I clicked.
Alas, there was more information, some familiar to me, some new to me. I hastened to my own database and added the new information. After reaping those gems of new information I clicked on the next "greater than" icon. Now the information was all new and another encouraging icon loomed before me. There were other such icons on the page for parents of the spouses. I followed one than the other, usually one would dead end with no parental information and I would return to follow the other.
Just as Alic's hole got deeper, I found ancestors from centuries ago, and beyond. The adventure continued. After one click, an image appeared by the name of a great-great-more-grandfather. It wasn't from a cell phone or Brownie camera; after all it was in 1150. It was a piece of art. I asked myself, "Do we have ancestors important enough that someone did a painting of them?" His father also had a picture. His name was Hermann I von Thüringen and his father's was Ludwig III von Thüringen. Both had been country counts, a bit of royalty. The image on the right of Hermann I is a part of a larger drawing in a booklet called Elizabeth's Psalms, or something similar to that.Jot it down in my database, I did, and continued on. The next ancestors were Friedrich I and then Agnes von Waiblingen. When I came to Agnes's father I had to do more than a double take. Agnes's father was Henry IV Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1056 to 1106. All I could say was "Wow, could this be true?"
Now I was really really interested in what might be next. More icons leading to parents and dead ends. Finally only one set of parents remained. Then the final click, no more icons or names of parents. I had reached Brunhari Hamaland who lived in Hamaland in eastern Netherlands; he was born in 725 and died in 794. Again wow!
Now, to wake up from this dream or hallucination and determine what was real and what was not. And how do you verify information that may be as old as 1300 years old? It will be an interesting challenge; discrepancies are bound to appear. Meanwhile we will relish our status with our ancestors, regardless of their behavior and share one image of Henry IV
and a summary of our ancestral tree starting with my grandsons and going through the Ziegler branch.
Dominic and Riley Saxowsky, sons of
Marc, son of
Denvy, son of
Erna Ziegler, 1920- 2002, daughter of
Wilhelm B Ziegler, 1884-1956, son of
Barbara Friedrich, 1847-1934,
daughter of
Philipp Friedrich, 1815-1862, son of
Dorothea Fode, 1778-1833, daughter of
Maria Catharina Scholder, 1756-?, daughter
of
10 Dorothea Oeffinger, 1722-?, daughter of
Marie Reinhardt, 1681-?, daughter
of
Johann Reinhardt, 1659-1695, son of
Johann Gregorius, 1609-1662, son of
Ursula Chistina Keller, 1580-?, daughter
of
Margaretha Rohr, 1545-?, daughter of
Anna von Erolzheim, 1518-?, daughter
of
Anna Thumb von Neuburg, 1501-?, daughter of
Adam Thumb von Neuburg, 1453-1503, son of
Hans Thumb von Neuburg, 1415-1468, son of
20 Albrecht Thumb von Neuburg, 1392-1465, son
of
Gräfin (Countess) Anna von
Aichelburg, 1350-1405, daughter of
Albrecht von Eichelberg (Aichelberg),
1310-1365, son of
Graf (Count) Diepold von Aichelberg,
1265-1318, son of
Herzogin (Duchess) Anna von Teck,
1235-1270, daughter of
Margaretha von Henneberg,
1190-1256, daughter of
Graf Poppo VII von Henneberg, 1183-1245, son
of
Landgraf (Country count) Hermann I von
Thüringen, son of
Landgraf Ludwig von Thüringen, 1128-1172,
son of
30 Landgraf Ludwig III von Thüringen,
1090-1140, son of
Graf Friedrich I von
Hohenstauffen-Swaben, 1015-1105, son of
Agnes von Waiblingen, 1074-1143, daughter of
Henry
IV Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, 1050-1106, son of
Henry
III Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, 1017-1056, son of
Ludolph of Friesland, 1003-1038, son of
Graf von Braunscheig,
Derlingau & Nordthüringgau, 960-1015, son of
Graf Ekbert “One-Eyed” im Ambergau &
Derlingau, 930-994, son of
Graf Wichmann von Stubenskorn (of Engern),
916-944, son of
Graf Billung IV von Stubenskorn (in
Sachsen), ca900-967, son of
40 Gerberge van Hamaland, ca900-960, daughter
of
Graf
Meginhard IV van Hamaland, 870-938, son of
Graf Meginhard II van Hamaland, 840,881, son
of
Wichmann Hamaland I, 802-881 (France), son
of,
Meginhard Hamaland I, 775-844, son of
Wratchard Hamaland, 750-?, son of
Brunhari Hamaland, 725-794
