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Family History Beginners Board / Re: College of Arms
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 22:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Antony. I think I do. I have created the pedigree and I have provided sources and details for every single generation. Since I share a close common ancestor with the current queen consort of the Netherlands, most genealogists have done the hard work already and her line (which is my line too) is well documented. I have all the documents from my generation up to that common ancestor. I wonder if the College of Arms has the pedigree of all royal houses (including consorts) of neighbour European monarchies since they are interrelated. But that's something they will have to answer, I guess. Thanks for all your comments. You have helped me a lot. :-)))

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: College of Arms
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 21:36 BST (UK)  »
Thanks a lot for your answer. I read somewhere that Henry II is likely to have 100 million descendants. That's a lot but probably within the possibilities. We are talking about a timespan of 1.000 years. It's "only" 26 generations between Henry II and me (it sounds easier that way) ;D

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: College of Arms
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 21:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your swift response. Yes, I read the information before asking, but I found nothing about the fees. All I know is that they are non-for-profit.

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Family History Beginners Board / College of Arms
« on: Sunday 08 October 17 20:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi!

I apologise in advance if this is not the right place to ask this question. Feel free to move it to the most suitable forum.

The thing is that I have recently found out that I might be (more likely than not) a descendant of Henry II of England. The line is documented, if not by registers and baptism certificates for every generation, at least by some reliable independent genealogical articles that point to that connection. However, I would like to go a bit further and get some sort of official firsthand advice from professional genealogists. I came across the College of Arms in the UK (where you can register your pedigree) and I wonder if any of you have heard of it and, if so, whether you have contacted them. I also welcome other affordable, reliable options wherever they may be. Thanks.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Colman Family
« on: Tuesday 28 March 17 18:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi!

It was Francisca's maiden name. In Spanish we do not have married names, so women keep their surnames.  ;)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Colman Family
« on: Tuesday 28 March 17 18:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

Thanks for the quick answer. I know for a fact that they are related. Francisca Colman was born in a very small rural town in southern Uruguay, just where all the other Colmans come from. There are not many Colmans in the region, so although I have not been able to find the papers (because they were lost after the parish was restored), it is very likely that they are related one way or the other. My main interest, however, is to trace the line back to England, to know if there are any registers of Colmans emigrating to southern South America.

Thanks! :-)

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Family History Beginners Board / Colman Family
« on: Tuesday 28 March 17 18:01 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon!

I've recently started a project on an ancestry website and I'm currently working on my Family Tree. I want to get as far as possible. I am a Uruguayan-born Spaniard living in Norway who took a DNA Test only to find out that I have distant cousins in England, Canada and the U.S. Following the results of the test, I decided to do a bit of research and I discovered that my paternal greatgrandfather´s mother was called Rafaela Paez Colman, the daughter of Fructuoso Paez and Francisca Colman. Needless to say I did not know anything about any English ancestor. Searching on the web I found out that the Colmans were in Uruguay and Paraguay as early as the 17th century. Ignacio Colman is believed to have been born in Paraguay around 1687. However, I am not able to get any further than this. I would like to know if there is any possible way/technique to get close to the "truth", since I do not have access to old documents. Do you know if any Colman emigrated to southern South America or Spain?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Kind regards,

G.G.

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