Planning a Vacation is Difficult enough without a Twisted Family Tree

Is it just me?  Am I the only person that has a Family Tree so twisted that I can't begin to plan a Vacation to track it?  I have friends that have recently returned from "across the pond" where they were able to meet relatives and see where their ancestors left from before they came to America.  (Cue the "No Cats in America" music from Fievel Mousekowitz movie).  I can't help but be envious of those that know "where their roots are".  I've been working on it for years, and still can't prove anything definitive.  Every time I think I've made headway, another "weed" crops up in the field.  That birthdate that just cannot be physically possible (not to mention not "legal" by today's standards). 
A friend went to meet her fourth cousin in Italy last fall.  They own restaurants, in Italy and US.  Tiny little restaurants, nothing famous or grand.  But they were able to share recipes and swap stories.  How cool is that? 
One of our Church Families got to go to Switzerland and stay at a relatives Ski Resort and see where everyone came from. 
My older kids had to do school projects on their family heritage.  It was deemed "not politically correct or socially sensitive" by the time the younger ones got to be that age.  Anyway, they had to do their Dad's family heritage because he's the one that knew something about cultural heritage.  My family?  My Mother wasn't sure what her Grandmother's first name was.  No one knows where my Father's Grandfather lived before he met his Grandmother.  There's multiple generations of Women with no name recorded other than Mrs. His Name.  Really?  How did this happen?  So, that's what got me involved in Genealogy.  And don't even joke with me about "Witness Protection".  Not funny......

Fiber Law: Differences between England and Colonies

I've been looking into the laws that have influenced fiber production and consumption.  It's very interesting to me to find the wide disparity between the laws enforced in England itself as the "homeland" and in the Colonies in the Americas. 
If I'm understand this correctly, it seems that there were completely different rules, regulations, and taxes depending on where one lived.  I have to assume that this is part of what has led to such a difference in the importance in specific articles of clothing and uses of fibers.
So far, I have not found anything in the Americas similar to The Cappers Act of 1571.  I cannot imagine the "government" regulating a minimum number of hours a week that a person must wear a cap, much less what style and of what materials the cap should be made of. 
On the other hand, I'm sure there were Early Colonial regulations on Modesty that probably provided guidelines for Women's Wear and Headcoverings.  Totally different rules for totally different results with different application.

Sorting out my Favorites and finding a way to not loose them....

It's been a couple of weeks, and I've been keeping busy.
I started a new Blog, just for the pages, and then realized that I could just as easily post those pages on This Blog!  What was I thinking?
So, I'm collecting all the Favorites from my various browsers into the "pages" here.  I use several different computers, and can never remember which one has the Favorite that I'm looking for.  DH gets very flummoxed with me about it too.  I've given up using his computer for anything because I always seem to mess it up or change something on it that adds to his frustration level.  He's always thought of computers as "Black Magic" anyway, and has a bit of a paranoia thing about them being out to get him. 

The point is:  there's new "Pages" here with links to all the stuff that I don't want to loose.  Let me know if you know of websites I should add.....

Oh, and just in case you just want the links, and not all the narative:
http://alterknitting.blogspot.com/p/knitting-resources.html

And if you want to know why I've included each link:
http://alterknitting.blogspot.com/