Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Be A Time Traveler

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 

1)  We all wish that we knew more about our most elusive ancestors - the ones we might not know the surname for, or the one who was probably adopted, changed his name for some reason, or lived through war or a natural disaster.

2)  Be a time traveler - where would you go, who would you speak with, what would you ask them?  

2)  Share your time traveler adventure on your own blog, on Facebook or other social media, or in a Comment on this blog.  Share the link to your stories on this blog, so readers can respond.

Here's mine:

There are so many dead ends in my research, and many of them are in the 1500 to 1700 time frame.  

My time travel location is Hilperton, Wiltshire where my 3rd great-grandfather John  Richman was born in 1789, where he married Ann Marshman in 1811, had 8 children, worked as a weaver, a coal hauler, and a butcher, and lived until 1867.  

I would go to Hilperton in about 1805, when John Richman's parents (I think they are John and Mary (Parsons) Richman), and Ann Marshman's (she married John Richman in 1811) parents (I think they are John and Ann (Angel) Marshman). and Rebecca Hill's parents (I think they are John and Ann (Warren) Hill) are still alive. If I'm lucky, I may be able to find John Rich's (he married Rebecca Hill in 1815) parents (I think they are William Betty (Noad) Rich) in nearby Trowbridge.  

The questions I would ask (after administering truth serum to) each parent of the young people are:

*  Who are your parents?

*  When and where were you born?

*  When and where were you baptized?

*  What are the names of your paternal grandparents, and where were they married?

*  What are the names of your maternal grandparents, and where were they married?

*  Do you know your great-grandparents names?

*  When and where were you married?

*  What are the names and ages of your siblings?

*  What are the names and ages of your children?

*  What is your occupation?  Please describe your work.

*  What is the most fun thing you do?

*  What is the hardest thing you do?

*  Who are your heroes?

*  How far have you traveled?

The questions I would ask of the young people (all four born around 1790, so about age 14-15) are:

*  How much schooling have you had?

*  Can you read and write and do arithmetic?

*  What jobs or chores do you have around the house and town?

*  What occupation do you wish to pursue?

*  What is the most fun thing you do?

*  What is the hardest thing you do?

*  Who are your heroes?

*  How far have you traveled?

I wish!!!  It would help me "cement" the identities of the parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and siblings and children of them in my family tree.

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