How far sideways are you researching?

[bwgan ceredig]

Thankfully I have never come across that   What on earth were her reasons

I have been really lucky with some very useful info from various 'relations'.  I felt a bit guilty at first, but I was able to provide photos to a couple so it all works out in the end

[jinks]

When someone contacts myself about a family
I am researching, I try to put them in the tree,

And the first thing I give them is the Direct line
from earliest ancestor to themselves or the line
I think they are from.

After that I leave them to decide how much other
information they require.

The reason I put them on the tree first is sometimes
giving the person all my information is confusing
How many Roberts, which belongs to which family
etc.

I do have three paper files of one family, so to give
them ALL this information would be a full time job.


I have given information to people and all them
have told me is you have something wrong

My favourite correpondences have been a Brother
(In a monastery) and a Great Great Uncles
desendant ( who researched through certificates
mainly) were I have researched through baptisms/
marriage cermonies so Its nice to know someone
got to the same point by different means.

The brother was hoping to connect an ancient
family who settled in Lancashire (mentioned in 1066) so though I do not know if I am connected I
give him all the relevant information from this
well documented family.

Jinks


 


 

[suttontrust]

I've made contacts on GR with names who are only distantly connected to me, and while I'll put them on my tree GR, I think I need to draw the line as far as my website is concerned.  I'm also drawing the line with the latest offspring of distant relatives.  As for putting on living people - they're all on my website, without facts about their lives other than dates and places.  They were all consulted, and nobody objects.  The important point is to get permission.

[trish251]

I research as far and wide as the family details take me - it's just too interesting not to do so     

I don't currently have a website BUT I would NEVER put living folks on same and if I pass my information to others, I request that they accept this requirement. I have received information from 4th 5th 6th cousins and they have sometimes requested that I do NOT pass on the information. I abide by these requests.

Trish

[MarieC]

I don't have any limits and will go wherever there is interest!

A very distant cousin recently found me because she has the same approach - located my website because she knew who married some of her family!  We are currently exchanging lots of information.  So it is very worthwhile.

MarieC

[Sylviaann]

When I researched my families on the Parish Registers I wrote down everyone with that surname and made up trees for those people.  When others contacted me I included all their names too.  What a wonderful time I had sorting them all out and connecting them up.  I also tried to trace them all on the 1851 for Norfolk and the 1881 census when it came out and then the 1901 when we could use those special programs that connected families.  The result is for two families in Norfolk I have extensive trees all in Word for windows. 

I have just had a new contact for one of the names and have sent her part of the tree.  Now she wants to know about the rest of the family so I am putting it on a CD for her.  It costs very little and as my own family are not really interested I am happy to spread the news.  I don't use a database as it was too much work to start one but someone has put one tree on the net.

Sylviaann

[JillJ]

There are no boundaries for me.   I seem to be turning into an obsessive name-gatherer with about 5,000 names on the database, but I try to concentrate my main efforts on the direct lines where possible.

Jill

[liverpool annie]

I'm so sideways - I can't see straight!!
I'm always off on tangents - but it's so much fun!- I really "get into it" -
and before I know it - I've spent a few days - on somebody who's WAY out there!!
This is such a joy for me ! - the only time I get frustrated is waiting for certificates!!!

Annie

[maggiefishblue]

Likewise, I search wherever the strands take me and have found some very interesting distant, distant relatives.

I don't belong to GR but someone who belongs to both GR and Rootschat saw one of my names and passed it on to someone else researching that name on GR. She wasn't a member of Rootschat - but joined so that she could contact me. 

We are now exchanging information - it transpired that we both have the same GGGGGrandparents!! and that she was researching my family 'out of interest' - I'm really glad that she was  and now I have more people to research too.

I am in the throes of making up my tree to put onto the web - I shall ask her permission to include 'her' part of the family.

Maggie