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Is it just me that gets confused
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Merry | Report | 22 Aug 2006 19:21 |
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Judith.....where do your Buntings come from? Sorry to interupt, Angela......! Merry |
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Judith | Report | 22 Aug 2006 19:16 |
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It does get very confusing if you are doing a total tree rather than just following one line. The names double with every generation - 2 parents, 4 grand parents, 8 gt grand parents. I've found 29 of my 32 gt gt gt grandparents now. I think I've a fair memory of the different names and how they are related but then I sit in a records office looking for Manley family and get sidetracked when I recognise another of 'my' surnames, - only to realise that my Buntings or whoever were from a totally different county so these ones can't be mine. |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 22 Aug 2006 19:07 |
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Assuming people only marry once, - and assuming they don't marry people with the same name as someone else in your tree, then the number of names will double for every generation you go back... 2 parents 4 grandparents 8 g-g-parents 16 Gx2-g-parents Of course - that does assume that you don't have any ''father unknown'' entries!! Christine |
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hooch | Report | 22 Aug 2006 19:04 |
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When I started out on my family tree I was so naive and a bit daft (ok a lot daft ;) ) I thought 4 surnames in my family tree my maternal Fox/Binch my paternal Webb/Dodd but flipping heck them surnames are growing weekly!!!!!!! now have Linacres (however ya spell it lol) Hootons, Smiths, Lee, Hall, Watson and theyre just the ones I found out about!!!!!!!!! flipping heck how many more grandparents maiden names lol, im getting so confused. |
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