tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post3800709097247205660..comments2024-03-17T12:34:47.729-07:00Comments on Ancestral Discoveries: "Who Do You Think You Are?" - Ashley JuddJanice M. Sellershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-60233618806865037832023-02-24T20:24:15.136-08:002023-02-24T20:24:15.136-08:00More family members meeting on my blog! Super coo...More family members meeting on my blog! Super cool!Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-73708152588651097892023-02-24T16:06:00.408-08:002023-02-24T16:06:00.408-08:00Wanda, Cassady is the last name of a 1/2 nephew (C...Wanda, Cassady is the last name of a 1/2 nephew (Chauvin) on my paternal Mcmanaway side and Ashley Judd is on my maternal Copley side. Effie Copley married the Dalton and that is how they came to be a descendant to Brewster. From:Donna Mcmanaway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-82127268279385648652022-05-03T19:16:26.567-07:002022-05-03T19:16:26.567-07:00How fortunate to be able to see parts of your fami...How fortunate to be able to see parts of your family tree on television!Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-78596119890181079842022-05-03T17:56:31.857-07:002022-05-03T17:56:31.857-07:00I also proudly wear the Hensley name and my bloodl...I also proudly wear the Hensley name and my bloodline also runs deep through eastern Kentucky. What a privilege.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-61030337669069454322022-04-23T16:01:57.819-07:002022-04-23T16:01:57.819-07:00Family history sure can be interesting, can't ...Family history sure can be interesting, can't it?Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-1595674644230654812022-04-23T15:16:10.982-07:002022-04-23T15:16:10.982-07:00If my resources are correct, my mom's paternal...If my resources are correct, my mom's paternal line is directly traceable to a boy who arrived just before "the troubles" at Jamestown, Virginia. But nobody wants to brag on that since the survivors ate a fourteen year old girl.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820166431118732935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-68848454432235174302021-10-05T10:52:33.072-07:002021-10-05T10:52:33.072-07:00You are very welcome! I am glad you found it inte...You are very welcome! I am glad you found it interesting. And now you know about your famous relatives also.Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-63310757999785544462021-10-05T10:23:12.837-07:002021-10-05T10:23:12.837-07:00Thank you for the review of the episode, William B...Thank you for the review of the episode, William Brewster is a direct ancestor of mine, 12 generations removed. I am descended from his son, Jonathan, then his daughter Mary Brewster Turner. Had no idea about the Judd connection.quashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803642435592577915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-22596458487230513382020-12-16T15:20:26.505-08:002020-12-16T15:20:26.505-08:00Oh, if we had the time to pursue every line to its...Oh, if we had the time to pursue every line to its completion, wouldn't that be wonderful! I don't know how common of a name Hensley is, but since people often research famous individuals, maybe you can find a tree for Patsy Cline and see if it converges with Ashley Judd's and/or yours?Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-44896588949361572162020-12-16T15:14:38.518-08:002020-12-16T15:14:38.518-08:00I am of Hensley descent from England. Makes me won...I am of Hensley descent from England. Makes me wonder if Ashley and I are very distant cousins. Also Patsy Cline, Virginia Hensley, wondering about a connection there as well? Would be nice to have time to trace all this.<br />Love my grandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540326408523667726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-73911112183710217612017-03-16T00:32:28.452-07:002017-03-16T00:32:28.452-07:00The world is a very small place, isn't it?The world is a very small place, isn't it?Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-214621832327108642017-03-14T18:00:39.870-07:002017-03-14T18:00:39.870-07:00I live near Orlando Florida and grew up with a few...I live near Orlando Florida and grew up with a few kids who share the Ladd last name. There were multiple families with that name. They were also closely related to the Lugo family as well.jessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-53989407443408973772016-02-07T20:27:35.779-08:002016-02-07T20:27:35.779-08:00Cool! Isn't it nice when you can enjoy the be...Cool! Isn't it nice when you can enjoy the benefits of celebrities having their family history done for them?Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-16386472096441345832016-02-07T15:03:42.748-08:002016-02-07T15:03:42.748-08:00During the playing of the episode I paused it to g...During the playing of the episode I paused it to get her lineage to William knowing that was from my line.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836660689616258371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-89568647657337034222015-10-18T17:32:50.233-07:002015-10-18T17:32:50.233-07:00Taylor unrolled the preprepared scroll for Judd at...Taylor unrolled the preprepared scroll for Judd at the NEHGS library. If you mean where can you find the scene, it will appear in the recording of the episode. If you mean where can you find the scroll, I'm sure it was given to Judd during filming of the episode. I would hope she has kept it.Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-60931243142302106322015-10-18T16:28:16.111-07:002015-10-18T16:28:16.111-07:00This NEHGS unrolling of the scroll for Ashley Judd...This NEHGS unrolling of the scroll for Ashley Judd you mentioned...where can I find it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301263556138990295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-45904851119611261352012-04-01T21:48:52.384-07:002012-04-01T21:48:52.384-07:00As far as I know, I am not related to Brewster. A...As far as I know, I am not related to Brewster. Are you?Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-32788149489839819222012-04-01T21:46:08.594-07:002012-04-01T21:46:08.594-07:00janice,
are you related to William Brewster?janice,<br />are you related to William Brewster?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-46557792688659332162011-11-19T21:57:48.649-08:002011-11-19T21:57:48.649-08:00Apparently you have a well researched and well pla...Apparently you have a well researched and well placed family. This can be a blessing indeed.<br /><br />There are indeed many weaknesses in Ancestry.com. I believe the lack of quality control is one of the worst, but they have no financial incentive to put any effort into quality or corrections. They obviously sell many, many subscriptions without having to budget for that expense.Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-22488237903683304202011-11-19T17:26:53.471-08:002011-11-19T17:26:53.471-08:00What I see in the NEHGS unrolling of the scroll fo...What I see in the NEHGS unrolling of the scroll for Ashley Judd showing her Brewster ancestry: it's down to numbers. If you have a really small New England population and lots of cousin marriages, there are not too many lines back to the ancestor. In fact with big families that they had then too, you are going to have a few well-beaten and well-researched paths that do not require you to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-58913887342576371362011-11-19T14:42:11.497-08:002011-11-19T14:42:11.497-08:00I want to say that indeed I do not rely on such a ...I want to say that indeed I do not rely on such a sparse collection of data. My father is the fourth of his name. I always assumed the middle name was a surname, and indeed it proved to be. There are no other men anywhere with that combination of names, so it was a key.<br /><br />I also relied on the memories of a woman I know very well, formerly a high energy realtor and the mother of a famous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-53401929657071991472011-11-19T07:24:28.854-08:002011-11-19T07:24:28.854-08:00You have a very interesting family history. I mus...You have a very interesting family history. I must say, however, that I would not rely on only census materials (no matter where I had found them; Ancestry.com does not hold a monopoly on the U.S. census, though it might wish to) and one published genealogy book for my research.Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-87654934380619620612011-11-19T06:46:27.609-08:002011-11-19T06:46:27.609-08:00I'll have to go back to the text of the show, ...I'll have to go back to the text of the show, but judging from Ashley Judd's Brewster descent, I am a not-too-distant cousin of hers. Like her I have only discovered this descent in researching other ancestry which was heavily documented in the nineteenth century. I began with census data in the US on a great grandmother who still remained in living memory of an elderly aunt (she just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-73834828983904356642011-07-22T21:45:10.052-07:002011-07-22T21:45:10.052-07:00I have not done English research in that time peri...I have not done English research in that time period, but my best guess is church and court records.Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350318808703965214.post-25812493773515936392011-07-22T19:24:08.180-07:002011-07-22T19:24:08.180-07:00William Brewster's descendants are available. ...William Brewster's descendants are available. What is the bets way to locate HIS ancestors--1500s, 1400s, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com