Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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

When we came over to civilise you.

:D

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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

Earlier than that those lines sort of peter out.

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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!

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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.

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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).

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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.

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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?

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

plantagents, that hous of york isnt it

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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?

:rolleyes:

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

touche

see now a bit of wit, i like

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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.

Re: how old is your link to Accrington
 

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