I wish I could go back in time.

[PassionPlay]

Christmas 1914 to meet my great-grandmother and find out where her husband went!  Then a bit further back to 1891 cos I can't find him then either!!

Steph.

[erthomas]

Maybe if I went back in time my grt grt grandma could tell me where the name Younker came from and where it went after she married 

[tulstig]

But you know what would happen if any of us could go and ask questions.  They'd glare at us and say "Mind your own business!" even if they did know we were relatives!

Thats exactly the answer I'd get! Just by the way that they have covered their tracks so well, I can tell thats what they'd say. Even the living relative (who would know every little bit of information I need) doesn't want me to find out!

Yup - reckon mine would do the same. MY great grandad is missing, and his only surviving daughter wond give up any info on him, her siblings, nor even my nan. Arghhhh.

Mark

[pipkim]

Someone else I'd like to go back in time to. is my Dad. He died in 1980 (quite young) and only told me a few stories, one of his grandparents shop in Birmingham when he was a young boy, probably 1935 onwards. I don't know who they are (could be Andrews or Wilkins on his mothers side) and after searching all afternoon, which has led me to Liverpool and Bristol, I'm still none the wiser. So please Dad give me a sign!!! 

(Funds are in short supply at the moment, so I'm making sure I have the right people before getting any more certificates).

[MrsLizzy]

Christmas 1914 to meet my great-grandmother and find out where her husband went!  Then a bit further back to 1891 cos I can't find him then either!!

Steph.

I suppose you've thought of the obvious answer, i.e. you've eliminated the possibility that he was killed fighting in the War?

[PassionPlay]

Christmas 1914 to meet my great-grandmother and find out where her husband went!  Then a bit further back to 1891 cos I can't find him then either!!

Steph.

I suppose you've thought of the obvious answer, i.e. you've eliminated the possibility that he was killed fighting in the War?

Unlikely... he was 36 in 1914, I don't think they encouraged older men until a fair bit later.  He turned up again 30 years later but the only one of his children who would give him the time of day is long dead with no offspring.  It's infuriating!  But I'm sure I''ll find him one of these days.

Steph.

[hcoldron]

I'd go back to early 1890 and ask my gt.gt.grandfather what was troubling him so much?
He comitted suicide later that year.

Otherwise, I'd go back much less far, to the late 1960s to meet my Grandpa Jim who died before I was born.

[wotty]

I'd go back to 1884 and gatecrash the wedding of my great grandparents Martin Meehan and Mary Kelly.

Martin would have to tell me exactly where in Ireland he came from and who his parents and siblings were. Mary would have to tell me whether her mother's maiden name really was Meehan (it's either Meehan or Mahon or Meagan) and whether she and Martin were related in anyway. I'd also want to know where in Ireland Mary's parents came from and who their parents were.

I expect though that they would be just a vague on the subject as my grandfather (their son) was and tell me all kinds of tales about the Emerald Isle and the little people without actually giving me any concrete information!!

Wotty.

[hepburn]

hello wotty.
why are parents and grand parents so loathe to tell us about the family,telling us to leave things alone and,"what are hoping to find".There must be an awful lot of skeletons they don't want us to know about.geraldine