how old is your link to Accrington

[garinda]

Direct ancestoral links in Lancashire, mainly south of here, from 1066.

When we came over to civilise you.

[churchfcrules]

yeah but what is the oldest "physical" ancestral link in the town, i

[garinda]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

puzzled!!

Sorry, have ancestors as living in Accrington in the 1500's.

Earlier than that those lines sort of peter out.

[Less]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

undoubtably, take the chance that is, once again, i have to contend with people whose only argument for what they post is reverting to swearing, and pretending to be the school master, "could do better",

what is the basis that i , as you put it, am talking "bollox", you dont explain you just say your giving me a chance and that you would normally attack me, attack me?

for what, having an opinion? for posting facts? for correcting someone whose was in fact correcting me, and going "off thread", if u look i am not a new member, been a member for ages, just because i am new to posting, doesnt mean i am new to the forum.

Oh dear, has someone actually sworn at you?
I know it wasn't me, well maybe, bollox is trying to get around the swear checker, meanwhile...

What on Earth are you fussing about?

We've upset better people than you!

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by garinda

Sorry, have ancestors as living in Accrington in the 1500's.

Earlier than that those lines sort of peter out.

are they on gravestones in the area? if so whats the oldest?

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by Less

Oh dear, has someone actually sworn at you?
I know it wasn't me, well maybe, bollox is trying to get around the swear checker, meanwhile...

What on Earth are you fussing about?

We've upset better people than you!

are you still waffling on with no substance, are you going to actually say something
a i aint fussing
b you couldnt upset me, you could annoy me, but upset me ..........no.

[Less]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

are they on gravestones in the area? if so whats the oldest?

What on Earth are you after?

Are you going to say you have Norman Ancestry?

Or you are an illegitimate child of Charles and his Mother?

Well if so I can tell you I'm from a long line of survivor's and we survive because folk like you mean nothing, zitch, a little bit less, in fact, an infinitey less than how important that you consider yourself, but don't let a mere mortal stop you from spitting that massive dummy all over the site, (I come on at about 3.30 to clean flegm off everyone's screen, I'm here to serve).

[garinda]

It does blow your mind, the number of direct anscestors we all have.

Someone once posted on here that all their anscestors were pure Lancastrian.

Until I pointed out that most geneologists work on the assumption that we have four generations a century, and as the number of anscestors double each generations, if we go back a thousand years, her great, great, great etc. grandparents very nearly out numbered the then population of England, never mind Lancashire.

I'm proud to be a direct descendent of the Henry I and the Plantagenets, but they're one of thousands. I'm equally proud to be descended from the thousands of many x great-grandparents, who quietly toiled away, and who the history books don't tell us much about at all.

[churchfcrules]

what am i after?
a discussion, if you would have read the initial post, the start of the thread, the one that you have jumped all over, you would see my earliest "claim" was a reletives name onthe cenotaph, i would look rather silly after everyone has posted, and then said well actually in a de lacey and you all belong to me!

it was the start of a thread to see how far back others have "solid links" to accrington, i say someone was discussing the graves in st james, but i didnt want to spoil that thread with a thread wander, so i started a new one

to attempt to have a grown up conversation, with grown up words

i take it this is your attack that you promised me, or upsetting me, think again

as for the one with the "ego", i havent said anything to imply i believe i am above others, you on the other hand obviously do have a complex of some kind, you now have the delusion that your here to clean up, clean up what? what about my post disgust you so much

because once again, them fingers of yours arent saying right much, are they now?

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by garinda

It does blow your mind, the number of direct anscestors we all have.

Someone once posted on here that all their anscestors were pure Lancastrian.

Until I pointed out that most geneologists work on the assumption that we have four generations a century, and as the number of anscestors double each generations, if we go back a thousand years, her great, great, great etc. grandparents very nearly out numbered the then population of England, never mind Lancashire.

I'm proud to be a direct descendent of the Henry I and the Plantagents, but they're one of thousands. I'm equally proud to be descended from the thousands of many x great-grandparents, who quietly toiled away, and who the history books don't tell us much about at all.

plantagents, that hous of york isnt it

[garinda]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

are they on gravestones in the area? if so whats the oldest?

What's your's?

Frankly those family members living in Accy were a bit dull.

I don't take after that side.

Perhaps we're related, and you do?

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by garinda

What's your's?

Frankly those family members living in Accy were a bit dull.

I don't take after that side.

Perhaps we're related, and you do?

touche

see now a bit of wit, i like

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by garinda

Lose the Accrington ones in the mists of time, before 1500.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

puzzled!!

Garinda's sense of humour , like his ties with the area are as old as, if not older than the Pennines!

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

are they on gravestones in the area? if so whats the oldest?

Theres only a few places left that still have gravestones on their original sites, Accrington Cemetery circa 1860's, Dill Hall Lane, St Barthomomews Gt Harwood, St James Altham, St James's Church Kirk. Oak St, Macpelah, & the Wesley Chapels have gone, some of the stones from Macpelah are in the graveyard up New Lane. Some of the oldest grave stones are in Church Kirk & Altham. As for 4 generations per 100 years, my grandfather was born in 1852 in Baxenden, thats 160 years ago. His mother was born in 1822, she is buried in Accrington cemetery, lots of people back in those days couldn't afford a stone.

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

Theres only a few places left that still have gravestones on their original sites, Accrington Cemetery circa 1860's, Dill Hall Lane, St Barthomomews Gt Harwood, St James Altham, St James's Church Kirk. Oak St, Macpelah, & the Wesley Chapels have gone, some of the stones from Macpelah are in the graveyard up New Lane. Some of the oldest grave stones are in Church Kirk & Altham. As for 4 generations per 100 years, my grandfather was born in 1852 in Baxenden, thats 160 years ago.

i remember the one at end of hyndburn road, now that place could put the willies up ya!, remember as a lad daring mates to cut through, over the old rusty iron railings, and the long ago mawn grass, through all of the cracked stones, pitch dark