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Ancestry/Genealogy

csziggy

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6. I have Mayflower passenger ancestors - and others that went to Pennsylvania before William Penn

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #5)

Fri May 5, 2017, 08:35 PM

May 2017

The Pennsylvania ones were nicer than the Mayflower ones. One PA family was noted for being translators and friends to the indigenous people. Of course, those were Quakers, generally much nicer than the Pilgrims and Puritans of Massachusetts.

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Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... [View all] csziggy Apr 2017 OP

I'd rather have Clara than TexasProgresive Apr 2017 #1

True - my husband gets Clara and I get slave owning Baptist preachers csziggy Apr 2017 #2

K&R because watrwefitinfor Apr 2017 #3

Thanks - I study genealogy because I love the stories that can be found csziggy Apr 2017 #4

Indeed GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #11

My college roomate has ancestors that came to North America before the USA existed. Thor_MN May 2017 #5

I have Mayflower passenger ancestors - and others that went to Pennsylvania before William Penn csziggy May 2017 #6

Hey. don't knock the Puritans and Pilgrims! Fla Dem May 2017 #9

OMG - one of my ancestors, Henry Kenney, was on Rebecca Nurse's jury csziggy May 2017 #10

Haha! TuxedoKat May 2017 #7

Clara would be a good name for a girl csziggy May 2017 #8