tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post2607648099230556538..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: I Learned Something New From Who Do You Think You Are? Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-50716426889662998362013-09-20T08:48:18.322-04:002013-09-20T08:48:18.322-04:00My mother's family is from GA and she always t...My mother's family is from GA and she always thought that the family probably came over with Oglethorpe and the debtors. It turns out the family was not a debtor family. Angienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-21491735685235608192013-09-09T14:05:28.763-04:002013-09-09T14:05:28.763-04:00Anonymous - since there is barely enough Canadian ...Anonymous - since there is barely enough Canadian history taught in our Canadian schools, I'd be reluctant to wish for American history to be added to the curriculum!<br /><br />As it is, there is a fairly large segment of American history already taught in our schools. we couldn't possibly teach it in depth (and why would we want to!!) without giving up our own Canadian identity and Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-58424853574193719752013-09-09T12:29:10.294-04:002013-09-09T12:29:10.294-04:00I wish American history was taught in public schoo...I wish American history was taught in public schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-72459780845599981302013-09-08T18:03:43.213-04:002013-09-08T18:03:43.213-04:00This is the first time I heard Georgia was a priso...This is the first time I heard Georgia was a prisoner colony but then I live in Idaho.<br />My husband maybe has ancestors from Georgia. Have to do some serious searching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-19092637084231647972013-09-08T13:28:50.647-04:002013-09-08T13:28:50.647-04:00Thanks for the information! I also enjoy tracing ...Thanks for the information! I also enjoy tracing the immigration patterns<br />of my ancestors.<br />Roylene F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02569640646871177460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-67154195188520212912013-09-08T10:03:54.342-04:002013-09-08T10:03:54.342-04:00Many of the Irish who refused to give up their lan...Many of the Irish who refused to give up their land to the British were sold as selves in the colonies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-82202425628571558552013-09-05T15:49:22.184-04:002013-09-05T15:49:22.184-04:00Georgia was originally set up as a prisoner colony...Georgia was originally set up as a prisoner colony - if I remember my High School American History - 50 years ago!! I fell asleep after the first 10 minutes or so, so I was disappointed not to see what she found. She made the comment of probably having no royalty in her line. I was curious to find out if she was wrong. Maybe she was barking up the wrong tree line! :-)penguinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01874444050323045671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-60521809668668455032013-09-04T18:47:18.412-04:002013-09-04T18:47:18.412-04:00I have an ancestor whom was a Scots Prisoner of W...I have an ancestor whom was a Scots Prisoner of War from the Battle of Dunbar, he was sent/sold to the colonies in 1650 aboard the Unity. One of his descendants, eventually married into the Van Slyke. Very interesting stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-4887280275221638782013-09-04T17:21:18.262-04:002013-09-04T17:21:18.262-04:00One of the reasons Australia was settled by the En...One of the reasons Australia was settled by the English was to have a place to send convicts after the US stopped accepting them.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230436754902585388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-17928173809384444312013-09-04T13:10:51.434-04:002013-09-04T13:10:51.434-04:00I don't have any convict ancestors (at least, ...I don't have any convict ancestors (at least, I haven't found any), Lorine, but the part that really surprised me, was learning that English convicts were sold at auction after they arrived in colonial America. You'd think their transportation sentence and years of hard labor would be enough of a punishment.Yvonne Demoskoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337822921875324881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-35764881541819214712013-09-04T12:00:51.687-04:002013-09-04T12:00:51.687-04:00The beginning of the film "Captain Blood"...The beginning of the film "Captain Blood" starts with Errol Flynn being transported to America. He's auctioned to the highest bidder, who just happens to be Olivia deHavilland! Great movie!Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-5119117538130404902013-09-04T11:37:16.814-04:002013-09-04T11:37:16.814-04:00Some of my ancestors were the Bullocks/Bullochs wh...Some of my ancestors were the Bullocks/Bullochs who helped found the state of Georgia but I always joke that my ancestors came to Georgia "on the second boat" since the first boat was debtors and criminals. They teach (or used to teach) a year of Georgia History in public school and that's where I learned it. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177522637630437113noreply@blogger.com