How far back have you got?

[kat2004]

I have been 'doing the family tree' for over 6 months now and am totally addicted. I've only got back to 1830 so far, and really love to hear of other genealogists stories, So how long have you all been doing family history and how far back have you got?

[Mobo]

 

Hi Kat !

With a couple of my families, I've got back to the 1500's, some back to the 1700's, and others the 1800's, but I'm still working on all of them.  You can have a look at the results on my website if you wish, (see signature below)

Happy hunting and good luck with your searches !!

 

[kat2004]

Wow! How do you know your definately on the right ancestral line? My surnames are so common (Hill, Miller, Roberts), it seems to be trial and error sometimes!

[GRACELAND]

One line in my tree fairlet easy got back to 1780s 
           But rhe rest are a bit harder !!   

[Mobo]

 


Don't worry Kat,

If you do your research thoroughly enough, you'll always find the correct ancestors.  Take it slowly at first and double check everything, and after a while it becomes easier.

Anything you wish to know, you can find on this site - just post a query in the specific place and someone will come to your aid.

 

[BethM]

until monday this week i was at 1845 - on my direct line and thinking about getting the siblings sorted etc.

then i found a 4th cousin, who lives in east grinstead, and has been researching the family tree for a while, so now have info going back to 1711 -
im really pleased, but a tiny bit of me wanted to dig about 
so now will compare notes with him, and start on my payne line aswell and see where that goes.

good luck

[D ap D]

My 2 problem lines are Williams' - both going back only to the late 1800s, otherwise I've got 12 lines going back in to the 1700s, and 2 others going into the 1650s, the best one though is a registered death in 1451. Working back from my daughter, thats 20 generations.

With that one though I must admit it wasn't my work, but notes that a great aunty of a newly found cousin had put together (they were gentry, and had everything written down in a family bible, which has since been confirmed with parish records etc.) - so we swapped. What he had in depth, going back, I had in width coming up to the present day. We met about 1820 ish.

[Iria]

The Only One i have got far back on is My Dyson Family of Liverpool..which is James Dyson m Phobe Westhead in St Nicholas Church Liverpool 1818..This Family was Quite Easy to do because the Familys Stayed in One Area of Liverpool Up to the late 1930's.. The Hardest one i That am doing is my Grandfathers.The Slater Family .Only Now After 8-9 Years Searching got back to 1851 Liverpool ..But after all the Searching it all worth while..

And Plus when i get stuck i like helping others find there familys..Even though i don't know them it gives me a lift when i find them for someone

Regards

Iria

[kat2004]

My problem is that my lot have moved around so much, but in a way that makes it even more interesting because I've learned so much about  history and every day life in different generations, for example some Miller's emmigrated to the USA in 1925, it would have took 10 days! And my Hill side worked and lived at Tyne Dock in the 1870, what a place that must have been.

I also get waylaid into finding out as much as possible about each new ancestor, I keep pestering older members of my family (some of whom I didnt even know existed until I started the research) for all their photographs and memories, its amazing how you begin to build a picture up in your mind of what they were like.