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What an interesting lot on here!  well mines pretty boring.

Dad was told as a child that his grandfather was a came from Cornwall, so thats where we started looking it turned out that a story had gone round the family for years and in fact dads grandfather didnt come from Cornwall he came from Durham, was born and bred there.

I was told that cos I was dark my grandmother was spanish, that turned out not true as she was born and bred in Bishop Auckland Durham.

The only story that is true is that nan told all of the family that her eldest daughter was her own but she was the only child with ginger hair when all the family were dark haired, it wasnt until the daughter died that we find out that she was a half sister.  And the way gran use to go on about women having children out of wedlock, the cheek of it.  Dad always said she wasnt a Harrison.

Hi everyone

A distant relation told me about Rootschat, and should I say it  I think its better than Genes Reunited! 

Rootschat is a brilliant site with brilliant people!

Best Wishes to all

Digger

Hi Steve

Thanks for the reply, yes it sounds like a some kind of foreman doesnt it, there is 1 or 2 ancestors of mine were overseers.

When you read about the miners in them days, the way they worked and lived it must of been a hard life and most of my Harrisons had anything between 5 and 15 children including dad who is one of 14.  Dad tells me stories of life when he was young and told me as soon as you turned 14 that was it off down the mines, no ifs and buts you had to go as you were living in cottages run by the mines.  I have one ancestor who was 9 in the mine.  We dont know where born in this day and age.

Many thanks

Yvonne

Hi

Ive searched everything and everywhere for my ggrandfathers death, he was still alive in 1901 in Tanfield Durham but can't find what year he died.  He was born in 1851/52.  My dad said he doesnt remember ever seeing his grandfather and dad was born 1919.  Great grandfather was called Anthony Harrison.  is there any way I could find his death or will have to wait until the census after 1901 are released.

Yvonne