Quick Questions #1: Ancestry

[tamaranth]

Inspired by a reference in Route 66 AD to Egyptian priests at the time of the Roman Empire, who claimed to trace their ancestry back 10,000 years:

How far back (in years) can you track your family?

Can you think of anyone who can track their family back before the Norman Conquest?

Comments

992

[suaveswede.livejournal.com]

Am quite pleased the a guy did his doctorate thesis on my family and traced us back to Tord i Byn ;Tord the Villager. He lived at the court of King Erik the Victorious. Close to the Convent of Sko in Upppland. His grandson was the first to wear the family name of Bure.

Re: 992

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

That is very cool indeed! How many generations? Presumably you have a great many known relatives.

Re: 992

[suaveswede.livejournal.com]

26 generations. They were priests and eldermen and the village was named after them. Thats how he managed to track them. They were at constant odds
with the Kings in Stockholm and slowly lost most everything during 16600-1700. No one really famous more than in parts of Sweden even if a couple have made the history book. They have also been a wast resource for games of Wampire the masqurade.