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What is the furthest any of you have gone back on
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Benjamin | Report | 23 Nov 2004 21:42 |
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I have gone back to 1699 on one branch but hope to go back even further in time. How far have any of you got back then? |
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Simon | Report | 23 Nov 2004 21:48 |
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I've got one branch back to 1400 and another to 1490 - quite how conclusive they both are I wouldn't like to say, but it looks good when the chart is printed off ! If we could get all our branches back to that sort of date there would be over 500,000 in that last generation ! |
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Benjamin | Report | 23 Nov 2004 21:53 |
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We are all distantly related to each other. Imagine knowing every single 15xgreat grandparent names. |
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Joy | Report | 23 Nov 2004 21:54 |
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Personally, to the late 1700s - through the research of others, to the early 1600s. However, to me, the interest is not how far I can go back in time, but learning about how they lived - what they did for a living - placing them in history and geography, what the education was like, that sort of thing. :) Joy |
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Unknown | Report | 23 Nov 2004 22:06 |
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1650 is my earliest. |
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JG70 | Report | 23 Nov 2004 22:15 |
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The 1550's at one branch, 1600's another, most at least 1700's - but sod all with a couple (stuck at 1836 with one as illegitimate, likewise stuck at 1814 for another for the same reason). On my husband's father's side were stuck at 1966 - because we don't know who he is/was!!! I agree it's the depth and quality of the tree sooner than a thin branch winding back years - to me you have to know every branch and shoot. Jacquie |
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AnninGlos | Report | 23 Nov 2004 22:17 |
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1785 but have not actually verified this one at a records office. I need to check the parish register. Ann Glos |
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Guinevere | Report | 24 Nov 2004 06:56 |
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Hi, My earliest one was born around 1500. The name is quite rare - Manclark/e. There are much earlier ones in the same area and I'm working my way through wills trying to make the link. Gwynne |
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