tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post3371050087200349036..comments2024-03-27T08:47:53.648-07:00Comments on Nutfield Genealogy: … Read how a family history fib spread in 1889, and is still spreading today! Heather Wilkinson Rojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-37203395650503113792015-01-30T19:36:46.056-08:002015-01-30T19:36:46.056-08:00Heather, I can understand how apocryphal material ...Heather, I can understand how apocryphal material like this becomes so popular! It presents a story people would love to hear--never mind that it wasn't true!<br /><br />I've run across the same thing in my own family research (although admittedly regarding a historic figure nowhere near as noteworthy as George Washington). My family includes the Booth(e) surname--and wouldn't you know it, there is a family history "fib" entwined in that line as well: that the infamous John Wilkes Booth escaped alive and fled to the family property in Texas. I remember my grandfather telling me that, as straight faced as possible. I was so surprised, after the advent of computers and the Internet, to find <i>very</i> distant cousins who reported hearing that same story from their own relatives. Whoever started that rumor certainly struck a chord with a whole bunch of people who wanted to believe it!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-43233380998739196992015-01-30T11:50:50.018-08:002015-01-30T11:50:50.018-08:00Heather,
I want to let you know that your blog po...Heather,<br /><br />I want to let you know that your blog post is listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2015/01/follow-friday-fab-finds-for-january-30.html<br /><br />Have a great weekend!Jana Iverson Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.com