ancestry.co.uk

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

dunno if I've used the right site (???) but bugger me! Crazy crazy stuff you can dig for... stuff I never knew; been meaning to look for years, mind bending revelations!

[samarb]

Hacked?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Hacked?

 

eh?!

[samarb]

It seemed liked a generic post from some site advertising their wares. If not tell me more, am interested in family histories.

[Steve Bullman]

Did you sign up for the free trial?

[Rebel_Commando]

My other half is a very keen amateur geneologist and uses ancestry a lot. It is surprising what you can find out!

She found a copy of a will from my great great grandfather who left £20000 around the the turn of the century. Shame he left it all to just one of his kids, so my direct descendant didnt get a penny! lol

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

It seemed liked a generic post from some site advertising their wares. If not tell me more, am interested in family histories.

 

No, it's a well advertised site. Patrick Stewart on TV's Who do You think you Are? inspired me to start looking. You start building a family tree - it takes a lot of process of elimination but when you get something / someone it's like finding buried treasure; I was in tears a bit!

 

Did you sign up for the free trial?

 

Yes, not free for long though is it!!! Expensive after that (imo) but kind of realised I don't want more of my history going to the grave so it was time to get on with it.

 

[NFG]

Hi,

 

We have got back a long way with our family history, Ancestory is very good but also use local parish records discovered our family name originates from the Vendee, so now know why I always get that home coming feeling crossing the Loire.

[agg221]

A lot of British parish records have been put on line by the Mormons - it's part of their structure to need to be able to trace your ancestry but they make them available free for anyone who is interested. These are at:

 

https://familysearch.org/

 

Genesreunited is also good - if you've got back to about the 19th century then there's a good chance of finding someone else with a shared ancestor who may have linked together other people's trees. It needs cross-checking, but gives a very good starting point. This route got me furthest back - one verified line now goes back to about 400AD.

 

Alec

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

A lot of British parish records have been put on line by the Mormons - it's part of their structure to need to be able to trace your ancestry but they make them available free for anyone who is interested. These are at:

 

https://familysearch.org/

 

Genesreunited is also good - if you've got back to about the 19th century then there's a good chance of finding someone else with a shared ancestor who may have linked together other people's trees. It needs cross-checking, but gives a very good starting point. This route got me furthest back - one verified line now goes back to about 400AD.

 

Alec

 

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