What Country is your research ?

[thumperrabbit]

My father's family are from Mauritius. Legend has it they owned a mountain and a hunderd slaves. I have found slave registers in their name. My GGgrandfather was the chief medical officer in Mauritius and they came to Scotland so that their children could go to a good university... and never went home.

[Rabbit B]

Hi thumperrabbit,

Welcome to Rootschat, your history all sounds very interesting!

I hope that you have as much fun on this board as the rest of us do. 

This is the best site on the web.

Rabbit B 

[Roger The Hat]

Holland - no luck   
Poland - no luck     

England - Yippee!   


'Hat.

[Pacific NW Robin]

Mine is Ireland. I know that my gg grandfather Daniel Kennedy was born in 1832 in Little Bray, Dublin Co., Ireland & that his mother's name was O'Connell. I know that Little Bray is separated from Bray by the Dargle River & that Little Bray is now included with Bray in Wicklow Co.. So should I be looking for records in Dublin Co. or Wicklow Co. in Bray? Little Bray is not ever listed.

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[marcie dean]

Once I find further information, if I can;  I would love to go kto Ireland anyway, for a holiday, so whilst there I would love to have the information to enable me to research my Irish connections.
That is what I meant


marcie
at the moment I do not have enough to make it worthwhile.

[teaurn]

Have now found one of my relatives went to Australia

[Helina]

A load of my relatives went to Australia, America, New Zealand.
Otherwise its Gloucestershire (main area)
Cornwall
Derbyshire
Staffordshire
Devon

helina

[coombs]

I am amazed at how many British people have direct ancestors who emigrated, either temporarily or permanently. I know of many Rootschatters who have ancestors who emigrated then returned and some of their ancestor siblings or even ancestors was actually born abroad. And a lot of older widows or widowers emigrated to join family members who emigrated a while before especially if all their children were married and having children by then. That means any descendants will have a direct ancestor who emigrated.

I was soooooo excited when I found my 3xgreat grandfather on the US 1900 census aged 72.

[dave192]

My Family seem to come from Huntindonshire and Lancashire.  The problem I have come up against is that the English Levis are a pain.  By this I mean you find them, then they vanish.  For example my great granddad's brother use to go traveling once a year on cargo ships ( not sure why) and died in the USSR about 1971 and can I find his death no.

One thing I have noticed is family sizes ranged from about 3 kids to around 9.  that stopped with my great grandfather. granddad and my dad.  Well i have started the tradition up again I have 7 kids (already had 7 before i started searching)