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Topic: Dumb questions for things I should know (Read 331 times)
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tbsg
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Beginners... Wow... that's so appropriate!
That's exactly what I have been wanting to do for so long. I don't even know what my nationality is and haven't for some time. I feel so ignorant for not being an ignorant person. How do I even begin so I don't feel so dumb when this type of conversation comes up?
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craizi daizi
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Well i suppose you start with your parents, where they were born and work back from there, is often not easy, but a fascinating journey
Daizi
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Flisher : UK and Sth Africa and Australia Munro : Scotland, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty and Australia Prust : Bristol, UK, and Australia Woodburgess/Wood/Burgess/Wood-Burgess, Adcock/Brudenall in Lincolnshire UK and Australia Taylor :Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Australia Mathers : Montrose , Scotland and Australia Johnson : ?? and Australia Pascoe : UK and Australia and USA http://www.aronsfight.synthasite.com/index.php |
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charlotteCH
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Hi tbsg and welcome to rootschat 
As daizi says begin with what you know and work back from there.
Do you know where and when your parents were married? If so you could then set about getting theoir marriage certificate which should show their father's names and occupations- I should add a caveat that that is what you'd get on a British cert and maybe on other coutries also.
People on here are very willing to help so don't be afraid to ask qustions-we've all been beginners some time. 
charlotte
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HARGREAVES, HANSON, BAILEY, BURTON, HEWITT, JAGGER, LOCKWOOD, UTTLEY, RUDD, TAYLOR, HOLDEN, SHAW Halifax / Sowerby/ Southowram 18C+
GILL, Accrington, Blackburn, West Derby, Lancs, migrated USA 1891 to RI: GILL in SC: HOTCHKISS in RI: PELOQUIN in RI
HUMPHRIES, HILLIER, ALLEN, LYDBURY Nunney/Frome 18-19C
HUMPHRIES, JOYCE, HEWITT, ROBINSON, McMULLEN, SUFFEL, CARNEY, MARRON, COMPTON, FREEMAN Ont. Canada 1830+
PILSEN, Sask.
82nd Regt of Foot 1808-1825
1st WRY Militia 1780-1800
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tbsg
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ok... then where do i put in the information i know? like my parents/grandparents last names? i guess i don't understand how to do that either? do i do it on this web site, or is there another place i can do that?
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Berlin-Bob
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Hi tbsg,
perhaps this topic will give you a few ideas, how you can use the RootsChat forum
Topic: Getting Started / Beginners Links
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,381764.0.html
regards,
Bob
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site. All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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Maggie1895
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There's no such thing as a dumb question!
Everyone has to start, and I've not been on this board for long, and wondered if it would help to give you an outline of how I did it? I had a lot of family stories, but had no idea which were true and which weren't.
I started by looking at everything I did have that was confirmed - birth certificates, death certificates, wedding dates etc, and then used a family tree site to start building a tree on line- there are a lot them about and information on them on this site. (go through the link Bob gave above)
Then once I started building the tree with what I knew, I could see where the gaps were. I registered with a Search site (there are a lot, free BMD (birth, marriage, death) sites, and sites where you pay by search or for an annual subcription: Ancestry, FindmyPast, all sorts) and started looking for the answers to the gaps.
I then found this board - everyone here is helpful and you can ask for general guidance, or for help with finding missing links where you are stuck
It's a long slow slog but totally addictive. If you just start with what you know, and build back from there you'll probably end up hooked on it - I have!
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carol8353
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ok... then where do i put in the information i know? like my parents/grandparents last names? i guess i don't understand how to do that either? do i do it on this web site, or is there another place i can do that?
By all means post any questions here for us to help you with,but please be aware that due to identity fraud Rootschat does not allow names of living people to be posted.
So please be aware of that when asking for help. We are usually quite good about finding people farther back in time though
If you post here and a moderator thinks you'll get more replies under a different heading(maybe a certain county or country) then they will soon move your request to a better board for you.
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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do you have a copy of your own birth certificate ... place of birth, know at least one of your parents?