How far back have you got with near certainty?

[Sandrafamilytree]

What I find really annoying is when I get stuck - and haven't even gone back particularly far.

On one of my branches I have gone back to JOHN SMITH, probably born around 1770. Wish me luck, because I'm not feeling optimistic!

I also have JOHN HEDLEY - pretty recent at 1820 - and I'm now discovering just how common a name Hedley is, in the North East. 

I've also just started a tree for my husband and his grandmother was Catherine Kelly in Liverpool. There are loads of Kellys in Liverpool.

How inconsiderate of all these people not to have wacky middle names.

[DianaCanada]

On my mother’s maternal side, she descends from a Harmer in east Sussex.  The Harmer Family Association was formed in 1978 and have done extensive and well documented research of Harmers in England and abroad.  The first Sussex Harmer recorded is one Milo de Haremere, at the end of the 12th century.  The early Harmers were lords of the manor at Etchingham, not far from where my mother was born.

[Wexflyer]

I have it on infallible authority that I descend from a certain Adam and Eve, 23-X-4004 BC

[Davedrave]

I have it on infallible authority that I descend from a certain Adam and Eve, 23-X-4004 BC

Is there a time of day on the birth certificate?