Part 549s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Dragons – Smiths of Jordanhill, Some Added Family Members

Morning,

Are you having any problems of dragons chasing you? You are? Well here’s, supposedly, a tried and true method to stop those pesky dragons in their flight tracks… Rub yourself down with some fresh tarragon, or, as it is also known, dragon’s wort, and go out for a dragon-free walk.

Okay, I can’t find anything about the truth of the spell after 60 links on the Internet, but I did hear an interview on NPR with a “food-expert”, and she said that she hasn’t had any issues, of late, with dragons. Dragons?

Pursuing the open paths in my research of the genealogy and origins of my ggg-grandfather James Smith can, at times, certainly lead to more and more questions. This time it is back to the Smiths of Jordanhill in Scotland.

I have just received some additions to the Smiths of Jordanhill Family Tree. By adding the new individuals, I am now curious as to the possibility of number two son, James Smith, Junior, who died in 1815. This new information incites new thoughts and possibilities. It once again definitely does not close off the Smiths of Jordanhill as a possible connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Here is my newly updated Smiths of Jordanhill, Scotland Descendant Chart.

It’s a thought. Now I just have to prove or disprove a possible connection to ggg-grandfather James Smith.

Stay tuned for my next Post. I have found some new information on gggg-grandmother Isabelle Kendall.

Enjoy, avoid all dragons,

Jim

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My Tangent - Wet Blades - Parkers, Kendalls, & Dubucs Genealogy

Morning,

Don’t know where the energy came from… but I decided this early morning that I should start up roller-blading again. Of course, I almost went back to bed when I say the condensation of the humidity on all the windows. But my thought process was that I have been putting it off for this past seven months.

That’s right I hadn’t donned the roller-blades since last year November. Well here I go again. It took me 20 minutes to go three miles. I need to get back, slowly to my 50 miles a week… with the next goal of 60 miles a week by December.

Temperature in Tampa is right now 88°F (31°C). And this is the part that I don’t understand. The humidity is slated at 67%... but it is raining, and thundering. By definition humidity is the “dampness, especially of the air.” But if it is raining, how can the humidity as announced by the National Weather Service be at 67%? Doesn’t raining, wet water falling from the sky, mean that the air that I pass through is 100% wet and damp? Guess, I must be “meteorologically-deficient”?

Yesterday I began an further study of my Parker and Kendal(l) Lines. I stumbled across a number of new bits of information pertaining to both Family Lines of Lancashire, England. This is going to have some effect and change to my Parker Descendant Chart.

I received a mystery comment to my Posting Part 514d this morning from an Anonymous writer. It read “I possess the de BUC genealogy (600-ca. 1450) about this family originating from Lille, which established in Brabant, Flanders and in Norman England later on.” And you can imagine my piqued interest. This could be some, and I reiterate, may be some classic and pertinent information for my Dubuc Family Line. When I move my cursor, in my email listing, over the “Anonymous” I am presented with a dialogue box reading “mafarr noreply-comment @ blooger.com” Did you write this comment? Does anyone have any idea? Will the Mystery Guest please stand up?

Enjoy,

Jim

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