dai dogs 1,534 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Have any of you traced your family tree way back like one of them find your ancestry sites ? If so did you have any surprises ect ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,776 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 My mum had hers traced to the 1700s no suprises all lived in and around Prescot merseyside just working class jobs miners watch/clock makers which was a industry in Prescot and some worked on lord derby estate. My dads a bit done his grandmother came over as a young girl age 14 from ireland but not gone any further. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil r 1,861 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Did a bit when I was at school and found out my family used to own half of great harwood and also the judge who had the pendle witches locked up was also a family member who was a landowner and had them locked up because he wanted their land . Don't know how it was all lost though 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Never done mine, but apparently the local museum in my old home town has records of my fathers family line going back to the 13th century in the town! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,553 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 something ive always wanted to do ,but just never got around to it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steg 609 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 The old fella (me da) spent year's doing it...and money. Got bin bags and bin bags full of paperwork of his research which he left us sons. It's like a huge jigsaw puzzle to be honest. Certainly kept him busy..was always up and down the country visiting different churches/registrary ?? offices and taking photos of headstones if ever he got a lead. Remember him saying he had to pay a specialist, once you get so far back just to read/understand the letters and words back then. Certainly kept him busy..really wish I'd shared his interest while he was still with us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cragman 2,788 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Done some and found out my dads uncle held a bank up in the 20s, armed robbery and all that. ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 3,016 Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 I know a little about mine. My Great Great Grandfather came over in 1860 something from Ireland. (That's apparently an island, ever hear of it? lol) He was a laborer who liked to fight. His son ( my great grandfather) was a cop and married the Aunt of Roald Amundsen. One relative was a billiards champion, and was in the Guinness book of world records. That's about it for fame as far as I know. One Uncle went back over there and visited the parishes looking at baptismal, marriage, and death records. But our last name is pretty common so I couldn't say how accurate all of that is. I'd like to know more but never have had the time to research anything. Merry Christmas everyone! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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