Genealogy Chat

I just mentioned in passing how Id failed to find my Horsteads in the 1841 and dear Libby, who has only had ancestry for a week, must have spent the whole day - literally - looking for them and then contacted me saying she thinks she found them as the Austin family. The names and dates are pretty close and the occupation fits and so I am keeping them on file. But what a little super star in the making. Look out Merry, Jess et al!

Heather, When I find my William Huband, who didn't even have the decency to live long enough to be a census, I'll be happy. Sometimes having Pommie friends helps. I just had to remember the accent.

To pronounce Austin like Orsten - I reckon your pommie mate must be Hugh Grant.

I wish!

Well done Libby. I am still chuffed about Emma from Yorkshire finding my Thomas Matthews transcribed as Marthers with his sister in law Eliza Moore as Eliza Thorne. I'd never have thought of Moore as Thorne! And of course Fiona Racing Girl from Michigan found my husband's Carters as McCarthy, went the extra mile to trace their blind son Richard, who remained a McCarthy to clinch them as the right people. This enabled me to find my husband's gt grandfather's birth cert (which no one else had managed to do, including his gt grandfather!) AND his gt gt grandparents' marriage. Fabulous people, GR types. nell

Thank you Nell, It's just nice to be able to repay some of the kindness shown to me by people on this site. Now I have Ancestry, there will probably be more questions.