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Family History Beginners Board / Re: "Bastard Laws" and courts in the U.K.
« on: Monday 07 May 18 00:00 BST (UK)  »
Thanks jorose - very helpful, although I think it's going to be quite difficult to trackdown a male line descendant from both sides for DNA tests - especially from the the "nobility side" that Robert Hastings Smith claimed as his family. I may have hit a (temporary?) block with this part of my research.

Anyway - DNA testing is improving/changing all the time isn't it? Perhaps there might be something that could be shown down the track.

Thanks for the link to the NZ publication.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: "Bastard Laws" and courts in the U.K.
« on: Sunday 06 May 18 10:55 BST (UK)  »
I've had my wife's (the gg grand-daughter of Robert Hastings Smith) DNA results uploaded to ancestry.com

As I'm relatively new to this - what is the best way to establish a DNA link with a descendant of Charles Butler (the person Robert Hastings Smith claimed was his father)?

Thanks for everyone's help so far.
 

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: RootsMagic and Ancestry
« on: Friday 27 April 18 11:46 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the input ggrocott. What are the problems ancestry.com are having at the moment?

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: RootsMagic and Ancestry
« on: Thursday 26 April 18 22:12 BST (UK)  »
Thanks KGarrard and Jebber, I think I'll buy the full-fledged software based on your recommendation.

Jebber - I was interested in your comment that you've chosen not to have a tree on ancestry.com - have you had a negative experience(s) there or do you have other tools that suit you better? Also, I was interested in your comment that you research and record family trees for friends. I hadn't even thought about doing that (I've been too engrossed in my own family's for the last few months of getting into genealogy) but now you've mentioned that idea (and that RootsMagic allows you to keep multiple trees) I'm going to keep it in mind.

Much thanks

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: RootsMagic and Ancestry
« on: Thursday 26 April 18 06:29 BST (UK)  »
Thanks KGarrard

Is it the only local software app you use or is it part of a suite of apps? Is the connection with ancestry.com as good as it appears on the brochure?

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Ancestry to connect with RootsMagic
« on: Thursday 26 April 18 06:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi pstainthorp,

I'm interested to know how you've gone in using roots magic and it's connection with Ancestry.com - are you still using it? Why/why not?

Much thanks

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: RootsMagic and Ancestry
« on: Thursday 26 April 18 06:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi KGarrad

I'm interested to know your thoughts on whether RootsMagic is worth investing in. I'm looking fairly new to genealogy and have my trees on ancestry.com but would prefer to have it stored on my own hard drive.

Jebber - do you use this software app and if so what's your experience?

Thanks in advance

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: "Bastard Laws" and courts in the U.K.
« on: Wednesday 25 April 18 09:28 BST (UK)  »
Thanks everyone for your input into this:

brigidmac - you said “The money paid to a love child was often specified to end when child reached a certain age” - could this be an example of a “Remittance Man” i.e. RHS was paid by the Butler family to stay away?

You also asked: “what was Robert Smiths mother's name + profession, and where did she give birth ?  a high status hospital or a private house ..?” - I don’t have any details other than the names of Mary or possibly Anne.

I don’t have any birth records of Robert Hastings Smith. The earliest record (I think) I have of him is his arrival in Australia in 1863 (aged 19) on board the “Nemmo”

He’s back on board the SS “John Elder” that leaves Sydney on 8th June 1883 to London, and arrives back into Sydney on 29/9/1883 (3.5 months later) on the SS “Luisiana”. There’s a court case later that year where he’s charged with attempted murder of his wife’s boyfriend.


Ruskie - yes RHS dies in Australia at Macquarie Street Asylum in Parramatta (New South Wales) on 23/8/1901

Your advice on getting a DNA comparison with a living relative of Charles Butler is probably going to be the best bet. My wife and I did the ancestry.com DNA test about a month ago snd we’re currently waiting for the response. So do I see if there’s any living descendants of Charles Lennox Butler on ancestry.com and try to contact them? I’m sure I’ll work it out once the results come back from ancestry.com

Thanks again for everyone’s input.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: "Bastard Laws" and courts in the U.K.
« on: Sunday 22 April 18 13:49 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Stan - yes I have some info on Charles Lennox Butler - I am trying to work out how to verify he was the father of my wife's ancestor Robert Hastings Smith as he (RHS) claimed.

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