Why genealogy?

[Trees]

Hi Gilda you should have a lot of support here don't be shy dive in on any board or the chat room you are definitely among the most helpful Family Historians
Trees

[KathMc]

Absolutely. Have fun with it. Rootschat has the greatest people.

Kath

[MarieC]

Hear, hear!  Gilda, if you don't want to be totally addicted, get out now!  (Or maybe it is already too late!  )

MarieC

[Floss]

I started about 9 years ago, I'd always wondered where my surname originated - McIlduff- my dad is Scottish but all he knew was his dad was born in Ireland and that started me off   Absolutely hooked now and not on just my own family history but also the history of any one who expresses an interest, I'm ready to pounce and offer to help 

Fiona

[KathMc]

Fiona,

that's when you know it's a full-blown addiction. I love helping other people. I even volunteer on RAOGK to do cemetery lookups. Actually, now that winter is over, I have a list to get going on. 

Kath

[genjen]

I have nine different family trees on the go at the moment - I think, though I may have forgotten one or two. It is great fun but it gets awfully confusing at times.

But, as I keep saying to those who look at me as if I am totally barmy when I tell them this, it keeps me off the streets!

Jen

[KathMc]

But, as I keep saying to those who look at me as if I am totally barmy when I tell them this, it keeps me off the streets!

Jen

Absolutely right. There are worse hobbies. 

[Willow 4873]

My dad always had an interest in family history and I brought him a book to write the tree in years ago for his birthday. Unfortunately he didn't fill a lot in

When my Grandad died in 1989 we found a load of old photos which my mum kept and also the registration of her older brother who was stillborn.

After my dad died in 1998 I got her to tell me who the people were in the photos and put them in an album. Next I went up the archive office and did a bit more research

It got left a bit after that and then my mum died in 2004 and I ended up with a lot of stuff from the house including my paternal grandparents birth certificates. I decided to write to my uncles and pick their brains but only 3 bothered to reply

Then I got a computer and the Internet and now as they say 'the rest is history'

I just wish my dad was alive to tell him all I have found out

Willow x

[MarieC]

But, as I keep saying to those who look at me as if I am totally barmy when I tell them this, it keeps me off the streets!

Jen

Absolutely right. There are worse hobbies. 

We're all barmy on here, Jen!  But nine family trees - I think you take the prize for the moment!   

MarieC