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Post by Auricula on Nov 9, 2010 17:24:27 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 9, 2010 18:37:52 GMT
Sorry - I can't be of any help but good luck with your search Auricula. A friend of mine is having a lot of fun searching. I've decided that my ancestry is just too complicated.
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Nov 9, 2010 18:52:04 GMT
Is anyone doing this? I have just begun and I have registered with Ancestry.co.uk. If anyone else is doing it, or using A.co.uk, I would like a few tips about using the records. Thanks  Hi, if it's ok, I can put you in touch with my S in Law on FB. She is an absolute expert and will give you great advice and point you in the right direction i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/wink.gif Let me know and I'll sort it out for you1 SS xx |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 9, 2010 18:58:04 GMT
Thanks Susie, I'll do that later  |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Nov 9, 2010 19:23:36 GMT
Thanks Susie, I'll do that later If it's ok with you, I'll ask her to get in touch. SS x |
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Post by MamIDdau on Nov 9, 2010 19:39:03 GMT
My Mum's done ours back to some long time ago or another, bob me a message on FB if you want me to ask her to get in touch with you |
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Post by Tig on Nov 9, 2010 19:53:55 GMT
I've done mine - both sides - and also my OH's. Tell me what you want to know Auricula, there are lots of resources out there, the furthest back I got was 1746 on my Dads side, and I found loads of relatives I didn't know existed. Ended up sharing photos, naming people in them and having a ball really. I found it sad at times, for instance my Great-Grandparents had 16 children  but only 11 survived early childhood. It wasn't that long ago really and was very common. You can get copies of birth, marriage and death certificates too. Oh gawd - you've started me off again  x Tig |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 9, 2010 20:18:21 GMT
I've delved back a bit in mine My G-grandma - on my Mother's side - was French and had 11 boys - she lived in the UK - how she managed I dont know - cooking for 13 people every night I can barely do it for one and two On my Father's side I found my Ancestors had lived in the same village for years and years and years |
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Post by Missredhead on Nov 9, 2010 21:58:11 GMT
I have a cousin that joined Ancestry....He was very successful with it, found lots of family that he didn't know about scattered all over the world.
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Post by isabella on Nov 10, 2010 5:15:59 GMT
I have been doing our history for a while now - a couple of years ago we went to Whitby and stood outside the house my Grandads family had lived in since at least 1841 My Nanas family all came from Sunderland |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 10, 2010 10:02:50 GMT
Thanks everybody. I'll be in touch later with specific questions |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Nov 21, 2010 11:34:52 GMT
My Dad has been doing ours for years - turns out we have quite a few cousins that married cousins that explains a lot. Also cant find marriage certificate for one set of great great grandparents so we are all bastards apparently !!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D That amused me no end  |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 21, 2010 12:35:41 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by scarecrow on Nov 21, 2010 14:16:34 GMT
Don’t forget to research the female sides as well. This can add many more family members to your tree. I have been researching for some years now and have found many lost relations, also a friend researching her family found that we were related, her great Aunt married my great uncle,
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Post by aurora on Dec 8, 2010 18:43:56 GMT
I have managed to get back to 1436 on the maternal side of my family.
One thing you need to be aware of is the change of spelling for a family name. I researched one branch of the family around 1810 to discover that all the siblings had the same sounding name, but all spelt differently!
You might also find that the same person will crop up in a different part of the family tree which is quite intriguing.
Genesreunited is a good start off point. Fill in what you do know and before long other people doing ancestry will be contacting you.
Anyway - it's enormous fun doing the searches.
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Post by Auricula on Dec 8, 2010 21:23:45 GMT
It is, and I am enjoying it - but it can be a bit longwinded.It's all the cross checking and every stage if every part of my family seemed to have moved around a great deal So far I've had, London,Yorkshire,Co Durham, Staffordshire,Cumberland and Lancashire and I've only got back to 1824!!! I thought they all stayed put in the "olden days" ;D |
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Post by aurora on Dec 8, 2010 22:22:44 GMT
I thought they all stayed put in the "olden days" ;D It is surprising, especially the distance they travelled. It's a sobering thought to think that by travelling such a distance they would probably never go back to their home roots/family again. |
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Post by Auricula on Dec 8, 2010 22:28:35 GMT
I know - it was all about employment opportunities.A lot of my family were coal miners and they followed the seams of coal
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Post by carolann on Dec 9, 2010 9:02:00 GMT
Good luck with it everyone I wouldnt know where to start as all my elder relatives on my fathers side are not with us anymore so I have no idea what my dads mums maiden name was. I have done some research on our farm with OH and the local studies group have taken copies of what we have done and put them in all the local Library's, it was a momoth task trying to stay on the farm but we ended up doing all the local farms that where in our Valley in the end and we have not finished yet. We have had people coming from all over the world to take a stone from the old houses where their families lived. Tig I have not forgotton about you and I will find time to send you details of what we have done so far everything is on the other computor and I need to get it up and running again.
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Post by Auricula on Dec 9, 2010 10:26:53 GMT
Oh wow,Carolann, how interesting |
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but only 11 survived early childhood. It wasn't that long ago really and was very common. You can get copies of birth, marriage and death certificates too. 
