blackmaggie 3,376 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 well the mrs wants to do are family trees she saw some programme and thinks it could be interesting has anyone ever done it or know which sites are any good feck knows what she will find with my lot but if it keeps her quiet for a bit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richie1984 191 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 I've done it with ancestry it cost £12 a month was well worth it aswel,it helps alot to ask older living relatives alot of questions about their parents and stuff then find the info through the registries to help start you off.all the best with it mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackmaggie 3,376 Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 cheers richie i will tel her Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ggib 370 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 my great granda done one for us on 2 lines one went o the highlands of scotland and the other went to a clan in ireland lead by a woman, stopped at 1400s apparently there was nobody writing in ireland before that. think she was called omally Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richie1984 191 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 All my relatives originate in Ireland nolans's,Kelly's and Gallagher's and it's hard to find registries for them as there's that many lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willum 89 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Have got half of mine done as we have a unusual surname can trace back to county mayo 2 justice of peace a title in the name and a manor House then traced back to the south of england one burried in a abbey cloister and a plaque in one relatives honour in portsmouth for tea clippers he got burried with full naval honors Kingston jamaica. What ya got to loose you never know what you could uncover 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,764 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Back in 1972, one of my cousins via my mothers side, won a prize for a competition from a national newspaper and said prize was to have some of her family tree traced. Just had a look at one of the copies of it and the first date entered on it is 1779, so not very far back. It goes back another generation, but it is not detailed, probably because they had come across a famous distant relative. Bit of a cop out really as it says " This generation is not necessarily listed in order of birth, nor is it necessarily complete". Pity really as there is a reference to a Robert Stephenson, 'groom' to the Duke of Hamilton in Scotland... so there could be some watered down scottish blood in there somewhere, or maybe not. It is the Stephenson name which brings in the famous relative. George 'Father of Railways' no less. James Stephenson, acted as engine driver for 'The Rocket' at Snibston, married to Jinnie, who used to lay the fire in 'The Rocket'. So my cousin Lorraine is a first cousin five times removed to George Stephenson, so I could be a bit of a diluted northerner ffs.. ey oop Seems we didn't get Londoner into the blood until 1833, from the 'son of a cowkeeper' LOL Looks like I've got a bit of Deptford, Bethnal Green, Southwark, Kennington. Although the details are sparse, it would seem my nan married twice, second time in 1920 in Greenwich "when she was a widow" (22years old), probably lost her first husband in the great war, who knows. Don't think I could be arsed with delving into a family tree, would do my head in Edited August 29, 2014 by Mister Gain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 someone traced our family back to Morgan the pirate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,764 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) someone traced our family back to Morgan the pirate I reckon we are all related in some way to somebody famous, or in your case notorious , if they go back far enough. Just had another glance at the scroll, and it turns out one of my relatives is buried in Westminster Abbey... Robert Stephenson, son of George, so that'll be 1st cousin 4 times removed I wonder if they'll let me go in and lay some flowers... and not have to pay the £18 entry fee Edited August 29, 2014 by Mister Gain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,757 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 My father has got a family tree done which is very hard to do with travellers . Most of the Boswell and lees go back a long way but the furthest we could go back was to the 1790s to a distant relative called Shadrack Boswell a soldier apparently . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,764 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 My father has got a family tree done which is very hard to do with travellers . Most of the Boswell and lees go back a long way but the furthest we could go back was to the 1790s to a distant relative called Shadrack Boswell a soldier apparently . The wife is related (cousins from her mums side) to the King's. Told her the only King she's related to is King f**king Kong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,757 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 My father has got a family tree done which is very hard to do with travellers . Most of the Boswell and lees go back a long way but the furthest we could go back was to the 1790s to a distant relative called Shadrack Boswell a soldier apparently . The wife is related (cousins from her mums side) to the King's. Told her the only King she's related to is King f**king Kong there's still a few kings around my way funny as the they're are money people, in fact mouldy with it ?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,764 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 there's still a few kings around my way funny as the they're are money people, in fact mouldy with it . Abbey Wood area? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,757 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 there's still a few kings around my way funny as the they're are money people, in fact mouldy with it . Abbey Wood area? not far about 9 miles they're related to the Abbey wood kings I think . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I've looked into a bit of family history, found no money.......rapidly lost interest...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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