Reply to: Anyone traced their family tree?

[TheFaQQer]

If you have any Scottish relatives then I can certainly recommend www.ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk as a fantastic site. It is relatively cheap and has loads and loads of searchable scanned register pages.

Scottish ones also have the church registers online (General Register Office for Scotland has it), whereas not all the English ones do (General Records Office does not have parish records).

[wendigo100]

"Anyone traced their family tree?"

I think for giant alien lizards it is more like a bramble bush!

[DBA_bloke]

Up until then it was just me ....plodding along doing my thing in my way, where I came from had some relevance but only to the point of repeating anecdotes I'd heard from the family.

Little Bear coming along made me think about these things, you see traits from yourself or your parents in him and it starts you thinking a bit more.

Also I want him to feel part of a family and so I would like to be able to tell him the history of such.

In short - it's made me more sentimental!

Another excellent reason to avoid having kids.

[salazie]

so did anyone else get an email about Genes Reunited after reading this thread????

[Bear]

Up until then it was just me ....plodding along doing my thing in my way, where I came from had some relevance but only to the point of repeating anecdotes I'd heard from the family.

Little Bear coming along made me think about these things, you see traits from yourself or your parents in him and it starts you thinking a bit more.

Also I want him to feel part of a family and so I would like to be able to tell him the history of such.

In short - it's made me more sentimental!

[DBA_bloke]

Neither did I until Little Bear came along.......changes one's perspective!!

How?

[Bear]

Try derivations of the surname, ages, place name, or think of possible mistakes that could of been made when it was transcribed and search on them. They may also have been avoiding the census man so try the 1891 or 1881 census.

Good point - thanks

[Bear]

Don't get the Family Tree thing. Unless you think there's a hidden legacy, it's an expensive way of finding out that one's ancestors were a bunch of hard-up numpties.

Neither did I until Little Bear came along.......changes one's perspective!!

[DodgyAgent]

I am descended from royalty.

I typed in "Dodgy" and every king and queen () from the last three centuries popped up


Unfortunately so did Hitler's and Stalin's names crop up

[Zippy]

This is exactly where I have been struggling.

I have name and area living for the 1901 census and I'm getting no results!

I had this problem - the record may not be on there yet. I could find birth records and marriage records for the faimily before then.
They may have been (e.g.)working away when the census was taken?

[WotNxt]

Try derivations of the surname, ages, place name, or think of possible mistakes that could of been made when it was transcribed and search on them. They may also have been avoiding the census man so try the 1891 or 1881 census.

Apparently, it was made illegal to be have a surname of McGregor at some point in the past due to some transgression against the king of the time (Edward 1st I think). Alot of the babies were registered with other names or just were not registered.

Oh yes, and for Scottish names beginning with Mc it could also be Mac - but most of the search engines will match on both for you anyway.

[DBA_bloke]

Don't get the Family Tree thing. Unless you think there's a hidden legacy, it's an expensive way of finding out that one's ancestors were a bunch of hard-up numpties.

[WotNxt]

If you have any Scottish relatives then I can certainly recommend www.ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk as a fantastic site. It is relatively cheap and has loads and loads of searchable scanned register pages.

Also just try Google searches for your ancestors names as there are a fair few people out there who publish the results of their own research and you may find a match. If you do then these are a gold mine of information.

Additionally, if you have a Mormon in the family anywhere then get in touch with them as they all research their "pedigree" and generate vast amounts of useful data for research purposes - I believe many of the genealogical websites are run by Mormons.

I managed to discover that I descended from the McGregor clan (who claim to be the original line of Scottish kings!) and also from a Norman Conqueror. Also may be related to Grace Darling (inspiration for the founding of the RNLI) but not been able to make the link just yet.

Good luck in your search and I hope you find it rewarding.

ps. I would also recommend GenesReunited which is useful for comparing notes with others as it automatically looks for matches between members' family trees and gives the ability to share trees and discuss connections with other members.

[rootsnall]

It's frustrating when the family changes the name.

I nearly lost the trace of mine when for some reason they changed it from Saxe-Coburg-Gothe.

Charlie Teck.

I think we could be related ! What colour is your blood ?

[rootsnall]

This is exactly where I have been struggling.

I have name and area living for the 1901 census and I'm getting no results!

Try derivations of the surname, ages, place name, or think of possible mistakes that could of been made when it was transcribed and search on them. They may also have been avoiding the census man so try the 1891 or 1881 census.