Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
1) Let's play the game "Two Truths - One Lie." Tell three family stories - two must be true, and one must be a lie - an untruth.
2) Have your readers guess which story was the lie, and their reasons for picking that story.
3) Share your three stories 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.
4) After all Comments are in, share the Lie in a Comment on your post.
2) Have your readers guess which story was the lie, and their reasons for picking that story.
3) Share your three stories 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.
4) After all Comments are in, share the Lie in a Comment on your post.
Here's mine:
1) My 2nd great-grandmother, Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901) died after a tornado on her farm in Washington County, Iowa.
2) My 2nd great-grandfather James Richman (1821-1912) migrated in 1855 from Wiltshire to New York City because he was embarrassed to be accused of stealing coal on the canal near Hilperton, Wiltshire.
3) My 5th great-grandfather, Norman Seaver (1734-1787) died after falling off the roof of the church in Westminster, Massachusetts.
Which story is the lie? Why do you think that story is the lie?
UPDATE 14 April 2025: #1 is the lie - the tornado happened in 1873 in Iowa, and Rebecca died in 1901. Janice knows my family too well, I think - perhaps because I wrote an AI post about the incident just a week ago.
#2 is true - the church record said "because his reputation was besmirched..." but I think he was planning on coming to America anyway. He came and his wife and children came a year later.
#3 is true according to the Westminster, Mass. town history.
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9 comments:
Here's mine: http://www.ancestraldiscoveries.com/2025/04/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-two-truths.html
Randy, I'm going to say your fib is #2 for 2 reasons. First, stealing in the 1850s isn't something that most people would admit to as a reason for migration and, second, the old teacher's rule that lacking clue words like always, never, sometimes, etc., the longest statement is often false.
As for the question of which of your three statements is the lie, I'm going to guess #1, because she didn't die in Iowa.
Here are mine: https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2025/04/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-341/
I'll guess #2. I could see him fleeing to another county, or to Wales or Scotland, but across the Atlantic for a little embarrassment? My great-great grandfather fled in embarrassment from Indiana to Wisconsin, not to Ireland.
Here's my truths & lie: https://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/randy-seavers-saturday-night-genealogy_14.html
good logic, but wrong.
What do you think, Randy, is it time for all of us to do the big reveal?
Two Truths and one Lie: my answer in an update: https://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/randy-seavers-saturday-night-genealogy_14.html
Hey, Randy, you said in the instructions at the beginning to post the answer in a comment, but it looks like I'm the only one who did it that way! http://www.ancestraldiscoveries.com/2025/04/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-two-truths.html
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