Been here all my life as were my parents before me and their parents before them. I think my Greatgrand parents on both sides migrated from Germany sometime in the late 1800s. My wife's story is the same. Pure D German ancestry as are our children.
My ancestors came from Germany and Ireland. The earliest in 1630. My wife is a member of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) and I am a member of the SAR (Sons of the American Revolution). Our families settled in Iowa. We came to Texas in 1981. We have 6 children, 13 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
I am friends with the Texas State SAR Registrar. Can you PM me with contact information?I was looking into joining the SAR before my wife got shot. I may have to look into again in the near future. I believe I have a few ancestors, according to my research that should qualify me, but I don’t know if I can get all the necessary documents.
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The oldest brother is the genealogy guru in our family.
He has been tracing family branches way back to the 1500’s and even further.
Several trips to Europe to dig through old records.
My grandmother told a family tale that “way back there we had a couple of Swiss ancestors.”
We all thought this was just old family lore and put no faith in it.
Sure as shootin’ the brother was doing research and discovered there were indeed two brothers that left Switzerland to fight in The Thirty Years War. They met some local frauleins and stayed after the war. They were our no fooling ancestors! LoL.