Genealogy Wise
My Great Grandmother was an Indian Princess
My Great Grandmother was an Indian Princess and other stories that make our eyes roll...
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My Great Grandfather was with Fremont
My Great Grandparents (my mother's father's family) died when my grandfather was 4; so what he knew came from the foster family (and other neighbors)?What I heard: He was an enlisted soldier with Fremont when Fremont climbed Pike's Peak. BEFORE I knew about Genealogy, I looked up Fremont's…
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"I'm no ^%&%$ Frenchie!!"
Unfortunately, this little story is 3rd hand to a point.Dad always told me that Grandpa (who died when I was 2) would love to get my Grandma's dander up by calling her a "Black Frenchie", at which point she would explode and have a fit, saying she wasn't French, she was English & German. Okay.…
