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Topic: Don't be deceived - Research isn't always easy! (Read 13313 times)
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peteseaton
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Seaton Genealogy
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there are so many boards, BBC, Family Tree mag, but i do find Genes reunited's tree a bit sexist as it won't let me add the wives of my Gt grandfathers beyond 1700 ?? 
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LoneyBones
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Sans wine, sans song, sans singer and sans end.
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Well I don't know about WDYTYA but the internet has certainly boosted genealogy.
My cousin started researching my Dad's side of the family 40 years ago. She spent most of her money and all of her holidays travelling about Australia looking in old churches, graveyards and dusty government offices, went to England and Wales, met lots of friendly people and had lots of fun.
I've been following her vicariously for thirty years, keeping all the updates she sends to all of us who are interested.
Then seven years ago I got my own computer and discovered the internet.
I have duplicated all her forty years of research and then some, not just my Dad's side but my Mum's as well. But I've never been to England or Wales and I've never visited a dusty government office and I'll never meet all the wonderful people she met. (except on RootsChat  )
I enjoy every minute of internet research, hate dead ends and brick walls, love chatting on genealogy forums and don't ever expect it to be easy.
Who'd ever want to take up golf as a hobby?
Cheers,
Leonie.
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ENNIS-Yeatman-Cooper-Papps-Lockyer-Ryland-Skivington-Blackford.
ENNIS-Thomas-Bonnin-Aldridge-Williams-Harding-Brown.
ENNIS-Davis.
JONES-Walton-Grayson-Stobbs-Baldwin-Ibbotson-Scott.
JONES-Goodwin-Parker-Instant-Hubbard-Hancock-Skinner.
LOST: Elizabeth Anne Balfour DAVIS. First seen aboard ship STATELY, 1851, heading for New Zealand.
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Christopher
Deceased
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 10243
1939 - 2009
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You can get a good soaking playing golf or even trekking around graveyards looking for information about your ancestors. Research conducted by browsing through material in libraries, museums and public record offices as well as on the internet saves you from getting a chill following a good soaking 
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Jillie42
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Posts: 601
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At the WDYTYA Live show on Saturday while we were waiting in the queue a young lady came around with a simple questionnaire asking what we were advice we needed so they could match the expert to the question. The lady in the queue behind me said
"My mother is English and I don't know who my father is". We were all rathger stunned. Clearly this lady expected the expert to discover the answers in her alocated 30 time. Needless to say the young helper suggested she did a little research of her own first.
I did wonder if seeing the programme made her think the professionals at the show would be able to discover background to her life for her as they do for the celebrities 
And also on the point of finding answers and new research, as a result of purchasing a little book on WWII at the show written by the editor of "Ancestors" magazine, I emailed him with a question for which out expert didn't know the answer, seems the editor doesn't know either but is going to do some reserch of his own and run an article in the August or September edition. Lovely man  and what a result!
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Eaton (Woughton on the Green, Doncaster and N. London), Davis(Shinfield and London), Harrington (Ireland and London), Sutcliffe (Todmorden and London), Williams, Hollingsworth (Thaxted), Lane (Rotherhithe), Fuller (Chesterton, Cambs), Dilley (who knows where?  ) |
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peteseaton
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Posts: 23
Seaton Genealogy
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ooh ill take a look, another stone unturned 
Ooohhh no no Pete, not that board, this is the real BBC Family History Board
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbhistory/F2233810
I hope we have got better manners than that on there!!
BettyOver on the BBC Family History message board, we get a number of newbies each time a new series of WDYTYA starts. Some stay the distance, but most seem to disappear when they realise how much work is involved.
I realise that the programmes can't show every minute of every search, but the way it's done is very misleading, they should make it clear just how time-consuming & frustrating it can sometimes be when you don't have a tame expert on hand!
Betty
well, i logged in and said that ive traced my tree back to 1540 in scotland. then some smart arse piped up and accused me of getting it all off the internet and thought he was giving me advice, err been there, done that http://forum.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouare.com/tm.asp?m=110anyway, not it isn't that easy, i began with one name, and very little info. the best advice is to take your time, and keep on checking and cross-referencing, and go to the churches and look at their records.
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penilelly
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Hello,
Been reading the site & agree with everything said. My husband & I are each "doing" our own tree. Sometimes he steams ahead & at others it's me. I find that you come to the brick wall & stall sometimes for weeks & then suddenly come across the very person you are searching for. Is it possible that not all information comes up each time you log onto the census or BMD sites?
Does anyone else find this?
Great site, by the way, nice to hear from likeminded people.
Penilelly
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kerryb
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Its getting quite exciting at the moment finding out what new information set has been launched on the web somewhere. It seems almost daily. All power to the fingers of the volunteers. 
Kerry
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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ponygirl
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I'm knew to this board, I just registered this evening. I'm hoping to find out some information on my grandfather, whom I never knew and I've come to a standstill in my research. My mother was illegitimate so this makes it harder to trace a person. I have the name and date and place of birth, do I post it here or on one of the other message boards? A bit confused.
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kerryb
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Hi ponygirl and welcome to Rootschat!
The best thing to do is to start a new thread of whichever county look up request board your grandfather came from, ie if he was from Sussex the Sussex look up requests board, then someone who has information for that county may be able to help you.
Good luck with your searches.
Kerry
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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Lydart
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Posts: 3525
Great Granny Williams, the Dorset button maker !
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Puterman ... I'd remove the email address if I were you ! Otherwise spammers will get you by the hundred !
Its much safer to use the RootsChat PM system ... Private (or Personal) Messages ... click the little green scroll on the left to send one to someone ... but I think you have to have 5 or so 'proper' postings before that system can work (again, to stop spammers)
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Dorset/Wilts/Hants: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince, Foyle, Fripp, Triggle ... and more C'wall/Devon/CANADA (The Cariboo, B.C.): Pomeroy Som'set: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancs/Cheshire/CANADA (B.C.): Stubbs, Walmesley WRITE LETTERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE ... EMAILS DISAPPEAR FOREVER ! Census information Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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puterman
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Puterman ... I'd remove the email address if I were you ! Otherwise spammers will get you by the hundred !
Its much safer to use the RootsChat PM system ... Private (or Personal) Messages ... click the little green scroll on the left to send one to someone ... but I think you have to have 5 or so 'proper' postings before that system can work (again, to stop spammers)
Thanks, I would not have thought that they would get anywhere with so many topics, but I have taken your sage advice.
Best regards
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