Earliest Dates

[Flourgurl]

Thanks for the welcome Jill - i must've been looking at someone else's profile to think you were from Oz.

You expressed my sentiments exactly about the history lesson in going back to medieval times.  I've got books on my shelf I never dreamed I would have and learned so much about European history as a sideline of roots work.

I'm supposedly descended from William the Conqueror, too, and King John, which I thought was cool til I watched "The Lion in Winter" and realized he was the least capable son!

[genjen]

I have several lines back to births around 1600 but haven't been able to pin them down definitely in baptism records. Then I have one person whom I am pretty certain is the grandfather of one of the c1600 births but there is a missing bl***y link! They were in a very rural area and didn't move around very much so I am fairly sure that if I ever find the father, all will fall into place. But it's a big if.

Jen

[wildtech]

Earliest date on my tree is the death of my 10th great grandfather on my father's side on the 2nd October 1589.  Not researched by me though.  This was researched by a cousin from some manorial records written in Latin - way beyond me.  I hated latin at school 

[Comosus]

I can go back to c1585 - William Colledge, but that was researched by someone else. Early 1600s on a few lines that my mum researched. On my dad's side I can go back to Thomas Tattersfield 1633. Male line I can go back to the 1780s in Saddleworth until it gets tricky (a few possible births), and 1750s for my female line, which goes back to Retford.

Andrew