HISTORY

Wow. My cousin Cathaline and I have been talking for more than a year about wanting to plan a family reunion for the Holland side of our family, so the other day, as she was at a reunion for her husbands family, she posted something about it again. Right then I decided to start a group on Facebook for the Holland Family, and with just a few hours, there were quite a few people in the group. Some of the people I know, but a lot I don't know at all.

Then, after someone who is related to us, but on the other side of the family, the Hendricks side, was added to the Holland group, I was asked if I could start a Hendricks group, so I did just that. Within MINUTES, there were a lot of people in that group, and I know very few people in there. Lol. To me, it seems this is the very interesting side of the family. Seems I am related to John Wayne, George Washington, possibly Sam Houston, and maybe even ELVIS! Wow! Who would have known? Surely not me. I have no clue as to how to go about finding all that out, but some people in my family have spent many hours, and undoubtedly, lots of money, tracking down or genealogy? We even have a family crest so to speak. It is a flying H. I had seen this my whole life, for as long as I can remember, but I just thought it was something that my dad had came up with and started drawing and painting it, seeing as that is what he was good at. Wrong.

Today I found out that in New Mexico, there is a place called "The Flying H Airport" and that is a family thing. My Grandma's Grandfather was killed in a plane crash there, along with his brother, and the brothers wife got everything. The Flying H Ranch, which was once believed to take up part of Texas, and a very large portion of New Mexico. It is now believed to be owned by more distant ancestors.



This is getting to be interesting to me. I will keep you posted as to what all I am able to find out.