What Country is your research ?

[Heidi]

I don't know if I could be of help, but have been living in Switzerland for the past 38 years and know the country and language quite well. I saw you were interested in Swiss ancestry - perhaps I may be able to assist. Am willing to risk it - at the moment am in quite good health

[ndedross]

Heidi,

Hello. Thanks for the 'brave' message, I'll send you a PM.

I note from your profile you have Huguenot/Shoreditch interests - which is the same as my ancestor.

Nigel

[kat2004]

My wandering ancesters have took me from England to the USA and back several times, and also to New Zealand. I've only been researching for about six months and the thought of doing international digging around was really daunting, but i need not have worried, everyone is so helpful and friendly and actually interested even though they do not share the same name interests.

My faith in the human race has been restored!!

 

[SamiW]

Er.... anyone know how to go about finding out things in INDIA?!  My husbands mother's family were all Brits living in Calcutta from the early 1800's.  One side were the Pikes from Worcester or Amersham.  The others were Counsells - no idea where they were from, but grandfather was James Hope Ariel Counsell, and ggrandfather was James Ariel - so maybe someone has come across these family names in their research.  Would really like to follow the tree back if anyone has some ideas......
Sami

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Sami,

I posted a link in Immigrants about Ancestors in India:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,30580.0.html

try the search button for India, as well. There may be a few other threads on the boards

good luck,
Bob

[Olly]

I always believed that I was a Scouser through and through, with a little bit of Welsh blood.

Not so!! It seems part of my beginnings are firmly rooted in Lincolnshire and some in Ireland (although I've not rooted there yet!). This is on my Mum's side.

My Dad's is the Welsh bit, but it seems that goes back to Middlesex somewhere along the line.

How wrong can you be!!! Still proud to be a Scouser though!!!

[Kennington]

I thought I would find myself in Ireland quite quickly as my mother's maiden name is Kelly. But so far I have only traced them to Whitehaven in 1832.

I am (so far) 10% Welsh (Anglesey) and 90% English.  But there's lots of time yet !!

Kennington

[Burrow Digger]

Well I'm from New Zealand, although now living in Canada. We thought the Burrow family were from Devonshire, until we discovered that some of them were born in Somerset. Now I find the descendents moving to places like Cornwall, Birkenhead, and Oxfordshire.

My scottish ancestors were from Aberdeen and Fifeshire - and theres also a strange link to Orkney that I just cannot find any proof for. She was christened in Orkney, married in Edinburgh, and died in New Zealand. Trouble is - I simply cannot find her parents anywhere.
BD

[marionfm]

England (Dorset), Ireland (mostly North) and Scotland, and for my husband Scotland, with a sailor's excursion into Hampshire to seize a young wife and eventually take her back to Scotland, and have 13 children!

I was born in N Ireland, grew up in London and have lived in both Eastern and Western Canada.  Research in Ireland is the most frustrating.

Main names are Hardy, Diffey, Gale, Hamilton, Barr, Simpson, McCall, Webb, Christie, Johnston, Holmes, Hay.

Only been doing the research for about a year, but am impressed at how helpful people in genealogy are!

Marion