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Who are you researching?
| My Maternal Family Tree |
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   9 (8.9%) |
| My Paternal Family Tree |
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6 (5.9%) |
| My Entire Family Tree |
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77 (76.2%) |
| My Maternal Grandparents' Trees |
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1 (1%) |
| My Paternal Grandparents' Trees |
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2 (2%) |
| A Friend's Tree |
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1 (1%) |
| I'm a professional researcher... i'll search anything i'm asked! |
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1 (1%) |
| My Partner's Tree |
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4 (4%) |
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Topic: Who Are You Researching? (Read 3838 times)
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quizmaster
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Posts: 31
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I'm just like the rest of you. I am a serial obsessive. One problem attracts my attention and then I cannot rest until I've got an answer. And when I have, then I find something else to be obsessive about. At the moment, I'm trying to trace the nephew of one of my ancestors who was sharing their abode in the 1871 census. The reason for this obsession is that my gg grandfather moved to Yorkshire from Norfolk but neither of his known brothers did. The nephew was born in Hull, thus suggesting an as yet unknown sibling for my gg grandfather. Currently eagerly awaiting the birth certificate to prove it.
And then I will be on to something else. Probably tracing the parents of the magnificently named Hazelrigg Bullman in Newcastle for no other reason than I love the name. As previous posters have said, government health warnings should apply as my obsessions get more and more obscure (and to anyone else, totally boring). But I don't care.
QM
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bitty_matriarch
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Posts: 192
What good is information if not shared with others
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Hi
I started out 5 years ago on my maternal line just out of curiosity, but I have since discovered, like a lot of fellow researchers, that it is so addictive that I go off in all directions at the drop of a hat, and can never resist just taking a peek at that extra new line, and off I go again in that direction, so I can't ever imagine anyone, with a real interest only doing one line. It couldn't be!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you find a new name you JUST HAVE to follow it, don't you?
OR AM I JUST A SAD ADDICTED GENEALOGIST?
I know just what you mean  I started out in 1999 meaning only to research my father's family; now, I am researching all lines as new info comes to light and have a website to prove it
Have fun and keep up the good work - and remeber:
"Only a genealogist regards a step BACKWARD as PROGRESS!"
Regards. Ann.
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CAWTHORN, SCOTT & DeSilva PALMER from Cambridgeshire & West Norfolk [and beyond ] DAWSON from St. Ives, Hunts; WEATHERSTON from Berwick Upon Tweed & South Shields; SCALES, DILLEY, HAWKINS & SMITH from Herts; ****************************************** Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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4mywife
RootsChat Extra
Posts: 44
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god i must be sad just replying to this page  i started off on my wife,s tree not doing very well there  ,then my dad,s tree[result]then my mum say,s what about my tree  it just goes on and on 
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im looking at bruley,[found] tebbutt, northamton,lewis from saltry and now now down south ,barton, points ,fell and bayliss from clerkenwell, pearce from london,price,poole, yapp, ebbw vale
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sandiep
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 747
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SNAP to everyone here
I cant fill in your survey cos except for not being profesional guess I research everyone serves two purposes I love research and it stops me eating....well almost 
I even research other peoples for fun just finished a cousins well what I could find , never really finished but it introduced me to scottish certificates wish mine were scottish oh well back to it sandie
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Pender, Raphael,Lambert,Digby,Stent, Dowell,cornish,mulley,Death,Rosier, East End,Suffolk,Essex,Cornwall,Devon,London, middlesex, hertfordshire Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Dale
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1101
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Kia ora
I'm just worried about the poor future genealogist in 200 years time who might be able to access my tax returns, parking tickets and will have to scratch their heads wondering why on earth I spent so much time in Bangladesh! Or will they surmise that I was incarcerated for the above offences??
Just found one of mine who was in strife for bankruptcy and had to pay 2/6 by the following Saturday in 1915. Woner if he re-enrolled in the Army....?
Great game promised this wekend if anyone is interested.!!
Marlene in Aotearoa
"Ancestors never die , they simply lose their census."
(Read it out loud.!)
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HUNTS: Fairy, Ding, Scotney, Swinton, Burgess, Brace
BEDS: Farey, Fairy, Young, Rootham, Gell, Wildman, Cooper. Deighton, Flavel.
NORTHANTS: Hills, Mobbs, Twelftrees,
DERBY: Fairey,
LONDON: Fairey, Fairy, Burgess, Williams, Tanser, Picknell, Vinall, Plampin, Mullins, Day, Folwell, Bamfield, Brown
WATFORD HERTS; Burgess, Williams
WARKS: Fairy, Ward, Stephens, Reeves, Hodgkiss, Byrne, Hunt, Edgeworth, Harper, Dudley,
WORCS: Callow, Lowe
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JanetteO
RootsChat Member
Posts: 110
Susan Bailey born Chester, Cheshire father Edward
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I wanted to do my family tree, but my niece was doing it along with an uncle.... so didn't take it up, but sad as it wasn't worth doing it. So when my daughter's boyfriend in Canada announced that his father was born in England to a warbride, I decided to find out more for him. Big brick wall, so I then thought I'd look at my family tree, found a few mistakes along the way that opened many doors and I've never stopped since.
I get excited with the prospect of a few hours to escape to read parish records and court records and will talk about it for days afterwards.
What could be more exciting and entertaining that finding out an ancestor had his furniture of a bow and arrow removed for a quarter of a year! Or that another put the whole parish at peril of contacting the plague by allowing a sub tennant to stay in his home!
