Genealogy Chat

When the marriage certificate arrives you will have both the fathers (with luck).

That should help double check the next generation going backwards.

This hobby isn't a fast one to do. Some lines are easier than others.

I'm trying to work back from one ancestor who very helpfully under his father's name on his marriage certificate just said Dead.

Sue

Tracy dont give up one week is early days yet babe wait till after 3/4 yrs ;;;lol
No it get easier you will learn what to look for dear ;;

Babs

Thanks Sue, I have bits of paper all over my desk of all the information I have copied that people have helped me with, this particular time of asking for help is about a sibling of my grandmother, as the dates I had found didnt tally. Reggie has very kindly put me in the right direction of that one, and I was just asking him how he obtained his information so fast? Nothing I have mentioned tonight I have asked before, so as not to waste anybody's time. My requests for help, I can assure you are very genuine, and I didnt want to upset anyone.

Don't give up Tracey, the results can be really worthwhile and very rewarding.
I started with nothing apart from my wife's father's name (It's my wife's family tree I am researching) and now I have well over 500 names on the tree in quite a short time, all fully researched and confirmed by myself. Sometimes I hit a brick wall and come to a complete standstill for a while, but then things start moving again.
We have been in touch with relatives that we didn't know existed before starting this, and now glad we carried on.
This really is a most rewarding hobby

I wasn't suggesting you were wasting anyones time Tracey but simply bumping up the thread so people could see what we'd got so far.
They might have easily gone off at a tangent and redone some of the research otherwise.

Sue

Yes Listen to what Iain is saying don not give up babes , its a brilliant hobby and can take over your life if you let it ;;
just keep asking questions , we all had to learn ;;

Babs

Thank you all for your kind words, I really should have done a little research on how to do all this, but after reading all I could on the websites, my mind was a blur, so I thought just jump in and have a go. It's not as easy as people make out, and like Sue says, it takes time and I am the most impatient person there is! I really must learn to slow down and work methodically. I'm sure, once I get my first certificate I shall see things moving and then I can check and double check my findings without having to upset people by asking all the time. Sorry to be a pain.

It's very early days Tracey and in this hobby you have to learn to be very patient.

When you learn the names of your great grandfathers that should be a double check for the births of your grandparents. You will then be able to find your great grandmothers.

With luck one or two of the lines will prove easier going.

Good luck
Sue

I suppose if I have to patience, I really only have to wait another 3? years before the next census is published and I can find out for sure from that?

Not even as long as that, I believe the next census is to be published next year, or at least some of the information from it, if I have heard correctly.
I guess everyone on here is looking forward to that happening

I guess a lot of blanks will be filled in too (with ink!).