British Pensioner creates Worlds biggest Family Tree

[Sue15]

Like Lydart I read the news story with an open mind. To be honest I know nothing of Medieval Genealogy as my trees  peter out long before the beginning of parish records. It would be great if someone with more understanding of the mechanics of medieval genealogy could comment.

I have tried to find a contact address on the website mentioned and also using a google search. No luck but i could well have missed something.

 I understand he is putting on an exhibition at Taunton Library, Somerset.  Maybe another forum member could visit and invite him to the forum.

Sue

[stanmapstone]

To be honest I know nothing of Medieval Genealogy

There is the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy http://fmg.ac/

Stan

[Gatacre]

I have tried to find a contact address on the website mentioned and also using a google search. No luck but i could well have missed something.

 Click on the top left hand side of the Roy Blackmore web site  and you will be taken to the service he has used.  Perhaps they may have a contact address.

[Sue15]

Thanks to Stan for the link to Medieval Genealogy site- I will read this with interest -

Sadly the link didn't produce any info other than the designer of the site's details and that music!
Thanks anyway Gatacre -it was a good idea.

All the best
Sue

[Silvilocks]

I have tried to find a contact address on the website mentioned and also using a google search. No luck but i could well have missed something.

 Sue

Hi Sue

On the first page of the website the sentence 'My name is Roy Blackmore' is a link to his email addy. Hope that helps!

Cheers

Silvilocks

[Sue15]

Thanks Silvilocks -that worked!

I am taking a holiday in a few days so I will email when I return. I should imagine at the moment his mailbox must be full as the story seems to have become Global looking at the web.

Sue

[Katie123]

Hello Chatterers
In todays Mail newspaper (well in the online edition for sure) is the story of a chap who has documented 10,000 people in his tree. At times he spent 5 hours a day gathering and researching.

This is undoubtedly a stupid question but were the 10000 only grandparents or were they children as well?

[stanmapstone]

He has listed 9,390 ancestors and relatives

Stan

[davidft]

Would Nick Barrat have  given it a positive comment if there was no real evidence in the early centuries to support the man's claims?

We need what the experts really think  about the research ...in print ..to be able to make up our own minds about this puzzle.

NB  isn't a fool he has a business and a reputation to protect. There is nothing in it for him to make derogatory remarks about the said person's research, but there is, I would argue, much goodwill in it for him to put a positive spin on the man's research - and to be honest I think that's is all he did.