+00:00CoastConFan,
Your story sounds very typical of th...CoastConFan,<br /><br />Your story sounds very typical of the sort of thing one does find out when one begins genealogical researches. People who expect that they are related to someone famous or important are usually very upset when they find the truth.<br /><br />My wife's researches have thrown up someone who was tried for murder (they were convicted of manslaughter at their trial), family members who were rich, others who ended in the workhouse, soldiers, seafarers, someone who died on RMS '<i>Titanic</i>' (he was the Hebrew cook), and someone who was recommended for the award of the Victoria Cross. A typical cross-section of British society ... but no members of the aristocracy!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-31811175983472316942013-02-23T13:10:40.483+00:002013-02-23T13:10:40.483+00:00My history professor, who taught American History ...My history professor, who taught American History for many years, gave us a very humorous cautionary tale about genealogies. His wife was mad about finding Important Genealogical History about American Civil War soldiers, i.e. prominent Confederate soldiers in her husband’s southern lineage, since this was a deep southern college and her family had no connection to the American Civil War whatsoever. In any case, he obliged her and found a whopper. His research found an illustrious Southern Personage of a military bent with a highly colorful history. But it was not all she had hoped for. The gentleman in question was indeed a true Confederate soldier, albeit one of the ranks and not the flower of southern chivalry. This esteemed fellow fought for Mississippi at the siege of Vicksburg when he decided to take French Leave (as they will) and take a bit of a rest. He was picked up by a Union patrol, whereas he turned coat (the proper term is galvanized Yankee) and was then in the Union army. Finding that the Yankees were even more regimented and unforgiving than southern armies, to took leave a second time for the life of a vagabond. Also a chicken thief. In any case he is listed in the book of honor has having been shot while crossing a stream with pilfered chickens in hand. Thus ended the illustrious illusions of a transplanted neo-southern woman in the deep south. To further amuse himself the good professor told the wonderful story at every turn as well to every freshman history attendee of his lectures just so the story would have full currency. His wife never forgave him. Here endeth the story of a fine southern gentleman and his curious exploits during the Great Rebellion and a cautionary tale to all of you ancestor-finders who are looking for cloth of gold amongst wool. CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.com