Oh Dear, a dark secret discovered in a friend's tree

[Nick29]

Leave the eldest babysitting and pop next door to "borrow a cup of sugar" 

Babysitting ?  Many kids in the 1800's were at work by the age of 6 

[croxia]

No need to watch to "far fetched" soaps on the TV! All human life is laid bare on Rootschat.

We all have secrets and oddities in our Family trees; it makes research interesting.

Happy searching all!

Croxia

[Redroger]

Now riddle me this .... how in the world after having 12 children did she have enough energy & interest to have an affair ..?

With 12 other children, when would she have had the time??  And, with that many people in the house ... where could it possibly happen, that somebody wouldn't notice??

Leave the eldest babysitting and pop next door to "borrow a cup of sugar" 

Such a situation in a branch of my family involved nipping out to the grocers shop for a tin of vegetables. When she went the pantry was full of unused outdated tins of veg.

[RedMystic]

Now riddle me this .... how in the world after having 12 children did she have enough energy & interest to have an affair ..?

With 12 other children, when would she have had the time??  And, with that many people in the house ... where could it possibly happen, that somebody wouldn't notice??

Leave the eldest babysitting and pop next door to "borrow a cup of sugar" 

Such a situation in a branch of my family involved nipping out to the grocers shop for a tin of vegetables. When she went the pantry was full of unused outdated tins of veg.

 

[7igerby7he7ail]

So I have now got the basics down and traced her paternal and maternal lines back to the early 19th century.

There are lots of potential avenues to explore, branches to climb. and I could go back further, her uncle/half-brother seems to have  a potential back another 100 years at least.

My friend certainly wants me to go further and is willing to pay for certs etc.

She has got the 'bug'.

I will use my own FT progs to compile her tree.

How much would you 'charge' a fairly well off pensioner?

[danuslave]

It's got to be worth at least a decent lunch out somewhere 

Linda

[RedMystic]

Hi Tiger, Watch for a PM with a fee structure I saw on another site. I didn't utilize the services, but know that many have so they must be within the realm of reasonability.

[7igerby7he7ail]

Update
My friend is descended from 'landed gentry' her ggggf was a Baronet.
She is amazed at the find, makes up for the 'trauma' of the other discovery

[Redroger]

Since Baronetcies are hereditary, who holds the title now; or has it become extinct if there are no male descendants?