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<p>[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 100476, member: 878"]Wow, Where have you two been? Or should I assume you were lurking? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spfld, you first. Thank you for that reference, I didn't think of it. And will try it soon. At this point in my life I do have to watch the pennies. It also helps keep that soft matter in my skull from fermenting. </p><p>I will mention something that I have found the answer to on my own. From July - when I first joined - to about a month ago - I wondered what you had to to with one of the huge arsenals in the U.S. Springfield Arsenal. Nickname SPFLD. Now realize similarity but no direct affiliation. Correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>BGM -Do you use only Ancestry? You were the first to amaze me with your ability to provide precise answers in what seemed like minutes. You are one reason I trusted Ancestry. </p><p>I checked several genealogy sites without keeping track which was which. I needed birth dates and grandma's parents first names. We celebrated her birthday on the 4th of July every year. Seemed like perfect weather every year for an outside party with somewhere around 60 people. Everyone remarked on the last one that basically did not happen because Grandma failed to wake up. It's always been mentioned that we didn't know if she died before of after midnight. After meant she made it to the age of 100. Fact or not? That's the main reason I wanted it. </p><p>Secondary was - is the other story true or not. Her husband was, according to what my Dad said, was born in Vermont, moved to New Hampshire when his family bought/took over a paper manufacturing company near the White Mountains. Other of his children spread the rumor that he changed his name before marrying. Hence my search. About 2004 or so I did find Peter xxxxxx at the age of about 6 in the 1860? census in VT. Then moved to NH for the next census. Now cannot duplicate it. </p><p>I started a family tree of parental relatives and added many names. My dad had 9 siblings. I had previously started my Ancestry.com search under my Maternal last name. with 3 hyphenated last names. That was fairly easy. The parental one I filled in Gramp's and Gram's last names. XX<span style="color: #ff0000">W</span>XX for her. A few days after the Amex dispute I received a second or third HINT from Ancestry. How, why? I don';t know. But Gra's last name had morphed to XX<span style="color: #ff0000">V</span>XX and several non relatives had been added. </p><p>OK, dinner time and enough loaded on for now. </p><p><br /></p><p>CYTomorrow[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 100476, member: 878"]Wow, Where have you two been? Or should I assume you were lurking? :cool: Spfld, you first. Thank you for that reference, I didn't think of it. And will try it soon. At this point in my life I do have to watch the pennies. It also helps keep that soft matter in my skull from fermenting. I will mention something that I have found the answer to on my own. From July - when I first joined - to about a month ago - I wondered what you had to to with one of the huge arsenals in the U.S. Springfield Arsenal. Nickname SPFLD. Now realize similarity but no direct affiliation. Correct? BGM -Do you use only Ancestry? You were the first to amaze me with your ability to provide precise answers in what seemed like minutes. You are one reason I trusted Ancestry. I checked several genealogy sites without keeping track which was which. I needed birth dates and grandma's parents first names. We celebrated her birthday on the 4th of July every year. Seemed like perfect weather every year for an outside party with somewhere around 60 people. Everyone remarked on the last one that basically did not happen because Grandma failed to wake up. It's always been mentioned that we didn't know if she died before of after midnight. After meant she made it to the age of 100. Fact or not? That's the main reason I wanted it. Secondary was - is the other story true or not. Her husband was, according to what my Dad said, was born in Vermont, moved to New Hampshire when his family bought/took over a paper manufacturing company near the White Mountains. Other of his children spread the rumor that he changed his name before marrying. Hence my search. About 2004 or so I did find Peter xxxxxx at the age of about 6 in the 1860? census in VT. Then moved to NH for the next census. Now cannot duplicate it. I started a family tree of parental relatives and added many names. My dad had 9 siblings. I had previously started my Ancestry.com search under my Maternal last name. with 3 hyphenated last names. That was fairly easy. The parental one I filled in Gramp's and Gram's last names. XX[COLOR=#ff0000]W[/COLOR]XX for her. A few days after the Amex dispute I received a second or third HINT from Ancestry. How, why? I don';t know. But Gra's last name had morphed to XX[COLOR=#ff0000]V[/COLOR]XX and several non relatives had been added. OK, dinner time and enough loaded on for now. CYTomorrow[/QUOTE]
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