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Offline Hackstaple

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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #36 on: Friday 07 January 05 00:24 GMT (UK) »
The average age of Family History Researchers is 43years 5months 11days old.
You heard it here first ;D

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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena.
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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #37 on: Friday 07 January 05 01:21 GMT (UK) »
31 and proud of it.  I wish I had started earlier as now it is such hard work to get all my older relatives to talk.

 I remember when I was small running away when they started talking about stories from the "Old Country".  In the US that is when they talk abut times before immigration and all the wonderful traditions that are continued.  Now everyone runs aways from me when I start asking about the Old Country.
George William Burke.. my missing link!! son of Wm Burke & Mary Jane Stone/Morris
Shields & Milner- Patrington  & Bilton, Yorkshire<br />Nixon & Bowers - Appleby, Broughton & Messingham, Lincolnshire<br />Hancock &Tyson- Tetford, Skendleby & Spilsby, Lincolnshire<br />Cochrane- Darvel, Loudon, Ayrshire<br />Yuill, Hardie- Paisley, Renfrewshire<br />Kennedy, Gardener & Clelland- Glasgow, Lanarkshire & Paisley, Renfrewshire<br /><br />Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchive

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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #38 on: Friday 07 January 05 12:01 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: RachelK on Thursday 06 January 05 23:20 GMT (UK)

My friends tend to get a glazed slightly bored look when I talk about genealogy,

I check out rootschat everylunch time at work, and only yesterday one of my colleagues remarked "don't you ever get bored with that?"

simple reply was No Never  :o

jax (40 - last birthday)
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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #39 on: Friday 07 January 05 17:50 GMT (UK) »
:o Who's the other male under age 20 besides me??

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HILL/BURKE/BELCHER/BIGNELL/BADHAM/COX/BLAKE/YELDHAM in London
HOPKINS/HART/MATTHEWS/MUNSON/FARLEY in Exeter & Mid Devon
FEREDAY in The Potteries & Tipton
ADAMS/MUSCUTT/ELSBY/BRIDGENS/BURKE/BELL/RAINBOW in The Potteries
O’CALLAGHAN/O’BRIEN in Cork
BURKE/FITZPATRICK in Birmingham
HOPKINS in Shaftesbury
YELDHAM/RAVEN/MUNSON/BIGNELL in Essex
BLAKE/CHANDLER in Wickham Market, Suffolk

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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #40 on: Wednesday 12 January 05 22:35 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Hackstaple on Friday 07 January 05 00:24 GMT (UK)
The average age of Family History Researchers is 43years 5months 11days old.

That makes me just two months short of the average -
although:

in 1971 I was 10
in 1981 I was 13
in 1991 I was 22
and in 2001 I was 29
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #41 on: Saturday 05 March 05 11:36 GMT (UK) »
There seems to be more females under 50 than anything else or is it that the males have not been voting?
By the way I am a female under 60, 50 and 40 ;D
But only just outside the 30 bracket. :)
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Surnames: THOMAS, COPE, COOK(E), JONES!, HYBART, SELBY, HANSFORD, DAVIES, RICHARDS, HOARE, CRIDDLE, BROOM.
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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #42 on: Sunday 06 March 05 23:56 GMT (UK) »
52 on Tuesday- which I have just realised is almost tomorrow ;D
I spend so much time on here helping people and have them help me I just don't know where the time goes.

I've been doing my family tree for about 8 years now.

All the best,

Carol  :-*
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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #43 on: Monday 07 March 05 01:51 GMT (UK) »
I am 60 nearing 61. :)

I started looking for the ancestors about 10 years ago.
It has really improved the mind, I can remember what happened, where it happened, and who it happened to during their lives. ;D

But I can't damn well remember what happened yesterday in my own life  :-\

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Geoff
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Martlock, Pilton, Doubting & Frome:
MASTERS, PORCH, BOULTON, HACKETT,
Combe Hay, HINTON, WEEKS,
Perthshire: CRICHTON, TAYLOR, MOON, IRONS, KIDD
Durham, FENWICK, PUNSHON, EDDY, HENRY aka LAVERICK
Northumberland, BUCHANAN, HODGSON, HALL,
Lincoln: MASKEY,BIRD,FISHER,HARLEY,
Cambridgeshire, CROSS, FOREMAN, FREEMAN, ONG,
FEAST, MOXON
Gloucestershire, HILL, COX, NEWELL
Sussex, CHAPMAN, NEVE, DOWNER
Surrey, NEWELL, WEBB,

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Re: Average Age of Family History Enthusiasts
« Reply #44 on: Tuesday 08 March 05 11:36 GMT (UK) »
Happy Birthday Carol!  [/color] [/size]

May all your certificates arrive speedily and all your census returns be readable!

best wishes

Paul
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