Quoting Joe Mackey to August Abolins on 01-29-20 07:09 <=-

I liked the comment about people forgetting their history. Too many people (young and older) think if something happened before they were
born it has no meaning.... ==sigh==

And when they pass along, nobody else will remember them.... You'd think
that at least would give them pause... ;)

There is a local history FB page which often has pictures of old Huntington, which I save in my collection. So many of those places
are gone. Several years ago I started recording, mostly for my own knowledge, using city directories what used to be where. With these photo's I'm able to see what that site looked like.
Arm chair historian Joe

Doing your small part to make sure the past isn't forgotten... :)

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

I liked the comment about people forgetting their history. Too many

people (young and older) think if something happened before they were born it has no meaning.... ==sigh==

And when they pass along, nobody else will remember them.... You'd think

that at least would give them pause... ;)

Oh, no, only what happens in their life time is of any importance.

Doing your small part to make sure the past isn't forgotten... :)

People joke I am interested in history since I have lived through so much
of it. :)
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-31-20 07:20 <=-

I liked the comment about people forgetting their history. Too
many people (young and older) think if something happened before
they were born it has no meaning.... ==sigh==

And when they pass along, nobody else will remember them.... You'd think that at least would give them pause... ;)

Oh, no, only what happens in their life time is of any importance.

True... and when they are gone, they won't know what's happening
anyway....

Doing your small part to make sure the past isn't forgotten... :)

People joke I am interested in history since I have lived through so
much of it. :)

There's at least some truth to that... ;) And the longer we live,
there's more chance that we'll get curious as to how things old and new
fit together.... ;)

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

Oh, no, only what happens in their life time is of any importance.

True... and when they are gone, they won't know what's happening
anyway....

And if one's past is "forgotten" some people can change it to anything
they want it to be.

There's at least some truth to that... ;) And the longer we live,
there's more chance that we'll get curious as to how things old and new
fit together.... ;)

Nothing really happens in a vacuum. You are correct, one thing leads to another and the study of history gives a clue how and why this or that
happens.
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-04-20 05:15 <=-

Oh, no, only what happens in their life time is of any importance.

True... and when they are gone, they won't know what's happening
anyway....

And if one's past is "forgotten" some people can change it to
anything they want it to be.

Or at least they think that they can.... ;)

There's at least some truth to that... ;) And the longer we live,
there's more chance that we'll get curious as to how things old and new
fit together.... ;)

Nothing really happens in a vacuum. You are correct, one thing
leads to another and the study of history gives a clue how and why
this or that happens.

I certainly became more interested in history when I started to realize
that it was the stories of my ancesters... and the history they lived
through also gave color and substance to their lives... :)

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

I certainly became more interested in history when I started to realize
that it was the stories of my ancesters... and the history they lived
through also gave color and substance to their lives... :)

Same here.
Much of my family history has disappeared over time, with so many
bachelors and spinsters dying off and not passing along the history.
I know my fathers side came to this country from Scotland in 1756. My mothers side from England in the 1600s and Germany after that.
But what did they do in "the old country"? Those are the stories that
are lost.
I had an aunt who had the family tree "traced" and, of course, they were "related" to some king in the Medieval period. This was some outfit that
trace families back and it was a just a coincidence so many were related to royalty. :)
HRH Joe


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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-07-20 08:10 <=-

I certainly became more interested in history when I started to realize
that it was the stories of my ancesters... and the history they lived through also gave color and substance to their lives... :)

Same here.
Much of my family history has disappeared over time, with so many bachelors and spinsters dying off and not passing along the history.
I know my fathers side came to this country from Scotland in 1756.
My mothers side from England in the 1600s and Germany after that.
But what did they do in "the old country"? Those are the stories
that are lost.

One just has to dig deeper to get those stories... sometimes one can
find out from newspaper articles... or might be able to extrapolate from histories of the area... :)

I had an aunt who had the family tree "traced" and, of course, they
were "related" to some king in the Medieval period. This was some
outfit that trace families back and it was a just a coincidence so many were related to royalty. :)
HRH Joe

Actually, If your mother's kin came from England in the 1600s, they
quite likely were younger sons of somewhat noble families.... Those
families tended to have been, in many cases, descended from royal
families, although not always legitimately... ;) Lots of by-blows as
well as large families, where girls married noblemen... :)

A couple of my VA families likewise came over in the 1600s... they did eventually hook into royal lines....

So you are clearly a cousin of mine, of some sort... <G>

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

One just has to dig deeper to get those stories... sometimes one can
find out from newspaper articles... or might be able to extrapolate from

histories of the area... :)

For the most part they are were settlers and always on the move west.
They moved from Philadelphia were they landed in 1756 and by 1856 where
in parts of VA that is now WV. They took up lumbering, had a saw mill, etc.
The era they settled down when my great-grandfather was born (c.1850s)
was heavily forested. Still is, though they did their part to change that. :)
What they did in Scotland before 1756 is unknown. Probably smugglers.

Actually, If your mother's kin came from England in the 1600s, they
quite likely were younger sons of somewhat noble families

I used to always joke they were probably indentured servants or
scoundrels. :)
As for her fathers side they came from Germany but no idea when. I used
to tell her they were probably Hessian POWs who stayed on.

So you are clearly a cousin of mine, of some sort... <G>

Well in the grand scheme of things we are all related somehow. :)
Joe
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Joe,

And if one's past is "forgotten" some people can change it to anything
they want it to be.

Never believe anything until officially denied.

Nothing really happens in a vacuum. You are correct, one thing leads to
another and the study of history gives a clue how and why this or that JM>happens.

Reminds me of the cartoon, where the vacuum cleaner and the hair dryer
are arguing. The hair dryer snarls "You suck", and the vacuum cleaner
growls "Blow me".

Yes, I'm in one of my nether moods...but with an outpatient surgery
this Fruday and next Tuesday, there's a lot on my plate right now...and
I only eat once a day.

Being a Sysop didn't affect me at all...at all...at all...at all. <G>

Daryl


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Joe,

HRH Joe

I tried to bow, but I ripped my pants when I did it. :P

Daryl


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Joe,

So you are clearly a cousin of mine, of some sort... <G>

Well in the grand scheme of things we are all related somehow. :)

Especially in regards to BBSing. <G>

Daryl


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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 02-10-20 06:52 <=-

Nancy wrote --

One just has to dig deeper to get those stories... sometimes one can
find out from newspaper articles... or might be able to extrapolate from histories of the area... :)

For the most part they are were settlers and always on the move
west. They moved from Philadelphia were they landed in 1756 and by
1856 where in parts of VA that is now WV. They took up lumbering, had
a saw mill, etc. The era they settled down when my great-grandfather
was born (c.1850s) was heavily forested. Still is, though they did
their part to change that. :) What they did in Scotland before 1756
is unknown. Probably smugglers.

Smuggling was a respectable business... at least among some groups... ;)
One of my Scottish ancestors was a bookseller, and also published/edited
a literary magazine for a while.... his son came to the States and
became a seed merchant in Norfolk Va... :)

Actually, If your mother's kin came from England in the 1600s, they
quite likely were younger sons of somewhat noble families

I used to always joke they were probably indentured servants or scoundrels. :)

Also possible, I suppose.... <G>

As for her fathers side they came from Germany but no idea when. I
used to tell her they were probably Hessian POWs who stayed on.

Possible... some of those were actually quite respectable people... :)

So you are clearly a cousin of mine, of some sort... <G>

Well in the grand scheme of things we are all related somehow. :)

True... <G>

ttyl neb

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