Mapping the travels of our ancestors

[Cal241]

Al
Your ancestor sound a bit like mine and PrueM's Ingram lot...............
starting in Dorset, poss then Bath, poss Dublin, then France, Bangor (Wales not Ireland!) in 1871 London then every where around the East End each child born in a  diferent suburb then they scattered across the globe, after 1901 (except my line who stayed in the UK!!)
The powerpoint you have done is great you have inspired me to get mine on that sort of format............. a project for the weekend me thinks!!

I still can't believe that my gg grandparents travelled C1835 from the UK to Brest in France then back again in 1846/7 it must have been a hell of a journey by horse, trap and sail boat??

Cal

[Paul E]

Great stuff Al!

You could probably eliminate all of Britain north of the Wash and get a more detailed picture - or are you fortunate to have a few northern genes in your pool?

Paul

[dennford]

I have a page set aside on my webpage for just this purpose - as you can see though it only has the idea there but i am hoping that my finished page will include maps/diagrams, details of why people moved, how they moved,did it have any effect on interaction with family still in the original place, and finally how it impacted on thier own life.
                                Denn

[alcrighton]

Great stuff Al!

You could probably eliminate all of Britain north of the Wash and get a more detailed picture - or are you fortunate to have a few northern genes in your pool?

Paul

This particular line never went North of Watford but the other 3 Grandparent lines would have to include:

1.  Ireland, Dundee, Liverpool, Yorkshire & London - possibly France as well on this line
2.  Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, Hampshire & London
3.  Cornwall, Hertfordshire, Hampshire & London

So definitely some Northern genes in the pool as well as from across the Irish sea and the other side of Hadrian's wall.  None from West of Offa's Dyke discovered so far yet - Phew! (Sorry D ap D  )

Al

[D ap D]

None from West of Offa's Dyke discovered so far yet - Phew! (Sorry D ap D  )

Just think about it though, searching for Woodgates, Weedon, Porters, Atkins or Parsons in Wales. You'd get back several hundred years in a couple of days. Wish I had a couple of names like that in my tree.

[Berlin-Bob]

Some lovely ideas here, another of those "one day ..." projects, for my website, too !

But ... Fly in the ointment ??

If you are publishing on the web, make sure the map you are using as basis isn't copyrighted !  There are more and more firms (in Germany) making a living out of trawling the web for illegal use of copyrighted material, and then imposing fines.

Ordnance Survey, for instance, say on their web site, that you are allowed to use their maps, as long as you include a specific copright notice (for which they even give you the code to include in your website)

Bob

[dennford]

I finally had an attempt, so here is a look at what I'm thinking. I have posted a large and small version - what do you reckon?
                                        Denn

[alcrighton]

Looks great Denn!  After seeing yours, I think mine's going to be less complicated as all mine stayed in the UK apart from me and possibly my elusive great Grandmother!

Regards,

Al

[mc8]

all your travels look very exotic. I had thought my rellies would be too since the family story is that grandad was a prize fighter in a travelling fair. Nothing so exotic-a bunch of hawkers, dustmen and lauderesses who moved every couple of years at least-from one end of Camberwell to the other over 120 years (not more than a few miles)

It has been interesting to download streetmaps from the period to track their movements-not least because it has allowed me to pick up other families with the same surname who only live a street away. I haven't found a definite link yet-but it can't be coincidence