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What Country is your main research centred on ?
| England and Wales |
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   741 (56.2%) |
| Ireland |
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219 (16.6%) |
| Scotland |
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210 (15.9%) |
| Emmigrants |
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91 (6.9%) |
| Immigrants |
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57 (4.3%) |
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Topic: What Country is your research ? (Read 28767 times)
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waralan
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Hi,
England was my last search. I don't mean that in a disparing sense, but the rest of my family had already ready researched Sweeden, Norway, and Germany. I have all of that on flopping discs.
However, I have always known my paternal grandfather came from England.
With the help of this board, I have been able to obtain a birth certificate for him, Edward Rutter.
He died here, the US, when I was about 2, so I really didn't know him that well.
I have been able to fill in most holes, but a few will still exist, e.g. what happened to his siblings Elizabeth and Richard, and what happened to his mother afer he got here?
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teddybear1843
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My lot are all from Norfolk, with some just popping over the Suffolk border.
How great to be able to go and visit villages where my ancestors lived without taking ages travelling.
Teddybear
PS. My parents still live in the same village where my Mum's family has been since at least 1620.
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Bear, Burrows, Burroughs, Goll, Mayes, Yull, Bacon, Harvey, Fenn, Youngman, Jary, Lake, Chesney, Yaxley, Freestone, Briggs, Carrington, Frarey, Blaxter, Bennefer, Gosman, Howard, Wildman, Woodbine, Jessop, Taylor, Walpole, etc etc all in Norfolk. Weasenham village history and families connected to the villages of Weasenham All Saints & Saint Peter in Norfolk. Happy to carry out research in Norfolk. Please PM for details. http://norfolktours.110mb.com/ |
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Amy K
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My ancestors are all home grown, I am yet to find a foreigner. I did have one who was born in Ireland, her father was stationed there as a customs officer, but it is hardly exotic is it?
They didn't emigrate either... boring lot. 
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cymbeline
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Although I only found your web-site recently, i seem to be logging on quite regularly, and would like to say that it leaves others in the shade regarding links, advice and friendliness. I'm surprised to find out you are only 6 months old - a big CONGRATS to you !!
As for me, i'm happy to have found out recently that my background is mostly Irish, which is where i've hit my wall. I also have a complicated family history which makes research difficult but i'm not willing to give up that easily.
On another note, i live in switzlerland - so if anybody needs any help in that direction or with the german language, i would be happy to help.
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shirleyannmarie
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hello everyone
I've been researching England and Wales and Ireland.
However all my avenues end up in Ireland, both North and South.
So, will soon come to a grinding holt, Umm I think alittle trip to Ireland will be called for in the New Year. Oh I like holidays.
Talking about Hloidays Incase I don't remember to say it later
Merry Christmas to all on RootsChat.
Shirleyannmarie
PS This is the Best Site Ever!!!!!
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Orr,Reay,Burns,Mcmeekin,Henderson,Horgan-Ireland
Horgan,Morgans,Richards- Wales
Dale,Clark.Tattersfield-England
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Lin
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Greetings Everyone 
My research is in various counties of England. We think there may be a Welsh branch of one family but have no concrete evidence of this. Also it is thought that one branch of my family originate in Scotland.
I also have branches in America, Canada and New Zealand. One time a branch was in Kenya, Africa but returned.
A recent discovery is the possibility of relatives in Jamaica but it is not yet proven.
Lin
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CRAWFORTH = Surrey, Yorkshire, Middlesex, Olean NY USA, Canada
ODD = Surrey, Kent, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Kaysville Utah USA, Canada, New Zealand
ODDBOY = Kent
KENT = Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Lincolnshire
SINFIELD = Surrey, Bedfordshire
CRADDUCK = Surrey, Middlesex, Olean NY USA
MUSHET = Kent, Scotland
WELLS = Kent
MARLEY = Kent
JAMES = Surrey
HUBBARD = Surrey
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Keith Bateman
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Hi All
If I had answered the question a couple a weeks ago I would have said England ONLY
Now I have found some of my relations in Scotland,Isle of Man and possibly even Wales.
I do know my Uncle went to Australia and then New Zealand and joined up in WW2 - but leaving him for another time - as struggling enough at home!
I found out at school [that was a long time ago] that there is a Batemans Bay near Sydney Australia so whether some of mine were convicts - perhaps they were Guards!! 
Cheers
Keith
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Willow 4873
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My lot didnt seem to move very far at all - all the Hiltons seem to have stopped in Wolverhampton except for a couple of great uncles who moved to London and a great aunt who moved to Newport Pagnall.
It seems to be a case of family members partners moving here from other places rather than us moving elsewhere. The Bowkett side comes from Droitwich and great great grand parents moved here from Ledbury Hereford, Cookley Worcs, Appleton Lancs, Griesley Leicestershire, Nantwich and one great uncle from Wales
We seem to be a boring stop at home lot even though I know we have a long history of military service they never seemed to have been tempted to stay in the places they were posted
Mind you it does make my job a bit easier on the research side lol
Willow x
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Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and is for academic and non-commercial research purposes only Researching: Hilton, Simkiss, Mears & Jones (Wolverhampton) Bowkett (Ledbury & Wolverhampton) Nash (Ledbury) Beard (Worcester), Ralph (Wolverhampton & Bilston), Colley (Tibberton) Roberts (Wolverhampton & Bilston), Harris (Droitwich) Matthews (Wolverhampton & High Offley) |
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Keith Sherwood
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My great-grandfather, who was Italian, was brought from Genoa by a Catholic priest at the age of 10 to attend a boys' Catholic school in Ramsgate in 1882. Why he came, and who his parents were - apart from the name of his father on his marriage certificate - I have been quite unable to discover. Trying to unravel Italian genealogy has been a total frustration so far. I've pored over innumerable microfilms of Genoa-area BMD's at my local LDS History Centre. It doesn't help that my grandmother was born illegitimately to another woman before he got respectably married, so lines of family communication are rather muted in most areas.
Answer to the initial thread question: Italy.
Keith (wanting proudly to wave the Italian flag)
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Amy K
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Hi Keith,
My boyfriends ancestors come from the Genoa region of Italy too. I have had a bit of a go at doing his tree, but it is so difficult to find out any info on the family in Italy. I don't envy your task at all.
Best Wishes of the Season.
Amy Kitcher
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Biker
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I concur on the difficulties of researching continental relatives. A few of mine are from Germany and Sweden. I have recently found a lead on the German lot, so will see how that pans out, but the Swedish lot are impossible due to the naming conventions (i.e. Xson, Yson, Zson for the males and Xdotter, Ydotter etc for the females) which make it a complete maze.
Best of luck in the coming year! 
Happy holidays
Jonathan
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