Excellent letter for nearing the end of the challenge and for those finishing their diploma. I want to ask:
Why?
- can’t I find my father’s father’s birth?
- can’t I find Rebecca Jackson’s mother?
- is it easier to find records in Tasmania than in England?
- is it difficult to understand DNA?
- can’t I date photos very well?
- is there no Polynesian ethnicity in my father when his grandfather is supposedly half Samoan?
- can’t I find which of 7 John Davey’s in Devon is mine?
I am hoping understanding DNA more might help me answer some of these questions.
Readers: Please leave a comment about my post or something beginning with Y that relates to your family history or your research.
Y is for YES!!!! and a big High Five when I crack a brick wall.
Y is for YONGE. I have a second cousin, twice removed with the name of Gustave Edward Huscared Yonge. Despite having such an exotic sounding name both Gustave and his father, (also Gustave) were born in England.
Y is for Yokohama, where my Grandmother’s eldest brother was born. Great grandfather had quite a collection of 19th Century photographs of Yokohama.
Y- why – very clever.
My dad when asked a “why?”, would answer because Y is a crooked letter and it can’t be straightened!
Never got the question answered. Thinking didn’t have an answer.
My Mum used to say Y’s a crooked letter and Z’s no better. That answer was so frustrating but if you didn’t take heed and quit while you were still in front ; or climb the Mulberry tree quick enough your bottom would have the message reinforced: I am tired I don’t know Why !! and as I have told you before, children should be seen and not heard!
But I also found this little gem with the cutest picture of a little girl wearing a pair of scientists glasses which said:
Young (LOL) girls should be encouraged to explore what they find interesting, so that they grow up to be interesting people. We may not be quite so young Sue but I find your thoughts and Blogg most interesting so please persist. Marg
Y is for YEOMAN. A farmer who owns his land, not a tenant farmer. I’ve found a few of my Yeoman ancestors have left a Will which has been very helpful in getting family members sorted on my family tree.
Speaking of Yeoman, I have a GG Grandfather yeoman who sent his daughter off to Australia because she was expecting ‘my Grandfather’. I have his Father’s name and occupation in about 1890 and the family names: Thomas, Kenneth, Strathmore and Lionel. I am KEEN to find my ALFORD!! So we will see what the journeys o’er the seas can bring…
Hi Margaret
What is a few years between question and replies??
My cousin’s husband father’s sister married a Keen descendant from Amy Elizabeth. She was Margaret Sibley and married Lionel William Hector Keen in 1961. I was just doing a bit of searching for my cousin, as their internet is sparse, and Ancestry has “free?” searches this weekend.