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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / I'm ridiculously optimistic, but what is this ship name?
« on: Wednesday 21 August 24 16:43 BST (UK)  »
The first one, in the top left corner of the photo.

Ironically, while resizing this, I've had a theory, but I won't say anything.

Jess

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to communicate on Ancestry
« on: Saturday 03 August 24 10:02 BST (UK)  »
I've been researching my family for quite a long time although I am quite new to this group . The one thing above all else that i would say about contacting people is make your contacts extremely polite, extremely friendly, and extremely interesting. if you don't hear after 2-3 months try again. If somebody was busy or going through some sort of life crisis, try again. My biggest problem is that i'm in contact with so many distant people that I find it very time consuming. It gets to the stage where I become friendly with people and get onto topics outside of family research, including things like personal holidays, work and family life. I even  had one second cousin who cut me off just because I didn't contact her often enough.

Jessi

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: How far back is realistic?
« on: Saturday 03 August 24 09:54 BST (UK)  »
I am probably younger than most here but I can't understand why people seem so obsessed with getting as far back as possible. it is much more interesting contacting living relatives. Also it is generally accepted that one to two percent of births are not recorded correctly because the mother doesn't know the father. People seem so dubious about DNA, yet if you weren't at the conception and birth you can't really be sure without relying on DNA.

Jessi

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The Common Room / Things you might not know about baby naming
« on: Wednesday 31 July 24 14:18 BST (UK)  »
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1930269/banned-baby-names-uk-parenting

Jessi

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 4th August 2024
« on: Wednesday 31 July 24 09:49 BST (UK)  »
Gillg, 2 litres is 125ml or 5 oz once an hour assuming a 16 hour day. If you try and have a few mouthfuls every half hour, that might help.

Anyway, back to my tree.

JESSI

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The Common Room / Ethnicity
« on: Tuesday 30 July 24 20:15 BST (UK)  »
I thought dna tests were not reliable for ethnicity, but this story suggests otherwise. Can anyone explain please.

US man given Irish citizenship says a DNA test 'changed his life' - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ve28453gpo

Jess

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The Lighter Side / Re: Access to ancestry
« on: Friday 19 July 24 13:22 BST (UK)  »
Time for some umch needed hoovering.

Jessi

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: I've just had my Ancestry DNA results
« on: Tuesday 16 July 24 13:28 BST (UK)  »
That link to Yewtu.be, is it safe?

Jessi T

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Beginner - HELP & advise please.
« on: Tuesday 16 July 24 08:59 BST (UK)  »
It seems a good idea if information like this was put in a prominent place so that new people, like me would find it quite easily. I hope it's not inappropriate to make a suggestion like this.

JessiT

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