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How to clarify information before 1400?
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JohnDoe | Report | 4 Nov 2013 20:24 |
I am looking at a tree from a distant cousin of mine. The lineages go right back to royalty, so far, I have discovered it goes back to 300s AD. I ALWAYS like to clarify who I add to my tree so how do I do that with the lack of records in those times (ranging 300s-1400s? |
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ErikaH | Report | 4 Nov 2013 22:55 |
I think your cousin is indulging in flights of fancy |
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rootgatherer | Report | 4 Nov 2013 23:41 |
I would just love to get back to the 1700s with some certainty! I can get approximate birth years for the ones that appear on the 1841 census and a few of those I can take a little further back but nothing much prior to the mid 1700s. I would love to know how to get further back with sufficient "proof" to add more to my tree. Then again, I only put people on my tree that I can provide sources for the information.. I'd rather have a wee accurate tree than a list of unverified possible ancestors. |
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ChristinaS | Report | 5 Nov 2013 08:36 |
Daniel, Don't dismiss the idea entirely just yet. It's far more common that you might think to be descended from a member of royalty. |
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JohnDoe | Report | 5 Nov 2013 10:29 |
Well, there is one thing that makes me more certain is that my cousin is Belgium. He seems to provide accurate dates and some text describing the source of information. Lineages go way way way back to royalty of Saxony, Frankish and et cetera, predominantly Dutch. So this is why I think that he is not making stuff up, as what idiot would anyway. But I want to use his as a guide and that is why I am asking for types of sources I can have alongside. The royalty lineages are also online (wikipedia etc). |
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ErikaH | Report | 5 Nov 2013 10:31 |
Ask your cousin to provide details of his/her 'sources'...........then check them yourself. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 5 Nov 2013 11:01 |
It doesnt matter how big your tree is or how far back it goes, |
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JohnDoe | Report | 5 Nov 2013 14:55 |
I have emailed him twice and have not got a response. This is part of the problem. |
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Cynthia | Report | 5 Nov 2013 18:55 |
I would err on the side of caution if I were you Daniel. |
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JohnDoe | Report | 5 Nov 2013 20:36 |
Thanks Cynthia. I think the information is quite good. I will just have to look at the sources provided. And, it is impossible for any individual to be going as far back as Adam as that individual does not exist. I have too, seen trees going back to "God Almighty", it would be great if he existed also. But it is different with the tree I am looking at, it seems to match up since my ancestors came from a very popular and well known Belgium country "Antwerp". |
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jax | Report | 6 Nov 2013 03:15 |
Why has Reggies post been reported? Looked ok to me |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 6 Nov 2013 06:39 |
we have a tree given to us by a cousin of my OH's |
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Michael | Report | 6 Nov 2013 11:47 |
i concur with the above. I shared my tree with a "tree grower" and when I checked her tree Ifound she had copied infomation on my mother and grand mother wrongly.Anybody useing the information would then be barking up the wrong tree. BEWARE. |
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JohnDoe | Report | 6 Nov 2013 19:13 |
Yes that is true people but this is why I am asking the main question. I am using this persons tree as A GUIDE! I am wondering, how can I clarify the research before 1400s??? So far I am just getting lectures which is cool but I take dead-ends and mistakes into consideration already so there is no need to keep popping that up. |
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jax | Report | 6 Nov 2013 19:36 |
Why don't you ask the person who's tree it is to tell you where they got the info from? |
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ChristinaS | Report | 6 Nov 2013 20:03 |
Whereabouts are the 1400s families living? Are they in Holland and Belgium, or are you still looking to research in the UK? |
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JohnDoe | Report | 7 Nov 2013 19:21 |
The lineage stars from my Great-Great Grandfather who came from Belgium. Hence why it is a good chance for them to be correct but that is why I am asking if there are sources to look at. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 7 Nov 2013 19:29 |
That sounds as if the ancient records, ie, those before your gt gt grandfather, are in Europe. |
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JohnDoe | Report | 8 Nov 2013 20:12 |
I have managed to get a good amount of information and I have now contacted the Belgium Archives. But, yes, I will definitely need to consider checking out the records via visiting the country itself but that may be a long time from now. |
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AnneRachel | Report | 12 Nov 2013 08:08 |
I have no experience with records in Belgium, but I am currently searching French records and can assure you that they contain much more information than those found in the UK. It may be the same for Belgian records. |