Genealogy

So, the past couple of weeks I've been in contact with some distant cousins. Some of them very distant, genetically and geographically. I actually have family living in upstate New York. Not sure how I feel about that...

Anyway, with the closest relative of the lot I've been sharing some pictures and stories about the Stanleys' big move from North Carolina to Georgia. She has in turn sent me some pictures from North Carolina. This is the first time I've seen the area where the Stanleys lived in NC. I have yet to visit there myself, but I hope to one day.

With the more distant cousins I have found a big mistake in what we believed about our family history. Turns out the person I thought was my g-g-g-g-g grandfather was actually the step-brother of my g-g-g-g grandfather. I'm glad to clear things up, but disappointed that the stories we had heard all these years are not entirely accurate.

At least some of the more recent (100-150 years ago) stories are accurate since people in NC who are not family even know these stories by heart. Some of these stories didn't even take place in NC, but the stories made their way there over 100 years ago and remain the same as the ones we tell in GA.

I'm looking forward to learning more about the gaps in my family history and hopefully visiting some of those areas of NC one day.