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How did you find Rootchat?

Directed to a topic via a search engine?
404 (50.9%)
Fellow researcher?
194 (24.4%)
Mailing list or message board?
82 (10.3%)
Magazine or poster?
16 (2%)
Other
98 (12.3%)

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Offline Snowdropbrian

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #360 on: Friday 31 May 13 10:46 BST (UK) »
Thanks to Pinefamily for the welcome

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #361 on: Monday 24 June 13 08:02 BST (UK) »
A friend from another forum gave me the info on Rootschat. I haven't used it much as yet, but hope to get to talk to members in the near future. My friend has helped me a lot in finding my husband's family history but there is still a lot more to find out. I thought when I paid subscription to one of the web sites that that was it...but now they want more for 'looking'.  :)

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #362 on: Monday 24 June 13 09:08 BST (UK) »
A friend from another forum gave me the info on Rootschat. I haven't used it much as yet, but hope to get to talk to members in the near future. My friend has helped me a lot in finding my husband's family history but there is still a lot more to find out. I thought when I paid subscription to one of the web sites that that was it...but now they want more for 'looking'.  :)
Hello Lookinak75,
Welcome to Rootschat. I can only assume you mean Genesre*****d. The other pay sites all allow you to look at records, how many is dependent on how you have paid. And don't be fooled into thinking that you can only get info from the paid sites; freemd, freecen, freereg, and familysearch are all good free sites that are handy to use.
I am Australian, from all the lands I come (my ancestors, at least!)

Pine/Pyne, Dowdeswell, Kempster, Sando/Sandoe/Sandow, Nancarrow, Hounslow, Youatt, Richardson, Jarmyn, Oxlade, Coad, Kelsey, Crampton, Lindner, Pittaway, and too many others to name.
Devon, Dorset, Gloucs, Cornwall, Warwickshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire, Wilts, Germany, Sweden, and of course London, to name a few.

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #363 on: Monday 24 June 13 09:16 BST (UK) »
I'm still quite new to Rootschat too. I found it from an ad in a magazine I got out from our library. I think it's fab -always something interesting to read, I find myself reading through old posts quite often.

I tend to use FindMyPast and A* for free at the library. Although it's just when I'm getting somewhere that my two hours are up or my one-year-old wakes up (I pop him in his pushchair for his nap if I fancy a little look!).
JENNINGS (-TEMPLE) - Kent/Msex/Berks; BENNETT - Dorset/Msex; ROSE - Notts/Lincs; MURRAY - Essex; METHLEY - Yorks; BIRCH - Kent; BRYDEN - Lancs/Stirl; MCGREGOR - Stirl/Perth; BROADLEY- Lancs; HUDSON - Mon/Durh; ROWLEY - Denb/Durh; PRICE - Mon; BERRY - Mon/Devon


Offline pixie101

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #364 on: Friday 26 July 13 19:25 BST (UK) »
I stumbled across it while looking for sites to research my family after using those others for a few years,,

ps so glad i did,,so many friends to help find the information we;re looking

Offline bearsome

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #365 on: Sunday 01 September 13 21:21 BST (UK) »
I'm fairly new to this site, having asked a couple of questions elsewhere. I found the site via a friend on a private forum, mainly based on a shared interest in wildlife. I'd said something about having problems finding information about some particular person or situation, and she suggested RootsChat. She'd found it very useful in fidning out about family who'd moved to the US.

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #366 on: Monday 02 September 13 12:38 BST (UK) »
I was having difficulty with finding information on my grandfather, a friend recommended this site I was very impressed by the number of helpful messages I received. I will be recommending the site to other people. :)

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #367 on: Monday 02 September 13 13:26 BST (UK) »
I was at a talk in the local library where it was mentioned

I have found over the last few years that it been a great source of information and guidance
Kearney & Bourke/ Johns & Fox/ Mannion & Finan/ Donohoe & Curley
Byrne [Carthy], Keeffe/ Germaine, Butler/ McDermott, Giblin/ Lally, Dolan
Toole, Doran; Dowling, Grogan/ Reilly, Burke; Warren, Kidd [Lawless]/ Smith, Scally; Mangan, Rodgers/ Fahy, Calday; Staunton, Miller
Further generations:
Brophy Coleman Eathorn(e) Fahy Fitzpatrick Geraghty Haverty Keane Keogh Nowlan Rowe Walder

Offline Lynn Fanthom

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Re: How did you find Rootschat?
« Reply #368 on: Monday 02 September 13 20:07 BST (UK) »
I googled 89 north road Wolverhampton and it came up with a recent photo, looked at this for a while then clicked off and went further down the list and saw a request for 1940's register.  clicked on this, read the item, saw it was on rootschat, thought it seemed interesting and could help me look for information about 89 north road and joined.
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