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Offline Windsor87

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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #18 on: Monday 10 March 08 13:48 GMT (UK) »
It is something I had wanted to do for years.
Even when I was a very small boy staying over at my Granma's I would be interested to see the photos she kept in the 'family suitcase', along with what few documents there were. She would tell me about her family and what it was like growing up during the war. I am probably one of the few grandchildren of this generation that wouldn't find it boring.

Anyway, when my grandmother died I inherited the family suitcase (over 3 sons and 3 older grandchildren) and with the documents at my finger tips started the tree.
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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #19 on: Monday 10 March 08 15:16 GMT (UK) »
WDYTYA gave me the push to get on with looking and moving to the opposite end of the UK made it easier. My main reason though was that my parents divorced when I was very young and I never knew about my father. My mother was a foundling so there was no history there either.
I have been unable to find out anything about my mother's family so far. My father had been dead 10 years when I found out where he had been but I did find out that his family all came from Edinburgh - gave me a sense of belonging somewhere, especially as I had moved to Scotland. There is also the addiction element of it all - everything I find out just sets me off again!
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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #20 on: Monday 10 March 08 16:02 GMT (UK) »


Anyway, when my grandmother died I inherited the family suitcase (over 3 sons and 3 older grandchildren) and with the documents at my finger tips started the tree.

Does everyone have a family suitcase? I spent ages looking through my Grandma's suitcase at Christmas which must be at least 80 years old.

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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #21 on: Monday 10 March 08 17:39 GMT (UK) »
Claire and Windsor,

That's wonderful. What a treasure. No suitcase in my family. My mother just keeps finding things whenever I go visit -- pictures, funeral cards, documents. Last visit was, "Oh, did I tell you, I found a bible?"  :o

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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #22 on: Monday 10 March 08 18:09 GMT (UK) »
My Mum is similar Kath - coming home on the train clutching a bag of 100 year old documents is rather nerve racking ;D

Jan ;)

No bible though :(
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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #23 on: Monday 10 March 08 20:53 GMT (UK) »
My Grandad and his three siblings were put into an orphanage in the 1920s after their father died in WW1 and their mother died shortly after of TB.

The four young borthers and sisters were eventually split up, one ran away, one was adopted, one went into service and my Grandad went into the Merchant Navy. 

So, as my old Grandad would say...

It's a labour of love  :-*
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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #24 on: Tuesday 11 March 08 00:12 GMT (UK) »
My Grandmother got me started as she often talked about her family and her life in the country as a young girl. She came from a fairly well to do family and spent her Sundays playing tennis, having tea parties and piano recitals, all of which fascinated me. It was really a gentle time back then and I just had to delve further into this wonderful way of life. Of course what started as an interest soon bacame a passion and is now an obsession  ;D
My Grandfather was not let off the hook either and while both have now passed away I feel that my research has kept a little of their past alive and is sooooooo interesting! I have been researching now for near 20 years and it's wonderful to tell my kids of their family past. I am back to 1680 with one side of the family and have so much more to research. It's a never ending hobby and I love it. :) :)
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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #25 on: Tuesday 11 March 08 11:39 GMT (UK) »
My Mum is similar Kath - coming home on the train clutching a bag of 100 year old documents is rather nerve racking ;D

Jan ;)

No bible though :(

I might complain a bit that she does that, but it is very exciting to get new things every now and then.  ;D

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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
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Re: Why research your family tree???
« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 12 March 08 00:40 GMT (UK) »
My interest came about when I was very young an my mother told me stories of when she was a

little girl living in the Gorbals in Glasgow.  I only met 1 of her brothers and her sister.  Her parents

died when she was quite young, so I never knew much about my grandparents.  I wanted to find

out what they were like and where they came from because I lived in Liverpool and had never been

to Scotland.  I made my first genealogy journey to Scotland 2 years ago to discover more about my

mums family. I've been hooked ever since

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