Genealogy Chat

I often find I've added a name to my tree and for the life of me cannot remember how I found it!

Please can someone help! My latest mystery is this- Mary Jane THURLLMAN b. 1824 Cossington Leicester married to WILLIAM DAKIN b. 1826 Leicestershire Just cannot find her again! Thanks!

Allie Sorry, I cant help you find them, but you might like to think about putting sources on your tree entries - yeh, I know, its dead boring, but oh, does it save time in the long run! I speak as one who knows! OC

Well, I still can't remember how I established that *this* Thomas Collins who lived with his parents is the same person as *that* Thomas Collins in the next census with a wife and kids... A whisky too many maybe? It'll be somewhere in my records... Gordon

Did it once. Took me ages to retrace, so I religiously record everything. Hard enough for me to do the research once, let alone repeat it all !!!!!! I go have a look for you. Crackin'

I think I did it in a rush as I usually print everything up and make notes! Late at night me thinks! Shall be more careful in future........ Allie x

Hi All I have found is William Dakin marrying Mary Jane ??? abt 1850 in Leicestershire. Family Search: details added by an LDS member. Crackin'

Thanks C I've found HIM on the marriage index but of course there is no-one else shewn on the page! Typical! Allie

I do things like this all the time, I have over 260 names on my tree and I still haven't worked out how to file things or make notes, any suggestions?

I have a george richards on a branch of my tree, turned out i was on the wrong track originally now I'm on the right track but I can't figure out whether i got him from the wrong track or from a verbal from my gran!

I do this all the time now I write down in a book where I find the stuff. The funny thing is when someone mentioned sources i put grand daughter great grand daughter gr gr gr etc etc oh well must have been at the back of the queue when they handed brains out oh hum lol (I now realise that it ment where did I find the info not who put it in doh) Luv Angie xxxxx

I'm glad it's not just me! I was beginning to think that evryone on here was so organised! Allie x

The page number for the William Dakin married in Leicester Dec 1850 is incorrect. It should be 184 which means he married one of these ladies: Marriages Dec 1850 BENTLEY Harriet Leicester 15 184 Cook Lucy Leicester 15 184 Gilbert Sarah Leicester 15 184 HIGGINSON Emma Leicester 15 184 I know that doesn't help you. Rose

I started out adding sources everywhere. Then I had to pencil in a few things, then I got more bits of paper, then I started to go mad, then, now I am mad. Everything on Legacy has notes. But the bits of paper!!. When I got to a brickwall, I'd go forward onto another child, then they'd marry and I'd have another name. I started with four big divided books. One for each of my parents and same for my husband. I now have about a cubic metre of paper. To think I'm an organised person. I just get onto a new person and get carried away.

Me too Allie!!! I had about 1,000 on my tree before I thought 'oooh, perhaps I should have kept source notes etc'! I've since had to go through zillions of census pages trying to find all my people again, which hasn't necessarily been a bad thing - I've found all kinds of other snippets of info (and family members) that I missed first time around when I was new to genealogy! But as far as genealogy is concerned, I do things that are off the scale of stupidity! Note-keeping aside, I've learnt 2 major lessons: 1. Never assume anything (learnt that one the hard way!) 2. Keep well away from Ancestry/your tree/ LDS etc etc when you are very tired and bleary-eyed! Bev x

You might like to go to the 'who are we looking for in Leicester' thread and ask on there. Mike is a great help. Jan

Hi Elton! Thanks so much for that info. The second WDakin on the 1851 (Seagrave) is the right one - his wife must have been the MARY HUNT on the marriage index. Still don't know where I found the other Mary (THURLLMAN), but nevermind! Shall make sure I don't do things in such a rush in futrure (some hope). Thanks again Best wishes Allie ps have pm'd you

Allie, I think you need to look for a marriage in Barrow district before 1847 when Thomas Heap Dakin was born. Rose

I often get lost in my Tree. When I joined GR I had about 1,000 names in my Tree, and was pretty sure of where each of them fitted, but now, thanks to a lot of on-line information PLUS an awful lot of work added from trees of distant cousins I have no chance. Often I will just pick on a name, for no particular reason, and wander around through their ancestors for a while then totally fail to get back to them. It often kickstarts me into some Genealogical Activity and I will pursue that branch for a while.

Thanks Jim and Rose I was very 'au fait' with all the names on my tree until recently - it's all got a bit out of hand as I have had quite a bit of success lately with finding people. Just too much information! my brain hurts! Allie