Comments on: The Great, Great, Great, Grand Adventure: Nauvoo – Story of Kathy’s Ancestry

By: Richard Leland

Richard Leland — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:10:48 +0000

It’s a small world, when I saw Nauvoo in your itinerary read furthur, it turns out I have a 5th cousin one time removed, Mildred Mangum, who married William Afton Jolley. She comes through Rebecca Brown, 1784-1846 and who is buried in Mt. Pisgah, IA. Rebecca’s uncle Mathew Brown is my 4th Great Grandfather.
An interesting note, in my paternal Huguenot line I have Judith Jolly, b. c1635 in France who is my 7th Great Grandmother, and my 5th Great grandaunt married a Capt. Paul Mangin. I have been at this quest long enough not to let a simple letter i, stop my search.
Good luck on your trip.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:20:33 +0000

I convinced my best friend to start researching her own family history and we were both a bit shocked to learn that one of my ancestors and one of hers had come over from France on the same ship in the year 1700. Three hundred years later we met and became friends!

By: Trevor Thacker

Trevor Thacker — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:06:55 +0000

Barb, So far, there have been 4 blog entries about the Brown family. The following page has all of the updates concerning their trip: http://www.ancestry.com/adventure

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:40:19 +0000

I’m wondering if there have been two blogs so far, or have I missed some. I have one posted on Nov. 13 and another on Nov. 21. I don’t want to miss any of this exciting trip.

Thank you.

By: Reta

Reta — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:41:15 +0000

I saw this story on KSL.com and thought how envious I was (although I would rather go without the 5 small children) This is the first post of yours I have read, and I was astounded. I am also related to Nahum Curtis…he is my great-great grandfather. His daughter married a man whose last name is Page…maybe he also lived on Page street. They later settled in Payson, UT Would love to learn more about that family. Good luck.

By: Diana Ewell

Diana Ewell — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:49:00 +0000

I have been following your story and discovered that we are related through Rueben Manning Jolley. If you would like to read some of the information my family has on his line here is a link to a blog I created for my genealogy class. (http://rubenmanningjolley.blogspot.com) I hope it might give you some new information that you did not know before.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:55:43 +0000

I notice this comment is posted by Nick Cifuentes. How does this person fit into the Brown family? When a personal pronoun is used, such as “I” did this or that, I want to know who is speaking. I’m confused over who Nick is.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:54:46 +0000

I’ve always wanted to do something similar, so I can’t wait to see how it goes for you.

Just a suggestion, but you should also add a Facebook page. The way the Timeline is set up, it would be a great way to document it.

Do you have a public family tree on Ancestry? It would be neat to see if you have any distant cousins reading your story.

By: Karen L. Browning

Karen L. Browning — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:15:42 +0000

My great great grandfather is Rueben Manning Jolley through the William Jackson Jolley family. Where do you fit in?