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The Common Room / Re: How can people trace British Genealogy futher than 1500s?
« on: Thursday 15 June 23 17:26 BST (UK)  »
Furthest record back I've manage to establish with confidence is a marriage between two ancestors that took place on 5 February 1555 in a village in Devon.

It completely depends on location and status as to how far back you can get. A good location can get you back to the 16th century even without any noble blood, any further back than that you pretty much need some nobility.

But I agree with Biggles, after a certain distance back, it can start to feel like you're essentially just researching history rather than ancestry. I don't have a gateway ancestor and sometimes I wish I did, whereas other times I am kind of glad I don't. I know for a fact I'd get addicted to tracing everyone and that would just dominate my life  ;D

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The Common Room / Starting from scratch
« on: Sunday 19 February 23 21:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I started researching my family tree in 2008 at the age of 15. As you can expect I did all the usual stupid things and by 2014 I realised that my tree was so full of errors and mistakes and guesses that cleaning it up would be laborious and more work than fun. So I made the decision to start from scratch and start a new file (at this point I was 21).

Now I am almost 30, and I am looking at my tree (22k individuals) with a similar feeling to that which I had in 2014. I have noticed various errors and mistakes that I made in my early 20's and before I refined my research abilities to the level they are at today. There are facts which I have recorded that I have no idea where I got them from and I'm frustrated with myself for not making the effort to record that information. It's not horrendous, but I just feel like if I started today I could build a cleaner and more well referenced tree than the one I started nine years ago.

Yes, I'm tempted to start from scratch again.

Just wondered whether anyone else has ever done similar, and regretted it? Or perhaps did so and realised it was a good decision? I am 50/50 whether to start again, or put the work in and go person by person, branch by branch, and do a full scale clean up.


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The Common Room / Re: GRO digital images £2.50
« on: Monday 02 January 23 22:00 GMT (UK)  »
I do hope they expand it to everyone, it's such a good idea.

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The Common Room / Re: GRO site down?
« on: Saturday 24 September 22 20:06 BST (UK)  »
I noticed they had added 2021 to the Index but when you selected to order any certificates for that year the site would crash. So I imagine they are working on that issue

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The Common Room / Re: GRO site down?
« on: Saturday 24 September 22 19:55 BST (UK)  »
I think the site said it would be down for the weekend when I was on a few days ago

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The Common Room / Re: GRO website - Deaths from 1984 to 2019
« on: Monday 05 September 22 22:04 BST (UK)  »
2021 now available from the GRO website (for Births and Deaths)

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The Common Room / Re: GRO website - Deaths from 1984 to 2019
« on: Thursday 27 January 22 14:50 GMT (UK)  »
All of 2019 and 2020 now available on GRO

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The Common Room / Re: GRO website - Deaths from 1984 to 2019
« on: Friday 21 January 22 17:20 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: rosie99 on Friday 21 January 22 07:37 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Knight-Sunderland on Thursday 20 January 22 23:30 GMT (UK)
GRO Indexes Updated

Births and Deaths now available for Q4 2020 (but for some reason Q4 2019 and Q1, Q2, Q3 2020 still not searchable... ???)

There are a few on there for Quarter 3

Ah yes you're right. But seemingly only for Births. My best guess is they are currently uploading them onto the system in a staggered way.

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The Common Room / Re: GRO website - Deaths from 1984 to 2019
« on: Thursday 20 January 22 23:30 GMT (UK)  »
GRO Indexes Updated

Births and Deaths now available for Q4 2020 (but for some reason Q4 2019 and Q1, Q2, Q3 2020 still not searchable... ???)

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