My mother was a school teacher
before she married, and while I was a child she
often told me stories from history. I more
became interested in history while still in high
school, then about thirty years ago I also became
interested in genealogy. Since then I have found both disciplines
inextricably linked.
I knew very early on that my
Kelly ancestors came from Ireland because my
parents and grandmothers rarely stopped talking
about it. I guess I always knew that some
ancestor had to come from someplace other than
Ireland, but I had no proof about that until
three years ago when some cousins told me that
our Rutledge ancestors came from the border
region between England and Scotland.
That information turned me
back to European history in an effort to learn
where they came from to Ireland and Scotland; and
the societies they probably originated
from.
That research evolved into
several places they came from, including Spain,
Denmark and the vast area spanning the area of
Germany to France including Austria, Belgium and
the Netherlands Map of Europe
The accumulation of research
kept piling up and up with no way to use most of
what I found, my instinct to write took over, and
these Fun Histories are the result.
