Trip to Germany

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:19:00 +0200, Martin wrote:

You should have written first. I'm sure you would have been treated as honoured
guests. I was with somebody in Germany once, who tracked down a long lost
relative. I couldn't believe how nice the family were to us.
--

Ditto - and the on-line directory being on-line, you can look these up
before you get there! Did the same thing in Croatia several years
back - were treated wonderfully by distant cousins, but we had written
back and forth and made arrangements for a specific day and time to
meet. Unfortunately, one of them, my grandfather's niece, died
several days before we arrived, but we did meet other family members.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:55:21 GMT, (Carole Allen)
wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:35:14 -0400, Fishkill Bill
wrote:
We really did like the Neuschwanstein castle. We have an annual pass
to Disney World. We went there almost every day this past January,
February and into March. They do look a lot alike.


You fly down from the NE US regularly? Cathy said you guys lived in
the NE - NY, NJ? That's real dedication to M. Mouse and cohorts.

We live in New York. We spend the winter in Florida, in our motorhome.

Cathy

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:59:49 GMT, (Carole Allen)
wrote:



On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:59:28 +0200, Martin wrote:
Are you going to show us your holiday photos?

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:17:04 -0400, Cathy L
wrote:
Why do you want to see our vacation photos? Have you run out of people
to make fun of?

But last year you said you were going to post some, but there were
sooo many and it was taking a long time to sort them out...so either
they were very blurry due to the bus movement, or it turned out to be
too much work to scan in all those postcards you bought via
mail-order.

Carole,

Why would we have bought postcards, mail-order?

We currently have over 2,000 pictures of last years trip, and almost
that many from the Germany trip. They are currently on line for our
friends to enjoy.

Sorry, but I don't think you qualify.

Cathy

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:14:13 GMT, (Carole Allen)
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:27:56 -0400, Cathy L
wrote:
We talked to five men that were guests there. Four were from Ohio
and one
from Switzerland. They were doing extensive genealogy research. They
showed us over a hundred pages of family tree information. They
offered us their appointment at the courthouse in Bamberg for the next
day. They weren't going to use it.

I hope you realize all those records at the courthouse wouldn't have
been in English? Amateur genealogists, gotta love 'em - haven't a
clue how to properly research or document, or interpret the validity
of sources.

The men showed us a document that they had obtained from one of the
genealogy companies. It was about ten pages of Latin that was used in
the German church records. They showed us how a lot of the records had
the same pattern of phrases too.

Cathy

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:37:01 -0500, "Pat" wrote:



Lord knows Cathy posts enough stuff that make me cringe as to her ignorance
without saying she's arrogant, etc.

And Cathy, while you're at it, do some research into that Greek dance and
find out why the men wear those costumes. Educate yourself.

Pat in TX

I really don't understand why you wouldn't block my posts. If what I
say makes you "cringe with my ignorance".

Sorry, but watching men dancing, holding hands and wearing toutous
makes me snicker.

As they say, Pat, you really need to "get a life".

Cathy

Cathy L wrote:

Sorry, but watching men dancing, holding hands and wearing toutous
makes me snicker.

People who travel with such an attitude are wasting their time and
their money.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED
My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/

Lord knows Cathy posts enough stuff that make me cringe as to her
ignorance
without saying she's arrogant, etc.

And Cathy, while you're at it, do some research into that Greek dance and
find out why the men wear those costumes. Educate yourself.

Pat in TX

I really don't understand why you wouldn't block my posts. If what I
say makes you "cringe with my ignorance".

What you write makes me cringe because you are fulfilling the preconceived
ideas of Europeans that Americans who travel abroad as ignorant and
arrogant. I take it back, though, you, personally, ARE arrogant. People,
please do not believe the majority of Americans are like Cathy L. She has
that peculiar New York belief that it is the center of the earth. Keep that
in mind when you read her uneducated and simplistic posts. She is not
anywhere near being a representative of the American public.


Sorry, but watching men dancing, holding hands and wearing toutous
makes me snicker.

This only shows the extent of your backwardness, Cathy. You are extremely
uneducated and probably shouldn't be allowed out of your house without a
manners guide. You are giving offense to a proud people who have not done
anything to deserve such rude comments. And, you probably do not know to
which proud people I am referring.


As they say, Pat, you really need to "get a life".

Cathy

I cannot take your advice, as I consider the source. First, you need to grow
up before you start giving advice.

Pat in TX

In article ,
(Carole Allen) wrote:

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:27:56 -0400, Cathy L
wrote:
We talked to five men that were guests there. Four were from Ohio
and one
from Switzerland. They were doing extensive genealogy research. They
showed us over a hundred pages of family tree information. They
offered us their appointment at the courthouse in Bamberg for the next
day. They weren't going to use it.

I hope you realize all those records at the courthouse wouldn't have
been in English? Amateur genealogists, gotta love 'em - haven't a
clue how to properly research or document, or interpret the validity
of sources.

My youngest sister was trying to trace a branch in Germany via mail(some
years ago). She had a secret weapon, though: I translated her letters
and the replies she got. For doing live research I would think you'd
need fluency in the written form of the language at least, or a
companion who did. And have you looked at German handwriting a few
generations back? Have fun.

--
Mary, biblioholic

bib-li-o-hol-ism : the habitual longing to purchase, read, store,
admire, and consume books in excess.

http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

Carole Allen wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:35:14 -0400, Fishkill Bill
wrote:

We really did like the Neuschwanstein castle. We have an annual pass
to Disney World. We went there almost every day this past January,
February and into March. They do look a lot alike.



You fly down from the NE US regularly? Cathy said you guys lived in
the NE - NY, NJ? That's real dedication to M. Mouse and cohorts.

I hope they have children! Being a fantasy/science fiction
fan, I really enjoyed Disneyland when it first opened, also
an occasional visit thereafter, but I can't IMAGINE spending
and entire vacation there! (Much less visiting it more than
once a year, at most.)

Carole Allen wrote:

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:27:56 -0400, Cathy L
wrote:
We talked to five men that were guests there. Four were from Ohio
and one
from Switzerland. They were doing extensive genealogy research. They

showed us over a hundred pages of family tree information. They
offered us their appointment at the courthouse in Bamberg for the next
day. They weren't going to use it.


I hope you realize all those records at the courthouse wouldn't have
been in English? Amateur genealogists, gotta love 'em - haven't a
clue how to properly research or document, or interpret the validity
of sources.

Someone told me the Mormons have an extensive facility for
researching one's geneaology. (Apparently they believe you
can pray your ancestors into heaven, too - if you know who
they were.) I've never cared enough to bother, but I think
the services are available to anyone, although I've no idea
how much is involved in fees. (I'm sure they don't do it
for nothing.)

My paternal grandmother used to boast that one of her
ancestors "helped carry Queen Louise of Prussia to her
grave". With visions of nobility in her ancestry, she
inquired of the proper sources in Germany (prior to WW2).
However, she lost interest when she discovered that, in
those days, they used professional pallbearers! (I thought
that was more interesting than just counting a "von" among
my distant relatives, but she obviously didn't agree - she
didn't like to think we came from simple peasant stock.)