Wish it was always so easy!

[suttontrust]

  Last Monday evening a friend asked me if I would try to trace her father's side of the family.  She had written down what she knew, and I said okay.  Now this lady is in her late 60s and she knew her grandparents' dates of birth.  First stop the 1901 census on Monday night, and there they were - with the wife's mother living with them, so I had her maiden name straight away.  From there on, with valuable help from Rootschatters with census look-ups, as well as the IGI, I got back to the 1790s in 4 days flat.  I only wish it was always that easy - but that would take the fun out of it.

[kat2004]

The lucky so and so! You can do mine if you want too! 

Well done!

[Paul E]

Like suttontrust, I have had some speedy advances with some family lines - probably felt like the Germans did as they stormed through Europe at the start of the war (if that analogy isn't too tasteless).  But now it seems like I'm engaged in trench warfare, with movements forward inch by inch at times.  I'm not sure which I enjoy the most!

best wishes

Paul

[Willow 4873]

I agree Paul sometimes I've found a peice of info (like when I found out my GGrandmothers maiden name, added about 20 new names to the tree and found someone on RootsChat who is researching another branch of the family in two days) and blazed forward then other times you feel like your chasing your own tail (like trying to find anything further on my GGGrandad Mears)

Think I like both aspects of it. The thrill of finding new branches and the slow plod and pleasure when you finally find the missing link

Though I agree Suttontrust its always a megga bonus when the in laws were living with them. I've had that happen once or twice

Willow x