How far back have you got ?

[Tearose]

I expect that this has been asked several times before, but I am curious to know how far back have actually got with there searching (in years I mean) ??
 

[HeatherLynne]

The earliest document I have is a bastardy order dated 02.02.1771 regarding the birth of my Great Great Great Grandfather who was born on 06.01.1771.  That refers to his father and also names his Grandfather, so allowing about 20 years per generation I have information back to about 1730.

I've also found the probable baptism of the mother referred to in the bastardy order on Family Search dated 10.02.1749.

I must say though, I find details of my family in London in the Victorian era most interesting as there is more information available to put 'flesh on the bones'.

How far have you got Tearose?
Heather

[Tearose]

Wow not as far as you, but I'm working on it ... Lol
I've got back to about 1850, but going strong at the moment, I'm hooked 

[HeatherLynne]

Fascinating isn't it?  Whereabouts in London were your families?  All my branches seem to have stayed north of the Thames but from Chelsea, Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

Heather

[Tearose]

Mainly Islington but surrounding area's also.
I started off just tracing my dad's side but now mum wants her side traced as well, I think she thinks I'll have it done in a couple of months !! Bless, if only she new 

[alpinecottage]

My lines are very variable - the least productive is my Irish grandfather, first spotted for sure at his wedding in 1914, and possibly on 1901 census.

My best lines go back to about 1720, and I even know what one of my 5x g grandfathers looked like - apparently he wore a tricorn hat and had a pony tail! (Recorded in the records of the Huguenot Church in London).  One of my 4xg grandmothers owned a bedspread with a stain on it; well, she did until someone stole it from the washing line and ended up at the Old Bailey for his trouble    

My big hope is to get back to a dateable event in 17th century, but on the whole, I prefer the "meat on the bones" stuff rather than a list of names and dates.

Red Post - Tearose, Tell your mum I've been doing family history, on and off, for 25 years and I'm still finding new things on my direct line - it never finishes! 

[stanmapstone]

I have got back to the marriage of my 8th great grandfather 19th July 1624.

Stan

[Suttonrog]

I have a lease in the records of Repton Priory that dates to 1610.

Of course Poo-Bah, The Lord High everything in the Mikado, could trace his ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.

Rog

[Seoras]

1678 7XG grandfather John Tweedie and wife Jean Wilson for definate.Another earlier to that is a probable at the moment.Then again there are some I am struggling to get past the early 1800s.