Thinking of writing a book

[Rena]

Hi, Rena, is that a challenge?    If you'd like to join the group (3 of us at the moment) who are working on this, please PM me.

I'll have to take a raincheck on that as I'm gearing up to write how to survive in business after the Reaper calls.

good luck to all of us 
Rena

[trish251]

I was 45 when my grandmother (one of) died. She hid many of her stories - I found them out some years later. I don't think she would have been pleased

Trish

[Simon G.]

I'd just turned 19, if I remember correctly.  Was my first year of University anyway, around the March I believe.  I was reading history, and I'd grown up hearing my Grandmother's stories of her life during the war.  I thought it a good idea to make the history I was studying become more personal by looking at the way these events had affected my family, just like how I'd heard those stories from Grandma and learnt of wartime Britain.

[julianb]

I guess I started in my early teens - writing down the family tree, after grilling my  muum's parents.  But that was as far as it got for 35 + years - then the serious research started.

JULIAN

[suttontrust]

Could sgolding and Julian PM me with your email addresses - your contributions would be welcome, especially as you appear not to be typical 

[AnjiM]

Suttontrust your idea for a book sounds great.  I'm always intrigued how and why others started on the family history quest!  I'd love to know how you get on.

I started to take a real interest in my family history in my late teens/early twentlies.  I was intrigued by my Great Grandmother and remember going to St Catherine's House to get a copy of her birth certificate.  I remember being quite shocked to find she'd been born in a workhouse to an unmarried Mum!  Then for some reason I didn't explore any further.  I guess there were other things going on in my life.  It took another 15 years or so, broadband and an increase of information on the internet to fire up my interest. I'm amazed how far I've progressed in the last couple of years.

Let me know if I can help to contribute.

Anji

[Burrow Digger]

I inherited some old family letters from a great uncle - they talked about my great grandparents who came out to NZ from Devon & Aberdeen. 

I tried doing some research at the local LDS family histroy centre during the 1990s (before I turned 30), but didnt get very far so I stopped.

Once I went online - around 1999 - things exploded and I've been doing this seriously since 2000.   Now I am in my 40's.

Bd

[KathMc]

BD,

Your story sounds very similar to mine, although I started as  a way to get closer to my mom when I was younger. Little did I realize having kids would do that.  I too went to an LDS center in the early 90s and they were not at all helpful, and the only thing I could find there was my grandfather's SS death listing. I went to a census office and found some things and then stalled. Got back to it after kids and starting my own business and the Internet allowed me to take off. Now I haven't looked forward. 

Kath (always looking back )

[Christopher]

Could you contribute to my research by answering this poll, please.

Hiya suttontrust,
Will you be requiring us to do more than answer a poll

Christopher