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To: E who wrote (51265)	5/26/2000 2:18:00 AM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Wow. And I don't know if there is a maxim that sometimes the truth is more interesting, but..... There are the beginning of a thousand stories there. It's beautiful. Also sort of a theme of some sort of risk or bravery or complicity in the common-cy of names changed. Good people having to deny their identity for their future and offspring; people seeing the necessity of conforming to Our Culture ~ and others escaping. Pioneers and cheaters. Immigrants. That's the kind of narrative that makes me want more. Maybe partly because it has the ring of truth in there. And a scent to follow. A real one.My father has finally started telling me stuff. Jeez. It's the coolest. Never would imagine. That was a good thing to put on here. You should tell us more stories, Grammammaw. Spouse, in bed, just came all the way down here to tell me a story one of her girls wrote today. Iffn someone reminds me, we'll see if it's original; cuz it surely is funny.

To: E who wrote (51265)	5/26/2000 8:14:00 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Speaking of names, I got a whole new insight into names, and how... well, sort of fictional they probably are, mostly, after my sister in law, the wife of one of N's brothers, got interested in genealogy and scrutinized my hubby's family tree. My mother and I have been (very gradually) researching our family's history/genealogy for a few years. We've come across a number of name changes and other pieces of information that complicate the "trail". In our case, most of the "name evolution" occurred in a branch of the family which was part of a German community in early Upper Canada. Just recently, I spent a day sifting through a large number of parish records for an area of the province where all of these families resided in the early 1800s. Very interesting to see how names evolved from their early forms, generation by generation, until they are barely distinguishable in the common forms by which I know them now. This form of "evolution" often occurs gradually, over the span of a century, but is reflected in the each baptism, marriage, and death that is noted in the church records. The census records for that region also reflect these changes when you study them decade by decade. Also interesting are the stories behind why a family member, or a branch of the family changed the spelling of its name, became part of a different parish, moved away, or whatever.... It seems that nothing is straightforward... also plenty of red herrings and dead ends scattered along most genealogical trails. BTW, one part of the genealogical research that is turning out to be of a lot of personal interest to me is the number of ties to "the water" that exist in both of my parents' families... There have been many, many mariners over the past 200 years or so... My dad's father's family were all sea-faring people out of Scotland and the Isle of Man where they had fleets in the herring fisheries. His mother's family were mariners based in Liverpool, whosailed around much of the world throughout the 19th and early 20th century. Meanwhile, a part of my mother's family was involved in the early fur trade in Canada and would have spent much of their lives traveling across the country by canoe. In this century, many of her immediate family worked as hunting and fishing guides then signed up to serve in the navy in WWII. I find all of this intriguing because of my own love of water, ships, canoes, or anything to do with the ocean... For me, water has always been like a magnet that I can barely resist... Being out on a ship in the ocean, or in a canoe exploring a new section of river is almost the most euphoric experience that I can imagine... there is nothing that can rival it. When I was a teenager, I spent many of my summers exploring a large river up in this area with a small wooden dory-boat which my parents bought for me. Years later, I was fascinated to hear my grandfather speak of his teenage adventures exploring the waters around the Isle of Man in the small skiff which his parents had given to him... Makes me think that there's something to that old saying, "The sea is in my blood"... (-:

To: E who wrote (51265)	5/26/2000 11:45:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Oh, this is marvelous, E! My father's family surname was German, not exactly a popular or healthy one to have in this country at the start of World War I; the family Anglicized it. It was only after the second World War that they felt comfortable in returning to the German version. However, my father was a child at the time of the first name change. It was his name, so he kept it. When people ask me if I am related to so-and-so, I can always say without hesitation, "No."