Yesterday was a good day of completion. All of the wills that I had collected up for review are now completed. I did reach James Blake with all of that work although he is also on the Pedigree Chart for Blake held by the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office as well as the College of Arms in London. Finding his line back to either Nicholas or Robert was an important quest and I will now review the path back to these two sons of Jone Blake who left her will as a widow in 1527. Her likely husband Richard left his will in 1522 naming Robert as his eldest son and it looks like he mentions Nichi and an unknown daughter who was Elizabeth Mylne after marriage. Robert's line coming down is huge with six sons and Nicholas has two sons (William and Edmund) but the second one does disappear from view (Edmund has a son Stephen but no further information). However, William's family is very large. So more work on that today to complete the newsletter for the first of January 2023.
Yesterday we went skiing once again and it was a good trip - a little warmer which was pleasant and I only had one partial mishap - I went down on one knee but managed to get back up again using just my poles so a good trip. I am loving the skiing and can ski around my backyard as well on the really cold days that are to come in January and February. The fresh air is good for me for sure.
I can feel the year slipping away now. Today is meant to be above freezing perhaps as much as 5 degrees celsius so there will be some melting which is always nice for the driveways and roads. The trees have lost their snow cover leaving them bleak and forlorn in the grey sky. It is exciting though to think of the life inside of those trees waiting to blossom forth come spring. I love it when the buds suddenly appear on the trees in the spring. It is truly magic although we now know the machinations of trees so not really but our ancestors must have felt there was magic in the air as the world warmed up and the trees woke up once again after a long winter rest.
Lots of working time today on the Newsletter and starting to think about the next issue of the Kipp Newsletter. If Russia does leave Ukraine and go home then an issue of the H11 Newsletter which is the first issue of the year and a look at the breakdown of the various subclades of H11. Most holders of this particular clade of H live in Eastern Europe and indeed even into parts of Asia including India. There is a small group in Europe and the British Isles but I think roughly 80% live in Eastern Europe still with their ancestors having wintered during the Last Glacial Maximum at Ukraina. The ancient home of these peoples for sure but they have moved all over the world now. In a way we are a world people although do have countries that we call home. My line likely made the trek to the northern British Isles (Ayrshire/Argyllshire Scotland) as the ice retreated following the path through the Scandinavian Peninsula perhaps or through Doggerland but there are people in the Scandinavian countries who also carry H11 mtDNA. But they also went East from the refuge into Russia and other countries to the East as well as staying in Ukraine and moving west but the numbers were not large. And so the world which is so united in their DNA is on the verge of becoming one world perhaps as we come together to look after the environment but we do need more participants who care about our earth - everyone has to work towards a zero emission so that the wildlife can survive as well. What would the world be without all of us.
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