Re: Society Of Genealogists (London)

wjhonson@xxxxxxx wrote:
renia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Unlike American family historians, the last thing British family
historians expect to find, is royal or aristocratic ancestors, so they
don't go looking for them.

I do not think it's quite fair to imply that American family historians go looking for royal or aristocratic ancestors. This particular mailing list is more geared-to-that simply because there is much more known about royal and aristocratic lines, than any other, in the medieval period.


Fair enough. My main experience of American genealogists is from this medieval genealogy newsgroup where there is more about immigrant (to US) and royal ancestors than there is about medieval ancestors.



Come on, you jumped off the turnip truck more years ago than you care
to admit.
renia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
What does this mean?

The turnip truck is where all the country bumpkins ride. He is implying you're a hick, a rube, a dirt-farmer.

A common person or trailor trash? Why would he say that?
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