genealogy helped me....

[PaulaToo]

There is another lesson on these lines...don't have too many daughters.
One of my ancestors had a whole load of children and all of them girls.
The old boy was quite well to do, but he willed his property to be devided equally between his daughters...that soon cut it down in size. A couple of generations on and they were ag labs.

[Springbok]

The comments on ones wealthy relations is bringing to mind old "saws"

What goes around ,comes around." and "from rags to riches and back again"

Some of our Ag.Labs weren't too poor. I have one family who always put Ag.Lab and they were farmers, business owners . and employers. Some put Pauper to avoid taxes. 

What is so differant these days.
So I have learned that I have much in common with my ancestors.... I resent all my personal details being known ( though these days that is a vain hope)!!


Spring

[mich b]

Hi Spring

I too was wondering whether our ancestors are so different from us today. I detest the "Big Brother" mentality of today, but hey, thats a whole different chatroom!

Michelle 

[kesannah]

1. To make a lot of new friends with the help of Roots and BBC members
2. To find a living cousin (in his 80s) I knew nothing about.
3. Get photos of Grandparents I had never seen.
4. Discover names and birth marriage and death details of Aunts, Uncles and other family members I never knew and had never heard of.
5. To realise that there are many kind and helpful people in this world which restores faith in human nature.