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MotorSeven
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Eddie, did anyone in your family do the dna thing? We did and it's pretty interesting....it even tracks bloodlines on emigration routes and locations.
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EddieWalker
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My brother did and he was very happy about it, but I don't know the results. He suggested that I should do it too, but I haven't had any interest in in yet. My wife wants to do it, so we probably will eventually.
Before going to the Ukraine to search out our family on my Moms side, he went to Scotland to find family on my Dad's side. That was fairly easy since some of them where still in contact with family that had moved to Canada. Walker came from MacGregor, who where hunted down and killed if they didn't change their name.
From Wikipedia Clan Gregor - Wikipedia
"In April 1603 James VI of Scotland issued an edict that proclaimed the name of MacGregor as altogidder abolisheed.[3] This meant that anyone who bore the name must renounce it or suffer death.[3] In 1604, MacGregor and eleven of his chieftains were hanged at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh.[3] As a result, the Clan Gregor was scattered, with many taking other names such as Murray or Grant.[3] They were hunted like animals and flushed out of the heather by bloodhounds.[3]"
Lots of fun history there, but it's more my brothers passion then mine.
Before going to the Ukraine to search out our family on my Moms side, he went to Scotland to find family on my Dad's side. That was fairly easy since some of them where still in contact with family that had moved to Canada. Walker came from MacGregor, who where hunted down and killed if they didn't change their name.
From Wikipedia Clan Gregor - Wikipedia
"In April 1603 James VI of Scotland issued an edict that proclaimed the name of MacGregor as altogidder abolisheed.[3] This meant that anyone who bore the name must renounce it or suffer death.[3] In 1604, MacGregor and eleven of his chieftains were hanged at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh.[3] As a result, the Clan Gregor was scattered, with many taking other names such as Murray or Grant.[3] They were hunted like animals and flushed out of the heather by bloodhounds.[3]"
Lots of fun history there, but it's more my brothers passion then mine.
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MotorSeven
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That is interesting....wonder what the MacGregors did to piss off James VI? The genealogy thing can be a huge deep rabbit hole with a zillion side tunnels.
On a side note, I read a lot of old 50-60's paperback westerns that I pic up from friends/family/secondhand stores. Inside the middle of one I found what I though at first was a bookmark, but it turned out to be a envelope with a 1 cent stamp on it. It was a letter home from a Union soldier to his brother who was a Captain in the North's navy. The three page letter is fascinating and names others in his unit, where they had fought and what infantry camp life was at the time. When I joined Ancestry.com to research my family, I drug out the letter and discovered the author was killed in the battle of Rapahanock Station Va 1863, and the brother killed when his ship(USS Narcissus) foundered in a Gulf of Mexico Hurricane and blew up on a sandbar at the entrance to Tampa Bay in 1866.
Talk about a rabbit hole, this letter is big one. Why the heck was it in a old western dime novel? Who put it there? Through Ancestry, I located the only surviving relative of that family and I am sending him the letter as soon as I can get it professionally photographed and transcribed. Amazing stuff I tell ya...........I might be writing a book about it.
On a side note, I read a lot of old 50-60's paperback westerns that I pic up from friends/family/secondhand stores. Inside the middle of one I found what I though at first was a bookmark, but it turned out to be a envelope with a 1 cent stamp on it. It was a letter home from a Union soldier to his brother who was a Captain in the North's navy. The three page letter is fascinating and names others in his unit, where they had fought and what infantry camp life was at the time. When I joined Ancestry.com to research my family, I drug out the letter and discovered the author was killed in the battle of Rapahanock Station Va 1863, and the brother killed when his ship(USS Narcissus) foundered in a Gulf of Mexico Hurricane and blew up on a sandbar at the entrance to Tampa Bay in 1866.
Talk about a rabbit hole, this letter is big one. Why the heck was it in a old western dime novel? Who put it there? Through Ancestry, I located the only surviving relative of that family and I am sending him the letter as soon as I can get it professionally photographed and transcribed. Amazing stuff I tell ya...........I might be writing a book about it.
EddieWalker
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That's interesting. Maybe you can post it on here or provide a link to it. I'd enjoy reading it.
Kyle_in_Tex
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Cool stuff, finding your old family.
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MotorSeven
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Will do. I found a Camera place that has a high end scanner used in photograph reconstruction....headed there tomorrow.
BoFuller
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M7,
Good to hear you are alive and kicking. I do everything wth my iPad and this forum won't work on it because its way behind in technology.
I'm on he laptop today and remembered to finally log in.
All good here. I just got back from Central CA coast while visiting my new granddaughter. She is 2 months old and absolutely precious. She is grandchild number 10, so we keep busy visiting them all.
Log home is well. I probably will start on a front porch in another month.
Good to hear from you!
Good to hear you are alive and kicking. I do everything wth my iPad and this forum won't work on it because its way behind in technology.
I'm on he laptop today and remembered to finally log in.
All good here. I just got back from Central CA coast while visiting my new granddaughter. She is 2 months old and absolutely precious. She is grandchild number 10, so we keep busy visiting them all.
Log home is well. I probably will start on a front porch in another month.
Good to hear from you!
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MotorSeven
Elite Member
Hey Bo, glad to hear you are enjoying your log home!
I used Natures Edge on the exterior, and the West wall was showing some weathering(mo peeling though), so I am pressure washing it and going to spray on a couple of more coats....should be good for another 5 years. The rest of the exterior stain is still perfect.
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I have a buddy that a used one of the most popular brands and it just kept peeling off...he has had to strip the whole house twice and re-go it.
I used Natures Edge on the exterior, and the West wall was showing some weathering(mo peeling though), so I am pressure washing it and going to spray on a couple of more coats....should be good for another 5 years. The rest of the exterior stain is still perfect.
Nature's Edge Transparent Wood Finish 12 Colors, 5 Gal. Free Shipping
– Mountain Home Building Products
I have a buddy that a used one of the most popular brands and it just kept peeling off...he has had to strip the whole house twice and re-go it.
bindian
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Rick,
How is the house "settling" in?
hugs, Brandi
How is the house "settling" in?
hugs, Brandi
Samandothers
Gold Member
M7,
I just finished reading this. It has taken several days but it was a great read. I linked here from the Forestry Forum link you added to a thread there. I noticed I had posted on this was back in the beginning.
All I can say is wow! You have done some really neat stuff! A couple of questions:
How is the Waterlox doing on the floors? Is it holding up the the foot and ‘paw’ traffic? How many coats did you do, or do you remember.
Did your dripping on the deck go away with the OAK for the furnace? Why did you change out from the old soap stone?
Thanks for the detail and time you put in this thread!
I just finished reading this. It has taken several days but it was a great read. I linked here from the Forestry Forum link you added to a thread there. I noticed I had posted on this was back in the beginning.
All I can say is wow! You have done some really neat stuff! A couple of questions:
How is the Waterlox doing on the floors? Is it holding up the the foot and ‘paw’ traffic? How many coats did you do, or do you remember.
Did your dripping on the deck go away with the OAK for the furnace? Why did you change out from the old soap stone?
Thanks for the detail and time you put in this thread!