General Chat

Rachel, Do not loose heart at the first obstacle with your Williams, that's the surname I am researching and have done really well in the few weeks I have been looking tinato them. Posted a standard letter to all Williams in the areas I knew my grandfather had been in and HEY PRESTO, is cousin has got in touch! and he's 80. Good luck and lots of happy hunting Kim

Thanks for your encouraging words ladies. I just recieved a message from someone which summed things up perfectly for me, he said looking for Williams (one of my names) on the Welsh/Shropshire border is like finding a needle in a haystack, so true! Well they say anything worth doing is never easy!

Hi Rachel, I know what you mean, my nan was divorced, so was my mom, not speaking to mom, and nan was to far away to ask questions, also she didn't like talking about 1st hubby, so I had now way of getting info, now nan passed away and still not speaking to mom, but I have found 2 half sisters and 3 cousins and an auntie, so as you can see history does seem to repeat it's self, I am also divorsed. Good luck with the search of those elusive rellies. Bev

Rachel, never loose heart in fiting the puzzle together ( there wil be times when you feel like throwing it all in ) . the family tree is a tall twisted path of long branches and dead ends. But its a rewarding one and exciting one. Much happiness Debi ps Its also time consuming, addictive and expensive LOL

I've just joined GR having previously had next to no knowledge about my ancestors, my nan having been unwell recently and advancing in age I felt this was the time to ask before it's too late. From what I've been told I find it rather strange the patterns that seem to repeat themselves within families, and how unfortunate it is that these things get perpetuated. So now I'm left with the knowledge somewhere my nan has a half sister she's never met, my grandad twin half siblings he more than likely never saw and my mother three half siblings who I'm now looking for. I myself have a half brother and sister who I don't really have much contact with but thankfully I know where they are and will do my best not to lose touch entirely. I just hope if I ever have children myself these patterns don't get repeated, but I guess in some circumstances it just becomes unavoidable. Still, I suppose without these things happening a lot of us wouldn't have the desire or need to search for relatives past or present. Good luck with all your searches, my fingers hurt from the amount of messages I've typed and sent out to GR members today!