What Country is your research ?

[marcie dean]

Mainly Scotland, but Great, Great Grandfather was born in Danzig, Prussia around 1823.  Despite my best efforts can find absolutely no information about his birth, nor anything about his parents or other family members.  Very frustrating!

mainly scotland england and ireland depending upon which trees i am researching mine or my husbands' family or my great grans husband tongs or tong.romsey hants

[LynO23]

Mainly England and Wales, but also California and Victoria, Australia. I am fairly new to family history research but already becoming a bit obsessive.

[pinefamily]

Welcome to Rootschat! And you don't know how obsessive family history can make you. 

[LynO23]

Hi,

Thank you for the welcome. I've had so much help from people already, it's wonderful.

The name Pine/Pyne.....here in Devon we have villages called Combepyne and Upton Pyne, both originally held by a family called de Pyn, thought to be from Calvados in Normandy. We also have a fairly famous local poet called Kevin Pyne who lives in Dartmouth. Any connection?

Anyway, thank you
Best wishes
Lyn

[pinefamily]

I've never heard of Kevin Pyne before. It's interesting you mention Normandy in relation to the Pyne/de Pyn name. A Moses Taylor Pyne did a lot of research back at the turn of the 20th century. He discovered that the family came from Aquitaine and before that the Pyrenees in northern Spain. A Herbert de Pins was given the maonr of Upton Pyne in the mid 12th century.  He is thought to have been a bodyguard to Eleanor of Aquitaine.
My lot came from Ottery St Mary the earliest I have found, which isn't too far from Upton Pyne.

[MrsMander]

I am researching the last names Mander, McNaughton and Northcott, they hail from England, Scotland and Canada. Wanting information on a Benjamin Dudley Mander Sr can't find when and where died he is my gg grandfather.

[pinefamily]

Hello, and welcome to Rootschat! 
If you post a query on the Beginners Board, with as much information as you have on your 2x great grandfather, some of the clever people on here will be able to help, I'm sure.

[Coppice67]

Hello, I have just joined and my research is based here in the United Kingdom with some from United States of America and a few from Australia.
Specifically, my family is based in Sussex, both West and East.

names, Hazelgrove, Haselgrove, Searle, Mills, Jackson, Glue & Glew

[*Sandra*]

Hello, I have just joined and my research is based here in the United Kingdom with some from United States of America and a few from Australia.
Specifically, my family is based in Sussex, both West and East.

names, Hazelgrove, Haselgrove, Searle, Mills, Jackson, Glue & Glew

A Warm Welcome to RootsChat Coppice67

Any gaps or brick walls, post on the relevant board and there are many volunteers willing to help you.

Sandra