Genealogy Chat

Hi Pete I'm also doing both sides of the tree. Hubbie's are a dream...they're where they should be, stay in the same village for 50 years (most of them in the same house), they use a wide variety of names for their children and they all have different occupations. Mine are hell! They have a total of 7 names which they recycle constantly, they move all the time, they have the children baptised in a different place to where they were born, they're all Ag Labs or Cotton Spinners so no occupation search in 1881 option with that one, one of my ggrandfather's was illegitimate and my Mum's maternal grandparents turn out to be from Ireland and to date I have found 5 different versions of how they want to spell their surname! Lou

When I started the family tree I did the wifes side first as I had alredy aquierd a lot on them from other research. But when I Started mine Brick walls to the left of me Brick walls to the right. My Dad was Adoptid And I can find NO trace of his real perants. My Maternal Grandfather was illagitamate and Thou I know who his real Father shoul be I have no proof, and on my matirnal grandmothers side I have a relle (GG/grandfather) who dose Moon light flits every time he owes money (and to date thats 3 times) Hes been half way round the country so far.I'm chaseing him at the moment. I wounder what I'll find when I get back to My G/Gran (Paternal)......And I think this is FUN.....Has any one eles had a family like this, or are all your good little girls and boys???? ...Just thought I'd start a thrad to see how people cope. with there wayward relles. might pick up some tips?!