Author Topic: Family Tree Searches (Read 43534 times)

WOOLTONIAN · « **on:** April 20, 2005, 11:43:23 am »

After 4 years I've finally found my GGGrandfather
Bloody buggers were illiterate in days gone by,
Brodrick became Broadrick on records hence all previous searches knucked.

Anyone else trying to find lost souls ?

Biggest problem with my and a lot of Scouse families, all searches stop in Ireland due to fire at records office.

If anyone knows a way of succeeding in Ireland please let me know.

If I can help anyone get started or help where your stuck let me know

Karl

hooded claw · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2005, 11:46:01 am »

Quote from: WOOLTONIAN on April 20, 2005, 11:43:23 am

Brodrick became Broadrick on records hence all previous searches knucked.

As long as it wasn't Baldrick originally eh?

Bannside Red · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2005, 11:50:19 am »

Quote from: WOOLTONIAN on April 20, 2005, 11:43:23 am

If I can help anyone get started or help where your stuck let me know

Karl

Would love help getting started Karl, feel free to PM some details.

My Irish roots might present the same problems. $:-\$

WOOLTONIAN · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2005, 11:57:32 am »

will IM how I started with other info
Before I start typing whats yer surname as Smith & Jones bloody difficult to trace.
If you dont like releasing info IM me

Matt S · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:06:49 pm »

I'd quite like to do that. Would have thought you can do it on the net, but all the sites ive been to want money for it, which makes it seem like abit of a scam.

Jim Price · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:07:00 pm »

I started by typing my Grandad's full name into Google and using the exact phrase thing. I found that someone had basically already done the work, traced back to my GGGG Grandad born in 1825 who apparently lived in West Derby.

WOOLTONIAN · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:20:05 pm »

Quote from: Matt S on April 20, 2005, 12:06:49 pm

I'd quite like to do that. Would have thought you can do it on the net, but all the sites ive been to want money for it, which makes it seem like abit of a scam.

net is a great help if you have the right info
Find out as much as you can from the eldest surviving member of your family
Including place and birth dates
Concentrate of males only as fem's lose name on marriage.
IM me with all the info you can and I will try to help

Jim
I tried the same but cannot link original 1428 to today so worthless
I am back to 1825 def and 1777 poss need new links

Currently struggling in Ireland as family of 42 original left only 3 after famine.
Just in the process of getting my GGGrandmothers maiden name which will help

Bazmeen · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:20:21 pm »

Wooltonian I would love to know where to start, i am Irish Myself so maybe your method would not be of help, but if youthink it would it would be great if you could forward me info. Thanks.

Red Lozza · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:22:19 pm »

The BBC ran a "Who do you think you are?" series on family trees recently - there's some advice on tracing your family history on their website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/index.shtml

I've thought about trying to trace my ancestry but haven't got round to it yet.

blert596 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:25:45 pm »

Think me mam would like to trace me dad more than anything else. Few years alimony or somethin

WOOLTONIAN · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2005, 12:51:32 pm »

Quote from: Jim Price on April 20, 2005, 12:07:00 pm

I started by typing my Grandad's full name into Google and using the exact phrase thing. I found that someone had basically already done the work, traced back to my GGGG Grandad born in 1825 who apparently lived in West Derby.

Jim try that one with our repetitive name
William John Brodrick
my son, my father and my Ggrandfather
aparently that makes my son either
The 11th Viscount or the 4th Earl of Midleton

no wonder he struts around like he own the place

Family portrait of
William St John Brodrick
on my living room wall

Scouser_Phil · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2005, 01:50:38 pm »

Who cares there dead now anyway so not like you can go for a bevy with them is it lol

Numma · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2005, 02:29:49 pm »

http://www.irlgov.ie/topics/default.asp

Woolly, the above link is the Irish Gov information site, might be og help.
Depends what section your looking for.

Hows tricks by the way?

MichaelA · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2005, 02:32:00 pm »

Big Article in Guardian Online today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1464060,00.html

Loads of links there too.

Numma · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2005, 02:37:16 pm »

Quote from: Numma on April 21, 2005, 02:29:49 pm

http://www.irlgov.ie/topics/default.asp

Woolly, the above link is the Irish Gov information site, might be some help.
Depends what section your looking for.

Hows tricks by the way?

Numma · « **Reply #15 on:** April 21, 2005, 03:06:20 pm »

And this one too

http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/

WEST HAM PAUL · « **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2005, 10:03:30 pm »

Also try http://wwwfamilyseach.org

Its the Mormons, Church of the Latter Day saints website.

Go to Ancestral Serach, then click Census and you have a free 1881 British Census.

WOOLTONIAN · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2005, 10:36:13 am »

Quote from: Numma on April 21, 2005, 02:29:49 pm

http://www.irlgov.ie/topics/default.asp

Woolly, the above link is the Irish Gov information site, might be og help.
Depends what section your looking for.

Hows tricks by the way?

Cheers for link
bloody magic me mate
got my new bright shiny thing (computer) and its pretty
Not likely to see you until next year, look after yerself
KWB

Numma · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2005, 04:00:30 pm »

And you mate, take it easy and hopefully see you in Istanbul

superste21 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:05:32 pm »

It's something I am interested in doing but it seems extremely difficult and time consuming. Just seeing if anyone had ever done it and how?

