tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post5346210377707693685..comments2023-12-19T16:04:33.937-05:00Comments on Threading needles in a haystack: the genealogy journey: A new year, a new project & a call for help! :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16234091189020223166noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post-46997522932056916452013-01-23T12:31:19.161-05:002013-01-23T12:31:19.161-05:00Hi Susan! Thanks for visiting! It appears we are c...Hi Susan! Thanks for visiting! It appears we are cousins - I believe Loren Raynor Skidmore's mother, Amelia, and my great-great grandfather, Joseph James Raynor, were first cousins, which would make us fourth cousins once removed! I do most of my research on my direct lines, but I have started adding branches in the hopes of connecting with cousins like you! How is your info posting going? You seem to have a lot of photos, which is wonderful! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234091189020223166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post-67253917848058145612013-01-19T13:50:15.169-05:002013-01-19T13:50:15.169-05:00Just back from vacation (somewhere warm : ) I now ...Just back from vacation (somewhere warm : ) I now have time to resume my 'relative research' and see that someone ! has copied my grandfather's photo to their family tree. Following the trail I've discovered your blog... and wonder, perhaps we are cousins? How are you related to Loren Raynor Skidmore? <br /> I am quite new at posting information on my ancestry tree. I have boxes of information gathered and saved by my mother that needed organizing before my children got it.<br /> Will be reading more of your blog entries. And good luck with the new baby... it was my first grandchild that got me going on the organizing : )<br /> Hoping to hear from you before the baby arrives. Susan SkiSusie Shamrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322610474975027199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post-55740013199891794582013-01-11T10:40:16.612-05:002013-01-11T10:40:16.612-05:00Thanks, Heather!Thanks, Heather!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234091189020223166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post-55329298781670568592013-01-10T13:09:31.982-05:002013-01-10T13:09:31.982-05:00I've nominated you for the Liebster Award! For...I've nominated you for the Liebster Award! For more information, check out my blog link: http://leavesfortrees.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-liester-award.htmlHeather Kuhn Roelkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247311735034470203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post-42436149333310894652013-01-02T12:24:47.545-05:002013-01-02T12:24:47.545-05:00Thanks, Cousin April! I know you're the presid...Thanks, Cousin April! I know you're the president of the Cousins Club, lol, so I knew you would appreciate this! I will let you know if I find out anything on the Raynor end of things!! <br /><br />(For anyone who doesn't know, April and I are sixth cousins - well, technically sixth cousins once removed. Our common ancestors are from the 1700s but she's been INVALUABLE in my family research! Doesn't matter how far back the connection is - if someone is a cousin, they can help!) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234091189020223166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608280292860999393.post-73685410389314494582013-01-02T12:15:37.665-05:002013-01-02T12:15:37.665-05:00Oh DNA does not lie. If they say you have a cousin...Oh DNA does not lie. If they say you have a cousin it is not a "cousin" it IS a cousin. How you connect is another story to piece together. Cousins always have the answers. There is some cousin out the who knows exactly who Jacob's poppa was just for the very reason you cite - - I have all the family history, not my sister which means it is more likely that my kids (Hahahahaha) would inherit that info rather than my sister's descendents. Great post, Cousin Mary, Great project!!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07391173177253541435noreply@blogger.com