why is nobody EVER searching for the same people as me?

[SooCatt]

Is it ME?

I read stories all the time about people who've found long lost relatives or even remote cousins 32 times removed and have, as a result, gained loads of new info and lines to research.

Why then is nobody else in the whole of genealogy land researching MY family? 
AND (I know you should never start a sentence with 'and' my former English teacher would have a fit) why does no-one in my family have any of those wonderful old photos of Great Grandma Ethel (not that I ever had a Great Grandma Ethel - at least I don't THINK so) that other people always seem to have. AND (there I go again) do they ALL have to be coal miners and carpet weavers - can't I find just one sea captain, or milliner, or even a highwayman!

Sorry I'm rambling now    I think I must have just hit too many brick walls of late.  It must do something to the brain don't you think!
 

Susan
(alway hoping for a connection to somebody - ANYBODY!)

[1000xlch]

Hi Soo Catt

I know the feeling of the dull nagging headache as you hit the brick wall with the anti stress kit (place head in circle and hit it hard until a) you pass out or b) your head bleeds).

Everybody in the world seems to be an ag lab or coal miner, or farmer, or railway (my lot)  , no landed gentry, knights or peers.  Some don't get married so inconvenient to find the cert and parents,  aargh!

If mountain ahead, then go around it ie twigs and branches rather than the tunnel as you hit the brick walls quicker in a tunnel.  I collect everything and anything sideways no matter how remote and I often go further back in the generations. 

Keep trying as it is good for the mental stimulation, the problem solving skills, detective work, puzzle solving, and reading up on history, ie historical dramas like who did what to whom and when and why (cue the Cluedo music or Henri Poirot).  It is hard work but immensely satisfying.  Why else do we frequent rootschat?

John Rowley

[Hackstaple]

In 15 years I have only found 3 people who were actively researching any of my ancestors and one of them never answered a PM I sent him when he appeared on Rootschat. So, I have a lot of interchange with a cousin the other side of London and occasional emails with a second cousin in Cumberland [I am in Kent].

[SooCatt]

In 15 years I have only found 3 people who were actively researching any of my ancestors

It feels much better to know I'm not alone 

Susan

[Iria]

Nobody is Researching My Line of Slaters.. no wonder though most of there daughters had children out of wedlock it took me nearly 8 years to even start my Grandfathers family ..

If any one out there has any conncetions with the

Harold Family of Liverpool Warwickshire

Slater Family of Liverpool and Possibly Ulverston

PLEASE Let me Know

Regards

Iria

[juddee]

Hello Susan

No, it's not you as I know exactly how you feel   

I seem to be the only one looking for my numerous rels and although nearly all of them bred like proverbial rabbits, and continued to do so into the early 20th century, not one descendant seems to be interested in finding their lost ancestors.  They are missing out on so much....the history and connection to family however remote.

Although my english Tasker family tree has grown due to Jabawak, Sharonk and much help from Debbie G there appears to be hardly one here in Oz searching for them   Thinking I had struck paydirt last year I snail mailed all the info I had gathered to the only contact I've made  and never heard from her again despite sending repeated e-mails.     

I've always loved a good mystery and never give up trying but sometimes wish I could contact rels "on the other side" just to get a bit of a clue to make life a little easier. 

Keep searching ....a break through always comes along when least expected 

Cheers  Juddee

[AnneMc]

Hi Susan:
Notice you liste the surname Pinkney. What area are you searching in?

Anne

Canada

[SooCatt]

I've always loved a good mystery and never give up trying but sometimes wish I could contact rels "on the other side" just to get a bit of a clue to make life a little easier. 

Cheers  Juddee

That's an interesting idea - I wonder if anyone has ever tried that

Is anybody there ...... ?

S

[SooCatt]

Hi Anne in Canada

The Pinkneys in my line are in County Durham, particularly Tudhoe and Spennymoor through the 1800's

If you think there may be a connection send me a PM

Susan