Geneology - Where you from?

Reaching back through time

[Essex_boy]

Just gone back along my mothers line to (dont boot me off WebmasterWorld) France 1666, on the way ive contacted other living 'relatives' from the same line whom have spread world wide. Including Canada and Zimbabwe, the Zim conection really threw me.

It was totally unexpected.

One major reoccuring theme, Big ears.

Every generation has a son/daughter that has big ears, its one of the most common questions asked by newly found family members it must be genetic, so on that basis Im descended from a big earred Frenchmen.

Makes you think dont it!

Any one here done their tree?

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

A few years ago I was contacted by someone in Australia who was looking for their ancestors. They contacted me on spec. Luckily I was who they were looking for and I was presented with my family tree on my father's side back to 1792. I got interested myself and I managed to take it back to 1745.

My roots are all in Glendaruel, Argyllshire in Scotland, and only about 50 odd miles from where I was brought up and still live. I look forward to the time when I can spend some more time on this when work or retirement permits.

[Essex_boy]

Its addictive, so watch out

[wolfadeus]

France 1666 - was that hugenouts? There's plenty of descendents here in the fens, they made the land dry (not that dry, though).

Don't know too much about my own family, mostly Austrian, German and minority-German (ie. Emperial Austrian in areas not German-speaking anymore). I can track it back to the early 19th century, never tried to go any further.

I tried to mormon's website once, but even they don't know more.I guess it would take archive work to find out.

[AWildman]

I gave it a half-hearted attempt but failed. My great-aunt had my father's side of the family traced back to sometime in the 1700's I believe. She traced the line back to a British merchant who made his fortunes with trans-Atlantic shipping. Someone in between that guy and my generation blew the money. Dork!

Side note: I always found it strange that my dad said he is British and French Huguenot. Why add the Huguenot to being French? He doesn't say we are Protestant British (if such were true). I don't know that "Wildman" sounds particularly French or British in any case!

[BillyS]

Not me, but I know someone that travels to Italy (he is American) almost every year to research his family.

He finds records at local villages and churches. I believe he has also gone back to the 1600s.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

In Scotland the Parish records were very well maintained. They are now available for perusal online for a small charge so if you have Scottish blood there is goood chance you will be able to check your line.

The Scottish government also have a project in place, "Scottish Family History Service Project". (http://www.scotlandspeoplehub.gov.uk/)

[Crush]

We go back to Scotland and Ireland on my fathers side ( Donelly) and Poland on my mothers side. Actually some hero has got our family tree online. I think about 1800 is the furthest we can go back.

[Essex_boy]

was that hugenouts? Yes it was.

Used originally as a term of derision, the derivation of the name Huguenot remains uncertain.

[edited by: Essex_boy at 7:13 pm (utc) on Aug. 15, 2006]

[Syzygy]

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Syzygy