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Crystal White
Honor Code SignatorySigned 28 Apr 2022 | 1,194 contributions | 57 thank-yous | 581 connections
Background: I became interested in genealogy in about 2003, when my great-uncle Don brought his research to a family gathering. My research efforts have ebbed and flowed over the years, but I built up a rather extensive tree on Ancestry.com. Now I'm here at WikiTree to fine tune my information and to contribute to the greater family tree we're building here.
Puzzles I'm working on: White Paternal Line, Taylor Paternal Line
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Crystal was born in Iowa in 1975. She married in 1997, and had one son. (Details are left out for privacy of family members.)
She is (so far) a lifelong Iowan, an avid reader, and and a dedicated family historian. She hasn't traveled a lot but plans to start more... and you can at least partly blame a passion for genealogy, as some of the next planned trips include spots from her family origins!
I've found some fascinating connections through WikiTree! The following are some of my famous ancestors and cousins... just for fun, of course, and using the best knowledge and resources currently available!
U.S. Presidents: Cousin to the Roosevelts, Jefferson, Madison, Fillmore, Nixon, John Quincy Adams, and more. (More are connected through a line that's currently in question, so I'll leave them out for now.)
Magna Carta Barons: Through my McCasland line, I have seven direct Surety Baron ancestors who signed an oath to the Magna Carta agreement, as well as many other Barons and "Illustrious Men" (counselors to King John) who are listed as distant cousins.
Scottish Royalty: This one is my favorite branch. :) I have eighteen direct ancestors who held the Scottish throne between the 9th to 15th centuries. The most recent is King James II of the Scots (Stewart-1166) as my 17th great-grandfather.
This category lists many more Scottish kings and queens as distant cousins. A personal favorite is that MacBeth is my first cousin 29 times removed. Yes, that MacBeth. :) (There are additional royal relations outside Scotland including Plantagenets, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Louis IX, and back to Charlemagne.)
Famous Women in History: I feel fortunate to count among my distant cousins some of history's strongest women, including Abigail Adams, Amelia Earhart, and some of the original suffragettes, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
It's fun to see a "Who's Who" version of one's ancestry, but it's also exciting to find much closer relations that I'd have never otherwise met. The closest is a new 3rd cousin with whom I've exchanged some emails!
Kits completed at Ancestry.com and at 23 & Me. I've confirmed DNA with my child, my parents, all four of my grandparents, and six of my eight great-grandparents, plus a few beyond.
This week's featured connections are Redheads: Crystal is 20 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 22 degrees from Clara Bow, 29 degrees from Julia Gillard, 16 degrees from Nancy Hart, 17 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 20 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 22 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 24 degrees from Rose Leslie, 22 degrees from Damian Lewis, 20 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 21 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 37 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Categories: US Southern Colonies Project Members
This is the time for the 2023 annual check in with members of the US Southern Colonies Project. Have you been active during the last six months in this Project? Note that it is a Wikitree requirement to respond to the US Southern Colonies Check-ins. Please reply to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..
Many thanks,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies
I haven't been very active in the USSC project (or in anything to do with genealogy) for the past few months, but I am hoping to dive back in very soon. I'd like to stay on the project for now if possible.
Thanks! Crystal
A Private Message was sent earlier in response to your expressed interest in joining the Wales Project.
Sorry not to have heard from you. Are you still interested in becoming a member?
Can I provide any assistance?
If you have decided not to join. please let us know any reasons. It could be of benefit to the membership process.
Stuart Awbrey, Membership Coordinator
I'm sorry, I meant to respond to that message. I am interested, but due to time constraints I think I'm going to put off joining for now. May I get in touch with you in the future? Thank you!
Crystal
In the future, just answer the welcome post on G2G just as you did before and the process will begin again.
As the welcome post may be changed, link to it from the Wales Project page.
Stuart
Thanks for having a Big Heart and adopting Orphan Profiles. You will want to read this After adopting orphans FAQ to understand what to do next and it explains the special attention those profiles need.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
David
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