Anyone else into seeking their ancestors?

[darksideofthemoon]

I have become adicted to Ancestry.com and am lucky enough that one side of my family can be researched way back into the dim times.

The other side has hit a brick wall and I have to wait until someone else in the world may have more information.

How is everyone else going?

[flashie*]

World History

Saturday, October 11, 1586. :   The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, begins.

     Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart, was born on 8 December 1542, daughter of Mary de Guise of France and James V of Scotland. When her father died on December 14, the baby Mary became Queen of Scotland but James Hamilton, Duke of Arran, served as regent for Mary. Mary's mother wished to cement an alliance with France, so arranged a betrothal for the young Mary with France's dauphin, Francois. At age 6, Mary was then sent to France to be groomed for her future role as Queen of France, which she took up in 1559.

As the granddaughter of Margaret Tudor, the older sister of Henry VIII of England, Mary Stuart was considered to be the rightful heir to the English throne. This was over Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, whose marriage was not recognised by many Catholics in England because Henry had unlawfully divorced Catherine of Aragon. Mary Stuart, in their eyes, was the rightful heir of Mary I of England, Henry VIII's daughter by his first wife.

Francois died on 5 December 1560, and Mary's mother-in-law, Catherine de Medici, became regent for his brother Charles IX. Mary Stuart then returned to Scotland to rule as Queen, but did not recognise Elizabeth's right to rule in England. Years of plotting and controversy followed as Mary tried to assert her right to the throne, with many conspirators on either side of Mary or Elizabeth being killed as they obstructed the way of the other. Ultimately, the attempt to place Mary on the Scottish throne resulted in her trial, which commenced on 11 October 1586. Mary Queen of Scots was executed on 8 February 1587, on suspicion of having been involved in a plot to murder Elizabeth.

[2chappies]

Gee, what will they think of next! 😮

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/898499

[clair.de.lune]

Went to that cemetery today, lovely quiet, country cemetery, lots of old graves. We are going back tomorrow so might take a better photo and post it.

I put some flowers there, silk & real

[flashie*]

Wednesday, October 14, 1925. :   

The innermost sarcophagus of Egyptian king Tutankhamun is opened, revealing the mummy.

     Egypt's King Tutankhamun was the son of King Akhenaten, who lived from 1353 to 1337 BC. He was born around 1347 BC and died in his late teens. His tomb lay undiscovered for over 3300 years until a team of British archaeologists, led by Howard Carter, discovered a step leading to the tomb in November 1922. Twenty-two days later, Carter and his crew entered the tomb itself. The tomb also contained hundreds of objects, elaborately decorated and covered in gold, that the Egyptians believed would be needed by the king in his afterlife. The walls of the burial chamber were painted with scenes of his voyage to the afterworld.

Also within the tomb lay a stone sarcophagus - the final resting place of King Tutankhamun. When the sarcophagus itself was opened, it revealed three coffins, fitted within each other, and stuck together with black resin. Planning and preparing to open the sarcophagus was a process which took almost two years: the final, innermost sarcophagus was opened on 14 October 1925. Inside the final coffin, which was made out of solid gold, was the mummified body of King Tutankhamun.

The find was considered particularly significant, not only for the remarkable preservation of the mummy and the treasures, but for the fact that most of the Egyptian kings' tombs were believed to have already been found, and most of them ransacked. Tutankhamun's tomb provided an extraordinary view of the elaborate burial rites and preparations for Egyptian kings.

[clair.de.lune]

Had  lovely day yesterday, went back to the cemetery and the genealogy centre, found old school records and hospital records, had a great find of an elusive ancestor and even had her mothers name written on the hospital record!

Also from those hospital records found another two children. I think there's still more graves at the cemetery but no headstones and all the cemetery records are in such a mess 😞

I know the row number and grave number, just not quite sure it's my people.

Aslo a bush fire went through there, on cleaning up they knocked the Chinese headstones down and wouldn't bother putting them back up 😞

I'm not Chinese lol, just saying

[2chappies]

That's sad Clair, doesn't matter who they are. 😞  Which cemetery is it?

[flashie*]

Opinions please.

My great great grandfather was married before he was sent out here as a convict.

But after a number of years he remarried here.

His first wife (back in his native land) also remarried.....and had no more children.

My line comes through his second wife.

So my question is...............in my tree how much information do you think I should include of my Great great grandfathers first wife's second husband.

I am tempted to do his brothers and sisters and their families to see if there is a connection between the families............as they came from a village that had a population of about 200.

[flashie*]

Born on this day

Tuesday, October 25, 1881. :   Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is born.

[2chappies]

Flashie, I have a similar situation in a branch of my family. I included the 'other' family just to show there is a connection but only went back to the parents of the first spouse and included the children but I would possibly add the siblings of the first one.  Hadn't thought about that.

[green.fields]

I'd be inclined to do a separate tree and see how you go from there, depending on what program you use  (if any) you can always merge them.