What Country is your research ?

[Griffl]

Agha,
Yes of course thats similar to my thinking too

If the poll was to find out what sort of records the users would be looking at
It would be understandable.

But if just to see which areas the users are researching.. I see no reason whatsover for the grouping

It would be true to say as I'm sure you know from experience that Irish research is much "harder" than English...
Similary Welsh research is much harder than english in some respects in my opinion

[SwissGill]

Northwich, Cheshire, England
Altrincham, Cheshîre, England
Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Kocherstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

[chinny]

Jamieson    Govan- East London - Suffolk
Downie       Burntisland
Mcdougall   Glasgow
Owers         Essex
Deighton     London
Shillabeer    Devon
Hall            East London
Bennett      Australia
                        O YES MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE  Where ever you are. 

[PaulaToo]

Does seem a bit tough on the Welsh, doesn't it, always 'the bump on the west side of England.' But it's a 'history' thing and somehow, I wouldn't expect it any other way.

Speaking as an English/Welsh cross breed, it suits me fine, and you are right ... there is a lot of talk about the difficulty in researching Irish ancestry, but the Welsh have their own little ways of stopping you. Everyone in the family name Thomas Thomas or Evan Evans or the best one that I have come across ... there are no surviving records for that church ...

I love my Welsh side ... at least the ones that I have found.

[DavidG02]

Mostly England especially all those Wiltshire ag-labs   

Some Scottish , Irish and German

Oh and Aussies oi oi oi

[Barb Given]

Canada

[healyjfch]

All my ancestors found to date are from Co. Kilkenny Ireland
Quite a lot lived in 2 adjoining parishes. Came in useful when looking up Church records.
But lots of the relatives have moved away to Australia and England.

[andrewmaspero]

Hi Lei
 
The wildcard you refer to was my great great grandfather, and there is a whole maspero branch in South Africa still - Charles Harold emigrated to South Africa after he married his wife Emily Hagger in Adelaide - they bought a chicken farm called Golden Grove Poulrty farm, and it must have had relative success as William Angelo and all the children emigrated out to SA and are buried here....

Also a hotel was bought when the farm was thought "too far out".

My grandfather was one of Charles Harolds sons - there was another son Alex. Both sons produced 5 children and these in turn more, of which I am one...

Regards

Andrew

[K Painter]

Hi
I am a newbie to this site and started ancestry research a few years ago. I have found that my father's family came from Wiltshire. I have managed to trace the Painter name back a number of generations and they were mostly around Purton, Lydia Tregoze, Swindon for a several generations. My grandfather and a few of his siblings migrated to Australia in the early 1900s which is where I live, his other siblings remained in England, some I believe in the Surrey area. I also have Scott family roots from Ireland through my father's mother as well as Behl from Germany.  From my mother's side the Flacks came from around Essex and the Vollmers from Wurtemburg in Germany. So I am focusing on England and Ireland at present.
Kaylene