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Which age group are you in ? Please answer truthfully. No one will know which option you select!
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Topic: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts (Read 2522 times)
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Arranroots
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RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 10934
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 Hurray, I'm the most popular!! (First time for everything)
Have been interested in names generally for years, but all this internet business makes it so much simpler to access info on relatives who didn't stay still in one place. The Severn Bridge was built for my lot!!
Do have to try hard to balance my interest in dead people with the requirements of the living, however, especially ones that seem to need feeding more than once a day. Lol.
Arranroots
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS WIL: WEBB, SALTER RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK) |
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Miriam
RootsChat Extra
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I'm 20, so definitely one of the younger ones! I've been researching about a year because I wanted to find out who all these people were - http://www.villagephotos.com/viewpubimage.asp?id_=8741229
I'd wanted to know for as long as I can remember, I never really thought I'd go ahead and do it though. Quite a few people seem to have got into family history through wanting to know more about old family photographs...
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MOON, YOUNG, COLES, GREAVES (GRAVES), HOUSE, TIDBOALD - In Somerset, Gloucestershire and surrounding areas - Baltonsborough, Frome, Dulverton, Bedminster, Bristol.
HOLYLAND, RUDKIN, DONISTHORPE, MOORE, MATLOCK, WOODFORTH, CRAMP, WEBSTER, HOLLAND, PATCHET, WHITEHEAD, BULLERS, BULLERS-BARKER, EAGLEFIELD - Leicestershire, Loughborough and surrounding villages.
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RachelK
RootsChat Member
Posts: 136
My late mother Polly
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I'm 23 too Amy.
I only started in October but it's something that I've ALWAYS wanted to do. My mum says I was even interested as a child. I really wanted to start now, because my nan (last remaining grandparent) has been very ill. Once they're gone it's too late to ask!
My friends tend to get a glazed slightly bored look when I talk about genealogy, but to me it's very interesting, and I think knowing about your ancestors and where you came from isn't something that should be taken for granted, as it often is.
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Staffordshire - Kendrick, Higgs, Ralph, Mears, Egginton, Simkiss, Beebee, Hartshorn, Pitt, Howard, Law, Hilton, Humphreyson,
Worcestershire - Kendrick, Onions, Timmins, Harvey, Stephens, Hill
Shropshire - Williams, Wilcox, Moreton, Poole, Gennoe, Stedman, Astley, Morris, Roe
Carmarthenshire - Naylor
Montgomeryshire - Williams, Wilcox
Middlesex - Silver, Martin
Suffolk - Chenery
Somerset - Owen, Chorley, Rugg
Lancashire - Evans, Silver
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Ladkyis
RootsChat Extra
Posts: 69
Still searching for those darned actors
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I am 58 - I think - I started researching when I was recuperating from surgery and needed something to exercise my mind. My father was doing his family, my mother had loads of stuff on hers so my husband said "do my family, I don't have many relatives." that was in 1994, he now has around 1000 names on his family tree and only this week on another thread he found six generations from his mother's maternal line and went back to 1737 - now all he has to do is confirm the sources but for a man with "...not many relatives" he isn't doing too bad. I have now inherited the research done by my father and I too am trying to confirm sources.
Ann
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GIBBON, MCDADE, BRIDGER, GUILFOYLE, MACEY, JOHNSON, BELLEW, NATHAN, GEORGE, CLARKE.
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Hackstaple
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2676
Family researcher
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The average age of Family History Researchers is 43years 5months 11days old.
You heard it here first 
Never believe statistics. 
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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena. Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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nutkin
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1075
My reason for digging! A baby nutkin!
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31 and proud of it. I wish I had started earlier as now it is such hard work to get all my older relatives to talk.
I remember when I was small running away when they started talking about stories from the "Old Country". In the US that is when they talk abut times before immigration and all the wonderful traditions that are continued. Now everyone runs aways from me when I start asking about the Old Country.
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Shields & Milner- Patrington & Bilton, Yorkshire Nixon & Bowers - Appleby, Broughton & Messingham, Lincolnshire Hancock &Tyson- Tetford, Skendleby & Spilsby, Lincolnshire Cochrane- Darvel, Loudon, Ayrshire Yuill, Hardie- Paisley, Renfrewshire Kennedy, Gardener & Clelland- Glasgow, Lanarkshire & Paisley, Renfrewshire Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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jax
RootsChat Member
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My friends tend to get a glazed slightly bored look when I talk about genealogy,
I check out rootschat everylunch time at work, and only yesterday one of my colleagues remarked "don't you ever get bored with that?"
simple reply was No Never 
jax (40 - last birthday)
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Jones, Venner, Kenealy, Morphett, Tree, Maxted, Page, all from or around Lydd, Ivychurch, Romney Marsh.
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Twyman, Daisy Kent/Thanet Area.
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Fidler, Berkshire. Butcher, Faversham.
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Everson Suffolk/Norfolk
Knights, Vann (Wenn) Norfolk
Hilden - Kent and surrounding areas (romany gypsy connections)
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Vicky
RootsChat Member
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There seems to be more females under 50 than anything else or is it that the males have not been voting?
By the way I am a female under 60, 50 and 40
But only just outside the 30 bracket. 
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSurnames: THOMAS, COPE, COOK(E), JONES!, HYBART, SELBY, HANSFORD, DAVIES, RICHARDS, HOARE, CRIDDLE, BROOM. Counties: Glamorgan, Monmouth, Gloucester, Brecon, Hereford, |
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carol8353
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 5815
My two gorgeous grandsons
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52 on Tuesday- which I have just realised is almost tomorrow
I spend so much time on here helping people and have them help me I just don't know where the time goes.
I've been doing my family tree for about 8 years now.
All the best,
Carol 
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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Geoff
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 643
TV, great add for Radio
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I am 60 nearing 61.
I started looking for the ancestors about 10 years ago.
It has really improved the mind, I can remember what happened, where it happened, and who it happened to during their lives.
But I can't damn well remember what happened yesterday in my own life 
Cheers
Geoff
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** Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ** Somerset:MASTERS, HACKETT,HINTON,WEEKS, BOULTON,WRENTMORE/WRINTMORE Perthshire:CRICHTON,TAYLOR,MOON,IRONS,KIDD Durham:FENWICK,PUNSHON,EDDY,STEVENSON,HENRY Northumberland: BUCHANAN, HODGSON Lincolnshire:MASKEY, BIRD, FISHER, HARLEY, Cambridge:CROSS,FOREMAN,FREEMAN,ONG,SCOTT,FEAST,MOXON Gloucestershire,HILL,COX,NEWELL Sussex:CHAPMAN,STEVENS,DOWNER Surrey:NEWELL, LENEY, WEBB |
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Paul E
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Happy Birthday Carol!
May all your certificates arrive speedily and all your census returns be readable!
best wishes
Paul
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