Something Else · « **Reply #20 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:09:32 pm »

Quote from: superste21 on April 21, 2006, 01:05:32 pm

It's something I am interested in doing but it seems extremely difficult and time consuming. Just seeing if anyone had ever done it and how?

have alwasy wanted to do it but like you feel it would be too time consuming.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #21 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:11:36 pm »

I have a mate who works for www.ancestry.co.uk

He always bangs on about what a great site it is (but he's paid to think that!). Don't know too much about it but it could be a starting point for you.

5FTH · « **Reply #22 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:23:09 pm »

Yeah! All the way back to me mam and dad... after that got really bored and went out on the lash.

Have you tried that Genesreunited gaff? http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/

might be a good place to start

Bannside Red · « **Reply #23 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:26:31 pm »

Quote from: superste21 on April 21, 2006, 01:05:32 pm

It's something I am interested in doing but it seems extremely difficult and time consuming. Just seeing if anyone had ever done it and how?

Wooltonian on here had a thread going about Family Trees not so long ago. Do a search or drop him an IM and he may help you with some advice.

LFC on tour · « **Reply #24 on:** April 21, 2006, 01:29:06 pm »

Me mum has been revising the family tree for a couple of months now. Shes never off that fucking www.ancestry.co.uk website, and never out the libary in town either. I find it bloody boring but she loves it.

gerrardspetal · « **Reply #25 on:** May 19, 2006, 09:58:11 pm »

Quote from: LFC on tour on April 21, 2006, 01:29:06 pm

Me mum has been revising the family tree for a couple of months now. Shes never off that fucking www.ancestry.co.uk website, and never out the libary in town either. I find it bloody boring but she loves it.

I might have a go. been interested now for some time.

DaveLFC · « **Reply #26 on:** May 19, 2006, 10:02:53 pm »

I've done this, although it really isn't a tracing.. more of a sketch

Bronx Red · « **Reply #27 on:** May 19, 2006, 10:13:06 pm »

Quote from: DaveLFC on May 19, 2006, 10:02:53 pm

I've done this, although it really isn't a tracing.. more of a sketch

I figured it wouldn't take long

PeterTheGreat · « **Reply #28 on:** May 19, 2006, 11:21:41 pm »

Quote from: DaveLFC on May 19, 2006, 10:02:53 pm

I've done this, although it really isn't a tracing.. more of a sketch

jambutty · « **Reply #29 on:** May 20, 2006, 01:31:46 pm »

My uncle spent 20-30 years traipsing around England on his hols visiting church registries & graveyards. Traced the family roots back to the 1400s

That said, I can honestly say I don't give a toss for any of that side of the tree. Most were middle class London wankers. One was an engineer on the Vyrnwyr dam. Good for Liddypool, bad for Wales.

Most of the .com ancestry things are extremely general & unreliable and few go into the kind of detail that most are looking for.

Mum & Gran were born in Cardiff and had me in Liverpool. Gran's side are sound as a pound.

Branno · « **Reply #30 on:** May 20, 2006, 03:02:38 pm »

All I know is my parents/grand parents are Scouse. My great grandparents where all Irish ! Not that I'm a stereotypical scouser of course

JonnyCigarettes® · « **Reply #31 on:** May 20, 2006, 03:24:45 pm »

I did quite a lot of work on mine a few years ago. A lot can be done online, but there's an awful lot of legwork involved aswell.

I got pretty much all branches back to about 1700.

Sadly, there was no family money discovered. Schlepping around some areas of Toxteth, Everton, Cheshire, Rochdale, Blackpool, Wigan and Northern Ireland raised many concernes about my alloys wheels.

Millie · « **Reply #32 on:** May 20, 2006, 03:27:58 pm »

One of my relatives did ours some time ago and traced it back to before 1066. He discovered that we used own most of the Huyton district of Liverpool - don't know what happened cos we are all skint now! It must have taken him years to do it -

Branno · « **Reply #33 on:** May 20, 2006, 03:31:47 pm »

My father in law did his...apparently the Great Grandmother was some countess in Russia and the family owns vertually own building in Sparta (Greece)......but alas no fucking money coming my way

Alf Garnett! · « **Reply #34 on:** September 23, 2006, 10:50:19 am »

I'm doing some research into my family history & would appreciate it if anyone can recommend a good program to record all info in the tree format.

thanks in advance.

Cleary · « **Reply #35 on:** September 23, 2006, 01:32:43 pm »

Quote from: Numma on April 22, 2005, 04:00:30 pm

And you mate, take it easy and hopefully see you in Istanbul

How did that end up by the way?
Did we win?

lauz · « **Reply #36 on:** September 23, 2006, 01:39:10 pm »

Quote from: Cleary on September 23, 2006, 01:32:43 pm

How did that end up by the way?
Did we win?

think we lost, can't actually remember...

crownpaints · « **Reply #37 on:** October 2, 2006, 11:55:25 am »

Been dabbling in this malarkey myself recently and got quite far with these online searches.

Rather than forking out a costly £7/£10 a time for a copy of my ancestor's birth certificates from the GRO (just to actually confirm dates of births and parent's names), anyone know if you can view them for free at the Records Office, if you know the quarter and register number?

Can you just roll up and delve into the archives? Would appreciate any advice from Genealogist types.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #38 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:43:31 pm »

Has anyone done this? Since my daughter was born, I've been curious about my family tree, because I know so little. I know my parents, aunts and uncles and my grandparents. But that is it. I'd really like to know more. I was wondering about any services in the UK that are reliable and not over priced.

And just so I can get a load of posts, if anyone has done this, what odd/criminal things do you know about generations past?

rotistgeil · « **Reply #39 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:14:59 pm »

Get very famous and do one of those Who do you think you are shows.