Sad but I have to admit to wanting to be a name dropper, I'd love to find myself related however winding the path to someone famous like Henry VIII, but at the moment I'm not even related to the person that empties the chamberpot
I do love all the new cousins that I've found since starting the tree, I'd never have known they'd existed if it wasn't for doing the tree.
Jan
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Okeman, Oakeman, Oakman, Smith, Allwright, Carrington, Skelton, Skilton, Watts, Morrell, Bailey, Griffen, White, Hammett, Bird, Canham, Carey, Carter, Griffen, Borer, Budd, Almond, Archer, Kemp, Bluett, Aldridge, Kerr, Elliott, Gosling, Moser, Robson, Austin, Ward, Jones, Tatt, Bayford, Overall, Greenham, Coffey, Westrop, Wyatt, Egan, Oickle, Newman, Stanley, Norton, Gore |
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Sooziecats
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 344
Jessie Wanklyn 16.01.1913 - Christmas Eve 1987
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I started looking for my Dad's mother's family after Mum hand Dad had been out for Sunday lunch and ended up looking at the Church where my dad was christened. This set us thinking of the names of Nan's brothers and sisters - she was the youngest of 17! I had no idea where to look and just did a Google search and found them on the 1901 census - and that was it!!! Ten months later I now have over 450 names on the tree. BUT the best bit is that I have become really close to my Dad, after a strained relationship for many years and we now go off all over the place looking for gravestones etc. It is wonderful.
This site has been the most useful I have used and thrown up names and answers when I have been completely stuck. Cheers all
Sue B
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AndrewMartin
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Posts: 218
Tweet me: www.twitter.com/familytreeuk
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yes, this site has really shown the value of using the internet to research a family tree.
the kindness of 'strangers' on here to help out with research is astonishing and those kind people have certainly helped me a lot to research my family's history.
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Andrew Martin Cambridge, England. www.familytreeuk.co.ukwww.twitter.com/familytreeukResearching: BABBIDGE, BAILEY, BARBER, BARKER, BISHOP, BOULTER, BOWERS, BRIGHTWELL, BURNELL, CLARKE, COOPER, CROSS, DEWEY, DEWSBURY, FLOWER, FREEMAN, GAWTHROP, GIDDINGS, GIGNER, GILBERT, GILLIONS, GOLTRIP, GOTHARD, HARRISON, HAWKINS, IRONS, JEFFERY, LEVITT, MARTIN, MODEN, NEWMAN, NEWELL, ONG, TALL, TAYLOR, TINGEY, WHITEHEAD, YARROW. |
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stephen7
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 540
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hi,
guess i am the same as the rest of you. started off carrying on my mother's side after she passed away. got stuck in 1540, guess what, moved over to my father's line, and so on and so forth...
will have to do my wife's soon or she will divorce me and cite the computer as third party!
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watson,smith,(cambridge)cadle,(gloucester)hutton,utton, phenix,(norfolk)tarleton,paterson,sommerville,stephenson ( lanarkshire) ,walker, lewis, mordecai,sparks,(glamorgan),bolitho. (cornwall)
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Essex export
RootsChat Member
Posts: 234
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"Only a genealogist regards a step BACKWARD as PROGRESS!"
Love the quote Ann.
I started when an uncle made a flip comment that a local estate could be named after a distant ancestor. Simple as that. And guess what? A year later and it was!!!! Estate is called Fishburn Park (mothers maiden name, Fishburn not Park) and it's named after Thomas Fishburn who built the Endeavour, in which Captain Cook sailed to Australia. Since then I've gone off in all directions. Snippets I find of interest one day don't appear to be relevant but months later, hey presto, you've got another branch. Just like a jigsaw, you'll tear up the house to find any pieces that are missing.
I've recently found a possible who was counterfeiting ha'pennys. He got caught and fined 1 shilling (wonder if he paid with the duff ones) and 12 months jail.
It's better than any TV soap, so who cares if we are sad.
All the best to everyone
Andy
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Ketch, Catch - Warwickshire. Elliott, Dawson, Armstrong, Rigg, Wass, Gargett, Wilson - Durham. Fishburn - Durham & N. Yorks Gibson - Whitby, N. Yorks Kellett - Yorkshire Eaton, Horner, Gisby, Cotgrove, Emery - Leigh, Essex Eaton, Horner, - Australia Census information is Crown copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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tikki_nik2
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Posts: 176
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Hi,
My grandfather was orphaned so my dad sent off for records from his local parish in Bucks and we visited the church and cottage where he grew up. I was about 10 and took a real interest. Now I have completely taken over the family research and got completely addicted!!! :-) I too bore the pants off everyone with my constant chatter about my discoveries, but I have learnt so much history through this hobby. I have one line in Northumberland back to the Civil War and am now finding out all about that. I wrote all my research up in a book with photos etc. and gave copies to my aunts and uncles and they loved it. I now research all lines of my family. I have a semicircular chart and I work by finishing off the levels and filling in the gaps. I have now almost completed the greatx3 grandparents and are halfway through the next generation. It does get much harder after the census years though!
Nikki
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Bucks - Chapman, Garnett, Munday, Smith, Hains, Field, Mayo, Glassington
Cambs - Turner, Alsop
London/Surrey/Middlesex - Floden, Sheppard, Parsons, Luckett, Smith, Martyn, March
Liecs - Winterton, Kirby, Harrison, Measures, Lowe, Smith, Warden, Oldham, Church
Northumberland - Back, Archbold, Elliot, Gibson, Thompson
Herts - March, Law, Adkins, Cooke, Grant
Sussex - Young, Saunders, Hayward, Bollard
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So I havent been able to do as much as I would like on my Scottish lines.