What Country is your research ?

[Rabbit B]

Thanks for the welcome RabbitB - still finding my way around, but I will participate soon.   

Judy

You are welcome 

 

[Braindead]

England mostly, but going back beyond 1800 I come to Italian immigrants. Some branches of the family (3rd / 4th cousins) went to Canada & America. I also have connections to France, Switzerland & Russia.

[Cheryl.]

Mostly Scotland so far with a bit of England (Staffordshire) thrown in oh and some Ireland too.

[GalvinClear]

My mother always said her Grandfather was a "cockney".  Born near the "Bells of Bow" (what ever that means).  He was born east end London south of the river but his father and mmother were from Cambridge and had been to Australia on 2 occasions prior.

[Rabbit B]

Welcome to Rootschat GalvinClear

May you have may happy days on this wonderful site!

Rabbit B 

[BumbleB]

Hi GalvinClear. 
The definition of a true cockney is to have been born within the sound of Bow Bells.  Bow being an area of the East End of London, but north of the river Thames, and the bells being the church bells.  Depends on how near the river your great grandfather was born, and possibly which way the wind was blowing!!

And welcome

BumbleB

[marcie dean]

Spreading further afield.

Found my husbands relatives moved to New Zealand, all twelve children and their parents.

Imagine 12 children running riot onboard a ship.  I would be in hysterics, frightened that someone would fall overboard.

marcie

[Marla]

I am working on ancestry from North Wales, (Rowland Owen who fathered Thomas, who fathered William, who fathered Owen Owen(s), who came to America.  It is difficult from this side of the big pond to know how to keep digging!

I am also working on Patterson and Stafford, which I believe to be from Antrim or Downey in Ireland.

The part of my family that has my heart is Riggins (my mother's side), and I used griffiths valuation to learn that there were a lot of them in Meath County, Ireland, when the early census was taken, so I guess I'll start searching there!

[Marla]

Hi there! I'm researching  mostly Ireland (Westmeath)
my greatgrandmoter's parents Patrick Simon/simmons and Mary Kennedy were from there around 1850/60.My greatgrand mother name was Briget Emily end she ended up in China!! (Honk Kong) around the end of 1800 or very beginning of 1900 there she married Prosper Francis D'Agustine from Corsica but by then an Engiish citizien teacher  at the Queen’s college in Honk Kong there in 1903 was born my grand mother Olive Kathleen Simons/Simmons-D'agustine. To that end the research is very difficult because I can't find any records for the British Colonies. My grand mother Olive travelled wiyh her family all  over the British Empire ,Malta and ended up in Italy were she married an Italian  etc 
Help Pleeease!
Ciao
Monica

Monica,  Do you know which colony she came to?  Any idea when she arrived?