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Ghost Speak

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I’ve spent the past month researching my families history.  I have really concentrated my efforts on my father’s mothers side this past week.  The things I discovered have just about blown my mind. 

I’ve been using Ancestry.com, along with archives at the library and my grandmother’s memory.  It’s quite easy to pull up info, if you have proper name spellings and dates correct. 

Today, I ventured out to the cemetery for that side of the family.  I jotted down names and dates.  And, I paid my respects to the departed. 

When I got home this afternoon and started inputting the data, I was truly amazed at what I found.  I had enough info to go back nine generations on my grandmother’s side.  My cousin in Baltimore had went way back.  But, several other people spread out in the massive family tree had done research as well.  Their info popped up along with my cousins. 

I triple checked the dates and names to make sure everything was accurate.  It was!  I merged it with my information.  Just this wee part of my family tree goes back to 1294 AD.  A fellow by the name of John Reve from Kent, England. 

I’m related to a hell of a lot of people!  It all goes back to my 2nd great-grandmother, Sarah Jane McCoy.  Her family tree is littered with US presidents and authors.  My 14th great-grandfather was Christopher Martin.  He came over on the Mayflower.  I had heard this before, but I now have proof!

 

And, oh yes ( I mean no!!!), George W. is my 8th Cousin 3 times removed!  Cringe!   Ah well, I guess I’m allowed a few drinks on the ranch since we’re related.   :)

Pet Peeve

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This afternoon I took my daily walk, as I always do.  After a few times around the block, I discovered a older gentleman going door to door with pamphlets.  I watched as he knocked on the doors and either handed the flyer to a neighbour or left it inside the door. 

He encountered me whilst coming back towards the road.  He slowly made his way to me, while wiping the sweat off his brow. 

“Hello, may I hand you a pamphlet?”  He cheerfully asked, as I greeted him and shook his hand.

“What is this about, sir?”  I asked whilst trying to scan the bleached out paper in the mid day sun.

“We’re trying to get the real facts out about what President Bush and John McCain have accomplished while in office”, he answered, as he smiled and continued forward.

“Ah, may I ask if you work for the McCain campaign?”

He stopped in his tracks, turned around, and replied, “No, I volunteer with a local Baptist association”.

“Well, thank you, sir…Try to stay cool in this heat…”, I responded whilst making my way towards the house.

I came in the house and laid the paper down on the desk.  I got busy doing chores and didn’t get around to reading it until about three hours ago. 

It gave legitimate facts about Bush, but what got me was the wording.  It used the words (if you want to call them that) Ya, Y’all, Darn, and Dang throughout it. 

It’s as if whoever wrote it was cogitating, “Welp, them Southerners will never understand real statistics or logical wording, so I’ll just dumb it down for them”.

Southern Americans inside the United States have the stigma of being stupid and  uncivilised.  Unfortunately due to circumstances that I could write a thousand words about, a large portion of Southern people are illiterate.  That does not mean that we are all eejits!  I rail against such notions.

I’m not mad at the man that handed me the flyer, for he was just trying to do his part for the community.  He has a right to his views as do I to mine. 

It is insulting to me and every other civilised Southern American.  Give me facts.  Give me the hard core statistics.  I’d much rather spend an hour going through a well formed report, than I had getting red faced over a thirty second scribble!

There’s one more wee thing that is bugging me.  What is a religious organisation doing dabbling in politics? 

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P.S.:  I let my Uncle look it over.  As soon as I get it back, I’ll put it in this post.  :)