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1Jaysee
Hi, I'm Jaysee. I've been researching my family history on and off for about 20 years. So far, all my forebears were UK based. I hope you will enjoy having a group that has this absorbing hobby in common as well as sharing our other tastes in reading.
2Sodapop
I have been researching my family history for about 8 years now on and off. I have focused on my paternal line because I have an aunt who has been working on my maternal line for quite a while. Although I am English, all of my paternal ancestors are Irish. I have focused primarily on my paternal grandmother's line because there are a couple of very interesting stories there and also, because of their careers (Merchant Mariners), there is a lot of information that is fairly readily accessible over the internet.
I have also done a little research into my husband's family history and discovered that his GG Grandparents, met married and had all of their children on Prince Edward Island, Canada -- a place I have wanted to visit since I read the Anne of Green Gables books as a child. I have hit a brick wall there so one of these days I'm going to take a "research trip" ;-)
I have also done a little research into my husband's family history and discovered that his GG Grandparents, met married and had all of their children on Prince Edward Island, Canada -- a place I have wanted to visit since I read the Anne of Green Gables books as a child. I have hit a brick wall there so one of these days I'm going to take a "research trip" ;-)
3myshelves
Hi,
I've been working on my family history, all lines, for over 30 years. (There were long dry spells until the internet came along!) There are 3 main threads on which I've made progress. One traces back to the earliest settlers in Ulster County, NY. Another starts out in Worcester, England and spreads out all over. The 3rd is Anglo-Irish, traced back to the 1500s on some lines.
It makes a great excuse to buy more history books!
Cheers,
myshelves
P.S. I have no idea how to join a group here. If posting a message won't do it, will someone please clue me in?
I've been working on my family history, all lines, for over 30 years. (There were long dry spells until the internet came along!) There are 3 main threads on which I've made progress. One traces back to the earliest settlers in Ulster County, NY. Another starts out in Worcester, England and spreads out all over. The 3rd is Anglo-Irish, traced back to the 1500s on some lines.
It makes a great excuse to buy more history books!
Cheers,
myshelves
P.S. I have no idea how to join a group here. If posting a message won't do it, will someone please clue me in?
4Sodapop
Click on the group name up at the top of this page and that should take you to a description of the group and over on the right hand side there will be an option to join the group. Click on that and you're done.
5Windy
Hi Everyone,
I recently joined LibraryThing from BookMooch (Hi, Opinicus!)
My own family history is a work in progress for me, with a lot of information already known and some new things I've found out. I am Serbian on both sides, from different parts of the country.
I'm also researching on and off my ex-husband's side for my children. He is from an old southern family which dates back to before the Revolution in the US. It's hard to get anything out of his relatives, since they are an odd bunch who are very competitive with each other. It seems whoever holds the old family papers is the "legitimate heir" to whatever land or money is discovered. What I have to work with is mostly apochrypha from relatives who are not the most reliable. I'm also running into the southern habit of telling someone a lie because it's more polite than the truth. Anyone here able to relate?
I recently joined LibraryThing from BookMooch (Hi, Opinicus!)
My own family history is a work in progress for me, with a lot of information already known and some new things I've found out. I am Serbian on both sides, from different parts of the country.
I'm also researching on and off my ex-husband's side for my children. He is from an old southern family which dates back to before the Revolution in the US. It's hard to get anything out of his relatives, since they are an odd bunch who are very competitive with each other. It seems whoever holds the old family papers is the "legitimate heir" to whatever land or money is discovered. What I have to work with is mostly apochrypha from relatives who are not the most reliable. I'm also running into the southern habit of telling someone a lie because it's more polite than the truth. Anyone here able to relate?
6dodger
Hello all. For years I have been relying on the (somewhat sporadic) research of various cousins of mine. A bit frustrated by hearing bits and pieces of my family’s history, earlier this year I started doing the research myself.
On my mother’s side, it seems that my forebears are mostly Irish and Welsh, and perhaps English and/or Scottish (the paternal line of my mom’s side is a bit difficult, as it seems no one on that side cares much about family history). On my father’s side, I have more Irish, and some Scottish and Welsh. And my father’s grandfather and grandmother were from Norway.
So far, I have evidence of my mother’s family being in the United States since Revolutionary War times, and while I have proof of my ancestors fighting for the Union side in the American Civil War, I do not know (yet) it any before them fought in the Revolutionary War.
Some people have asked why it maters where my ancestors came from or what they did (I am sure that others here have heard similar questions), but I have always enjoyed history, and I figure that you cannot get any more personal than your own family’s history.
On my mother’s side, it seems that my forebears are mostly Irish and Welsh, and perhaps English and/or Scottish (the paternal line of my mom’s side is a bit difficult, as it seems no one on that side cares much about family history). On my father’s side, I have more Irish, and some Scottish and Welsh. And my father’s grandfather and grandmother were from Norway.
So far, I have evidence of my mother’s family being in the United States since Revolutionary War times, and while I have proof of my ancestors fighting for the Union side in the American Civil War, I do not know (yet) it any before them fought in the Revolutionary War.
Some people have asked why it maters where my ancestors came from or what they did (I am sure that others here have heard similar questions), but I have always enjoyed history, and I figure that you cannot get any more personal than your own family’s history.
7mattbman
I'm Matt from Raleigh, and my research has been limited to online and the local FHC as well as some family compilations that have already been done fore me.
My background is very geographically diverse in a relatively small number of generations. Going back only 3 generations, I have Italian, German, Irish, English, and French, back another generation and we can include Native American, and Scottish. I have so far found 3 soldiers on each side of the Civil War as my maternal line and my father's parental line are northerners and my father's maternal line are southerners. Online research would indicate connections to Benedict Arnold and Mayflower ancestors, but I am going through a process of confirmation of all the information myself, which is definitely time consuming.
My background is very geographically diverse in a relatively small number of generations. Going back only 3 generations, I have Italian, German, Irish, English, and French, back another generation and we can include Native American, and Scottish. I have so far found 3 soldiers on each side of the Civil War as my maternal line and my father's parental line are northerners and my father's maternal line are southerners. Online research would indicate connections to Benedict Arnold and Mayflower ancestors, but I am going through a process of confirmation of all the information myself, which is definitely time consuming.
