General Chat

if your looking for graves Adelle
don't be disappointed if you don't find any really old ones
as most people where very poor
and really old ones where made of wood
that just hasn't stood the weather of time

but I have found quite a few stone ones from 1800 onwards

thankyou x

how do u find out were people in your trees graves are ?

Adele - have a look at www.archives.wyjs.org.uk.

I have one line back to the early 1500's thanks to someone else who did all the work but I cannot find the births for my fathers direct paternal line in the early 1800's (London)- really annoying.

Adelle, if you Google 'Leeds Family History records', you get all kinds of links and advice and, of course, you can always put a request on the Find Ancestors board if you get stuck. :-D

My 1630 line were in Sweffling. We (mum sister & I) went to a church in the village - there were two opposite each other. There were two lovely ladies doing the flowers, we asked if there were copies of the church records available - there were :-D
They asked what name? 'Cattermole' we said (my g x 4 grandfather - his daughter was my g x 3 grandmother, so I'm not giving any details of my name away) :-D
'Oh yes, that's this church' was her reply. She went on to explain that, during the Civil War, 'this' church was where the Royalists came, the Parliamentarians went to the one across the road!!

She bought out the records, and we could immediately see 'our' line. What was intriguing was the change in the spelling of the name.
It started off as Kackermull :-D

Fortunately, being such a strange name, it was still identifiable.

My brick wall is my dad's dad. Dad was born in 1926, when gran was only 18 and unmarried.
Gran wouldn't say, and I believe dad's dad was her cousin.

Wonder is there's an Archive in leeds will have t find out <3

I love Middlesbrough Archives

its surprising what you find just by opening draws
or reading very old papers
that maybe haven't been looked at in years

mind must the tiny print has cost me my eyesight :-( :-(

It cant all be done online,as it just covers the basics and getting the bone ,,,bdm,census,,,,,visits to Archives and Record Offices are a must to put flesh on the bones as there can be a a wealth of information that isnt and never be online,,,visting a RO or Archive is a great experience and meeting other people,armchair research is no contest.

1402 o0n one line 1566 on another
and 1512 on my hubbys side

and 1923 0n my brick wal

l its been dam hard work :-( :-( :-(

I've gone back to 1630 and 1720.
Like Sheila's ancestors, both families lived in the same villages for generations - one in Sweffling, the other in or around Fawley in the New Forest.
Strangely, no-one knew until I started this genealogy lark.

When I was a child, we lived in Fawley,(one of many places - I moved 28 times in 28 years!) and as an adult, me and the ex lived just down the road from Sweffling.

For me Ancestry offers the better records because I have London ancestors. But some find other sites suit them best. it's largely down to what records you need :-) but the help on here is terrific :-)

My one tip would be not to rely on the accuracy of other people's trees. Check every record you can for yourself.

I've got names back to mid 1600's on one side - but they lived in 2 villages in Dorset for generations!

we do it cos we love it :-D

The only thing I found GR any good for was the invaluable assistance and guidance you get from the volunteers on the boards - they give up so much of their time to help people :-)

back to the mid 1700's on both sides - I never use records on this site - I use the free Mormon site - www.familysearch.org - I think it's fantastic

Is this site the best one or r there others with more records

That's so true ppl are so helpful

1759 on my mothers side but problems going further back as all the old parish records between 1730 and 1758 were lost or destroyed - a few possibilities for individuals between 1730 and 1758 but no way of accurately confirming them :-(

On my fathers side got back as far as 1821 and still researching for earlier connections :-)

I would never have got to where I am without the invaluable assistance and guidance from the volunteers on this site who give up so much of their time t help others <3

Got back to 1650 on mothers side,which can be quite a job cos of surnames,but when I got back to 1800 I reverted to the unusual name of my grans grandfather ,so that helped.
My great grandfather came from Tipperary though and I am stuck with that one at 1831
Only got back to early 1800s on fathers side..must have another go as there are more records now than when I started.