How Far did you trace your Family Tree?

[Mowsehowse]

I have been delighted to discover digitised records on line for Germany and Switzerland which give bdm to the 16C, though I don't feel much connection to those ancestors of mine.
I have also uncovered an ancestor of my husband with family traceable back to the 16C.
We live in the same area, and can visit their churches, and stroll in their villages, I find that
far more interesting. 

[SoilsEng]

Most of my family lines end in the 1700's with two lines back to the 1400's. I have one line that ends in 1840 and is a complete dead end at this point. The worst part is that it is a primary surname. There is some speculation that there may have been a name change or that they were adopted. I am hoping to put together more information through the use of this forum.
Cheers,
SoilsEng

[coombs]

People also moved around more than we give credit for. I started a thread in The Lighter Side recently about Suffolk migration into Essex during and before the census era. Many of my South East Essex lot had Suffolk roots.

If you do find a baptism 30 or more miles away from where they lived, do not just accept it but do not just discard it, they may have travelled a long way for work. Obviously there were plenty of horse and carts around in the 1700s and many people would want to travel on them, ditto for boats.

Many of my Oxfordshire lot have ancestors from surrounding counties, and one from Sussex. And ironically his descendant, my Oxon born great gran moved to Bexhill, Sussex in 1910 after training for domestic service in Hackney.

[chiddicks]

In the main on my main lines I’m stuck around the 1750’s era. I have one line back to 1680 but that is as far back as o go.

[pharmaT]

People also moved around more than we give credit for. I started a thread in The Lighter Side recently about Suffolk migration into Essex during and before the census era. Many of my South East Essex lot had Suffolk roots.

If you do find a baptism 30 or more miles away from where they lived, do not just accept it but do not just discard it, they may have travelled a long way for work. Obviously there were plenty of horse and carts around in the 1700s and many people would want to travel on them, ditto for boats.

Many of my Oxfordshire lot have ancestors from surrounding counties, and one from Sussex. And ironically his descendant, my Oxon born great gran moved to Bexhill, Sussex in 1910 after training for domestic service in Hackney.

Definitely I have one.  Born in Wiltshire in 1650, then attended university at Oxford.  48 Miles on modern roads.  He gained a place as a servator so not an elite.  Then moved to another place in Wiltshire (55miles), then from there to Broughton in Hampshire (28miles) then from there to Portsea 38 miles.  He died about 60miles from where he was born. Yes, I am as sure as I can be that it was the same man.  No, I didn't just take the same name.  His university records refer to his father and his schooling at home in Wiltshire.  His work records refer to his degree which matches with the man from wiltshire who graduated.  Also the family retained connections with WIltshire for at least the next 100 years

[Jebber]

I am stuck with one line  about 1776, several go back to the 1500s, others stop in between these dates.


I have yet to achieve the success of some  trees  on Ancestry that go back to Adam and Eve 

[coombs]

People also moved around more than we give credit for. I started a thread in The Lighter Side recently about Suffolk migration into Essex during and before the census era. Many of my South East Essex lot had Suffolk roots.

If you do find a baptism 30 or more miles away from where they lived, do not just accept it but do not just discard it, they may have travelled a long way for work. Obviously there were plenty of horse and carts around in the 1700s and many people would want to travel on them, ditto for boats.

Many of my Oxfordshire lot have ancestors from surrounding counties, and one from Sussex. And ironically his descendant, my Oxon born great gran moved to Bexhill, Sussex in 1910 after training for domestic service in Hackney.

Definitely I have one.  Born in Wiltshire in 1650, then attended university at Oxford.  48 Miles on modern roads.  He gained a place as a servator so not an elite.  Then moved to another place in Wiltshire (55miles), then from there to Broughton in Hampshire (28miles) then from there to Portsea 38 miles.  He died about 60miles from where he was born. Yes, I am as sure as I can be that it was the same man.  No, I didn't just take the same name.  His university records refer to his father and his schooling at home in Wiltshire.  His work records refer to his degree which matches with the man from wiltshire who graduated.  Also the family retained connections with WIltshire for at least the next 100 years

I found John Austin of Wootton Oxfordshire in 1755 said he signed a sworn statement saying he was born in Trentham, Staffordshire, in a village just outside Stoke On Trent, a good 50 miles as the crow flies. His son married my several times great aunty.

[Andrew Tarr]

Most of my lines are mid 1800s but a few back to late 1700s

I have the original glass negative of a photo of an ancestor I have identified as born in 1782 

[Ian Nelson]

Norfolk's Bishops' Transcripts show ancestors of mine ( Collyson / Collison) back to the 1450s and they previously came from Aberdeen.
However, just to amuse myself I did the calculation that if you count grandparents back to around the year 1500 you would  have over 1/2 Million ancestors so their DNA is dissipated like Homeopathic Medicine.
cheers, Ian