General Chat

OH's right back to 905 the Princes of Wales. Mine back to the Richard de Tilston 1040 the family came over with William the Conquerer

well done Lagoona :-D :-D

That's the good bit then I hit brick walls on other branches ;-) :-D :-D :-D

One of Dad's line is back to a baptism in 1543. That is thanks to a 'cousin' who is a retired archivist and our joint work (in archives and online) to prove it.

Another line for Dad does not go back further than a birth in in c1697.

One of Mum's lines goes back to a confirmed death in 1792 in Essex. But another only to a marriage in 1886 at Dublin.

Isn't it the brick walls, one of the reasons, that keep us interested, and forever searching?

Chris

LaGooner
Dont give up on your brick wall I had one
I searched for 9 months for somebody
Gave up then a year later
Put his name in the computer and up he popped
The site I use had been updated and there he was first name to come up

Chrsi
I am pleased you have did so well Keep it up :-D :-D

Giving up is not for me Joy, I am like a Terrier with a rag :-D :-D :-D. It took me 11 years to find out who my paternal Grandad was but I cracked it in the end

To find English records back beyond 1538 you are very lucky, and generally records were mainly kept by royalty and gentry.

I have traced my paternal gfather back to a marriage in 1675. There are records of the name prior to that but they are undecipherable or impossible to connect. That line were from the North East and drew in a Scottish line along the way. These were mostly educated people, white collar workers.

Maternal gfather came from N Lancs/S Westmorland/Furness area and married into other families in the area. They were mostly labourers of various type and I have found their records going back into the 1700's with most lines.

My grandmothers were closely related, came from the same family, so I only had 1 stem to research. I had found records going back to before 1800 but got no further until a 'cousin' I found pointed me to a document written in 1898 by an American which shows a line going back to William 1st plus other Norman knights. The author thanks a lady for her accurate manuscripts, this was Mum's great aunt, who appears to have known all about this family history.
So if you believe this tree, one of my ancestors with the same surname as Granny was the Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth of York, the widow of Henry 7th.

My DNA indicates mainly western european, including some Scottish/Irish/Welsh, but no English at all.

GrannyFanny

I was blessed Half the Ryedale history group are related to me
I was sent a manuscript
which took two packs of Printing Paper to print out and 3 sets of inks
That helped me No end though
I never took a single name off it
I just use it to check my info is correct


and where to source the next info I require
This also helped me when doing the other sides
as I could check similar places in different areas they dont cover

and the Mirfields Parrish records where easy to find
and were already translated
Thats the nightmare part of doing a tree
when you get far far back some documents if not all are in Latin

Luck again for me My husband studied Latin at his posh school :-D :-D

A site called Dusty Documents also helped