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Something else I just thought of, with Shirley mentioning parish records, that I always like to do is read interesting bits from the records - the Georgian ones seem to be really straightforward, saying things like "his supposed father" on an illegitimate baby's baptism, or side notes like "has been lying in bed for 28 years" on a burial record!

I am proud to say I have a great-great-great uncle who was sold as a servant during the Nottinghamshire Goose Fair - bits like that stick in the mind.

I started because my Sister in law wanted to find out where dads family came from as he was in a childrens home somewhere in Birmingham in the early 1900,s i know dad was bitter that he was the only child that was put in a home as he knew he had a sister.
We got dads Birth cert born July 1901 and the 1901 census had just come online so as i had Internet i searched for his mum and found her and TWO sisters on the 1901 one died just days before dad was born in JUly 1901 so he didnt know about her .Well we did loads of research on dads maternal side .his dad managed to evade EVERY census, Did eventually find in fact his parents weren't married cos HE was already married, BUT I had then got the bug and decided to research MY family and some 8 years later am still on the case although now back into Parish records of the 1700,s

Annina has asked for help for Mummo and i have PM,d Mummo to see if i can help

I'm not sure how I started - when I did, I just knew back to my paternal great grandparents on one side until my gran's wake when my dad's cousin passed on a copy of the tree he'd done. Up until then (I was nearly 16!) it hadn't occurred to me that my dad had cousins. But that was nearly three years after I started.

On my mum's side I knew my grandma was one of eight (although I only had the names of seven - turned out that "Liz" was Charlotte and there was an Eliza Annie nobody had mentioned because she died before my grandma was born) and that my grandad was an only child with parents who ran a hotel.

But I think I have probably delved further back than anybody else in the family who is interested - some have a passing interest but they're not as addicted as me! (But I would be able to tell them which records offices to go to for documents and church records if they asked.)

I started because my father n law had a family Bible with a lot of names, but very little else. He had pieced together some of the tree and had written up the family history using stories and memories of the older members. Trouble was after I started looking and the skeltons came tumbling out of the cupboard, he had to rewrite it all again!

Andy

Yes Culinary Delights is another thread because ......well best to have a look. Let me know what you think about it.

and Old recipies Required !!!!
Bridget

Bridget, name it something like "What they were really up to!" or "The so-called good old days" or "Ancestor Antics". I'm sure lots of people could come up with suggestions! "Antique antics?" "History mysteries?"

Is My culinary delights another thread?

Hi all, I offered to help Mummo find info on her Mother in Law, but admit that I am out of my depth. I have found her m cert but that is all. Is there anyone more experienced who would be willing to help?

I know how fast some of you kind people are at this, and hate to let her down.

Thanks in advance, pm either Mummo or me. Nina from dull Sheffield

Helen

All we need is the will to do it and we can start our own thread. Maybe I will do this today..Yes I will do this today. This is a wonderful site for support and hlep for so many topics and I for one would never leave it. Any idea what we should call the thread???


Bye the way please look at My Culinary Delights and ytou will find something that was a thought one day and blossomed the next


bridget

Bridget, my family branches include Lancashire mill workers and Hampshire and Kent naval tailors: it would be fascinating to find out more about the lives of these people.

I hadn't thought about the book idea before you mentioned it, but it is a really good idea - however it will have to wait until after Christmas when I've got my life into some order!

Would love to be part of some sort of support group.

Helen in Kent and everyone else.


If anyone has started to do the books as noted on my message on here and would like to give advice or if anyone would llike to join me in my plan, perhaps do the same for their relatives please let me know and we could support and help each other.


Bridget

My mum died when I was a child, so it is a way of connecting with her, I guess.

Annina, thankyou, have PM'd you.

On another note, I found out today, that someone had added all my rels, including my second husband's to her tree.

I don't see the point of this, none of his could be blood related to her,so, WHY.

Mummo, I'm a full member of Ancestry and be glad to try and find any info for you.

I'm a novice at this game, but would do my best. Also. there are many better qualified people on here who would help.

If you know your in laws name and rough date of birth and where it would be a start.

Bridget, what a lovely idea. You've set me thinking now!

I started family history to find out what happened to my mother's father, who left home when she was 11 and never returned and never saw her again. I did discover this although sadly she had died by then. I think she would have liked to know that he kept a photo of her as a little girl in his sitting room.

I thought that I would pop on here again to see what other reasons people have for starting to find their family history.

Now someone, I thnk it is Annina has said that she would like to know what her families everyday life would have been like years ago. Annina this is such fun and informative to do, from the local history of a place someone has lived in, to the type of home they may have lived, the politics of the day, who was King or Queen, what skirmishes were happening across the world, or locally..it is all there for you to find and everyday is something knew.....Just Google or ask for help on the threads.

I am going to start a book for each branch of family surnames next year.

I will decide what info I want to enter and then at Xmas when asked what I want I shall be asking for good quality books to write in, something that will last., Some social history books, maybe even a some money towards joining a club etc where like minded people can discuss these things. Maybe there is one on the net???? just thought of that.

Look at the clothes people wore, did anyone live in a work house, or go to prison, etc

Then I will really begin to feel that I know my family.


Anyone else doing this, any tips,???


Thanks


Bridget

I started because my father's mother had been fostered out as a child and a few years after she died, two of her brothers contacted my aunt and told her there had been 7 brothers, so I wanted to find out what I could, mainly for my Dad. I got all of their names and a fair bit of their history. It turns out one of the brothers won the Melbourne Cup + Caulfield Cup and a few other races. My father was tickled pink and I was so pleased to be able to give him the info - Dad died earlier this year.

Having emigrated to Australia as a child with my parents I felt the need to find my heritage. We left everyone behind and I never saw my grandparents again. Also no family ever followed us here. I was lucky in that my parents knew their parents full names including maiden names and that my father knew the name of his paternal grandfather. Once I learned my way around the computer it became relatively easy to find some people although I did need help.

Sue x

I sometimes wonder " what is the point " . I sometimes wish I didn't spend so much of my time thinking about the ancestors . But once you get hooked there is no going back .
When my Nan passed away in 1983 , amongst her belongings was a rough "tree" that my Granddad had scribbled down in about 1913 . No dates , just names . It interested me a little . We got a computer many years later ( that being a technophobe ) I wouldn't go near for several months..........then...........I realised I could find stuff out . I found other people decended from my Granddads rough tree............I've "proved " his tree and expanded it and found tons of stuff on my Dads side ( of which I knew barely anything )...........each " piece " we find is another bit of our own personal "puzzles "...........that I think in essence is what keeps us all hooked .

Amanda : ))