Hi Jim,
Great email. Thanks.
I had only one ancestor during the period, my great-grandfather from
France, Louis Francois Hennequin. We roughly already knew his story. A
cousin went to his village in France and found that the mayor was a
related Hennequin--and a genealogist. I've been able to fill in many of
the addition holes through a French website that has--for parts of
France--virtually all the civil records, which often go back to the 17th
century. So, that would be my first thought: look for online databases for
the countries involved.
All (legal) emigrations to the US were recorded from 1820 through much of
the 1950s. The trick is finding where your ancestors' records are kept.
The LDS's online civil and church records at familysearch.org is rapidly
expanding. Be sure to check regularly.
Yes, kickstarter may be the thing. I'll take a look!
All the Best,
Michael Cooley...
son of Allison Claude "Jack" Cooley
McCabe Cooley
Joseph William Cooley
Greenberry Cooley
David Cooley
John Cooley
Edward Cooley
John Cooley
?? Cooley
:)
On Sat, December 13, 2014 12:32, lvcooley5 wrote:
> Glad to hear that you're alive and kicking, Michael. And thank you for
> breaking the eerie silence. My computer's been on the fritz for a while
> and I was wondering if our crusade had disbanded without me knowing. It's
> always a treat to see a message from you or one of our clan. This
> fellowship has been invaluable to me and I'm in debt to you all.
>
> I've been trying to work on my mother's side during this lull but her
> roots here are much shallower, part of the tidal wave of immigrants from
> the 1870s and '80s. If anyone has tips on digging up Danish, German and
> Norwegian roots, I'm all brown thumbs. How's my credit?
>
>
> Big Y is not in my cards for the foreseeable future but I would be
> happy to contribute to the cause. Kickstarter?
>
> I hope this finds you all well and eager to find that Cooley Grail in the
> coming year. Or years. Remember, The Glass is Always Half Full.
>
> Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Cheers to all,
>
>
> Jim Cooley
> son of Lester, son of Luster, son of John, son of Milo, son of John, son of
> Perrin,
> son of John, son of ????
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 6:22 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: We've been very quiet
>
>
> I certainly haven't lost sight of the grand prize: John Cooley's wife and
> parents. But whether we will ever make that discovery is almost
> immaterial. The journey has yielded a number of surprises (I'm thinking
> right about John's probable son Edmund), dispelled some misconceptions,
> and confirmed what seemed probable--Perrin Sr's children, for example.
>
> But I don't have anything new to share at this time. The genetic
> component seems to be stalled until one of us finds the means to take the
> Big Y
> test. (If 20 of us contributed $25 we'd be there.) Also, a couple of
> well-chosen autosomal tests might help narrow the placement of Perrin C
> Cooley. We should also be on the outlook for any matrilineal descendants
> of the early Cooleys. Meaningful matches are rare but it's all about
> numbers.
>
> One of the Benjamin Cooley descendants is waiting for Big Y results. That
> test will not, of course, have any significance for us but it will be a
> great learning experience for me.
>
> Since we're in a lull and because it's the holiday season, I think it
> would be appropriate to share anything personal going on. And I'll start.
> :)
>
>
> It's been a rough year for me. You may remember that I was in the
> hospital last June for 100% blockage of my right coronary artery. I now
> have five stents fortifying it. Unlike eight years ago, the chest pain
> continued for months afterwards. but I now feel great. About the same
> time, I broke out in a rash that covered my whole body. After six months,
> it's clearing up. And two months ago I tweaked my back resulting in
> debilitating sciatica. I had to drop the human genetics class at HSU
> because I couldn't walk to campus from my car and I cancelled the history
> seminar I was to teach for OLLI this month. It's suspected that I have a
> herniated disk, which would also be a repeat of eight years ago. I'm to
> call tomorrow to schedule an MRI. And, finally, as you may remember, I had
> a rift with another board member of the CFAA. I felt it was irreparable
> and resigned my position. The CFAA is, of course, Benjamin-centric. My
> experience with it over the last three years has convinced me that it will
> always be that way.
>
> So, I've ejected a n umber of stressors from my life. I'm not to the
> point of being bored (I can always find a project to work on) but my blood
> pressure is down to 96/60. I'm calm and relaxed. :)
>
> Please remind me if there was something I promised to do that you're
> still waiting for. I expect to start working again with ernest on the
> book.
>
> I did make one small change to my page for John Cooley at
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/ . Previously I had a distribution
> map for L448, the Y chromosome "Young Scandinavian" SNP. We have
> confirmed that our male Cooleys have the YP355 SNP, which is downstream of
> L448 and
> is, therefore, our current terminal SNP. The distribution map now on the
> page was created last spring. Certainly, many more people have since
> tested positive for it. Like its parent, L448, its found throughout
> Britain and Scandinavia. What we're looking for is a SNP that is
> characteristically Scottish or British. With enough data, SNPs can be
> dated. The SNP we want *is* there in the DNA of all male Cooleys--myself,
> Jim, Don, Jack, etc. We *will* ferret it out, and eventually population
> geneticists will get a fix on its age. Once done, we'll have an idea on
> what era our guy (who certainly possessed a name other than Cooley)
> crossed the North Sea. He might have been a Viking, he might have crossed
> in an earlier migration, and he might have crossed during the modern era
> of trade between the two regions. (I have a British ancestor who went to
> Sweden and served for Queen Christina. Presumably he died in battle and
> his four orphaned children were sent to New Sweden, located in what is now
> parts of NJ, DE and PA.)
>
> Surprises are on the horizon!
>
>
> Happy Holidays,
> Michael
>
>
> (I didn't proof read. Sorry for any glaring typos!)
>
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