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[Tin man]

Hello rootschatters. Going back to the first thread- does the family search website enable you to see other users trees? Just wondered as it wasn't mentioned. I have an ancestry tree but subscription lapsed. I was considering starting another tree with family search, is this wise? Anyone else got the same tree on 2 different sites?

[tezzer]

hi again ....no mention of James Joyce maiden stone, but the term Joyce county not country has been used when talking about Galway. I believe my uncle visited a valley there nicknamed Joyce valley. Alas as my research has shown from 1822 there's not a shamrock or leprechaun in sight, of course any time before 1822 its quite possible that the family had arrived from Ireland although if my suspicions are correct, i can carry the family back another two generations into the late 1700s all still around London.
Tin man i did try carrying two trees across two different websites but unless your meticulous with your updating of collected information it all gets a bit confusing, I've found it better just using one site tree.       

[KGarrad]

Hello rootschatters. Going back to the first thread- does the family search website enable you to see other users trees? Just wondered as it wasn't mentioned. I have an ancestry tree but subscription lapsed. I was considering starting another tree with family search, is this wise? Anyone else got the same tree on 2 different sites?

You can still update your tree on Ancestry!
What you can't do is attach Ancestry's images to your tree.

[Tin man]

I see. Great information. Thankyou for the replies.

[Guy Etchells]

"very few women have a Blazon in their own right"

Gosh, I wonder why that was?  Maybe it had something to do with the matter of who had 'rights' and who didn't.

No it was simply because most women did not go out to fight in battles and so did not need to be identified to their followers whilst wearing armour.
Cheers
Guy

[Gan Yam]

Hello rootschatters. Going back to the first thread- does the family search website enable you to see other users trees? Just wondered as it wasn't mentioned. I have an ancestry tree but subscription lapsed. I was considering starting another tree with family search, is this wise? Anyone else got the same tree on 2 different sites?

I often look at the trees on Family Search and have found some interesting information and also the odd photograph.   The trees on the site can be altered and amended by anyone who uses the site, so it doesn't remain yours!

[chris_49]

I follow my mother's side more because she had the rare name of Skelcey, and though I follow all my lines the others on her side are fairly uncommon, except for Green.

On my father's side the Welsh names in Wales become impossible - if you think they are only as common as Smith you're wrong: about a dozen names seem to suffice for almost everybody, and you can sometimes see whole pages of Jones Williams Davies etc in the census.

[coombs]

Female ancestors can be harder to trace for before the census era especially, hence why the male lines can be easier, lots of the visitations often follow the male line. Many pre 1800 baptisms only gave father's name, and it makes it harder finding a marriage, so as to find even the mother's first name as well as maiden surname.

My ancestor was Patience Brown born 1759 in St Andrew Auckland, Durham. Only her fathers name is given on the baptism, John Brown. Patience wed my Scottish ancestor John Stewart in 1789. Luckily the Barrington registers gave more info for 1798-1812.