Genealogy

QuickSilver said:
Then they were given a snack while they were waiting to be processed. .. Grandma tells me that she was given a piece of fruit... a banana.. She had never seen one before.. so she ate it... and hated it.. It wasn't until someone told her that you PEEL it before eating it, that she found out she loved bananas.
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I got somewhat of the same story from my grandfather once. He said that the ladies from a big church in Charlottesville would come up to the mountain villages every Christmas to bring toys and presents to the children. Usually it was socks, gloves, hard candy and an apple. One year they brought oranges and he said his siblings piled the oranges up on the table and just sat and looked at them. Nobody knew what they were supposed to do with them. Cook them? Eat them raw? Peel them? Eat them whole?
 

My uncle and father did most of our research. I spent time fleshing out the story and cementing the documentation. My first ancestor came to Milton Ma. in 1634 indentured to the colony. He earned his freedom in 1641 and became the Fence Viewer for the town. He and a partner produced hay and forage for the colony on the banks of the James river.
My mothers side "appeared" in Rhode Island in around 1646. Family story says there were two brother impressed into the Navy in Aberdeen and jumped ship as soon as they hit Providence. No evidence has been found to verify that to my knowledge.
My interest was narrow in scope and I only interested my self in direct lines.
 
I apologize for being largely absent from a thread where I sought other members opinions and you've all been very forthcoming. Something has come up which has prevented me from dedicating much time to this thread. That should end soon and I can turn my attention to genealogy again.
 

The earliest mention I can find of my relatives arriving in this country, is 1790, when four brothers, shipbuilders to the king, arrived in New Brunswick, from Scotland. One brother, Kilfeather, walked into the bush and disappeared. One branch of the family still remains in New Brunswick. The Black Irish bunch arrived approx. twenty-five years later.
 
Shalimar said:
The earliest mention I can find of my relatives arriving in this country, is 1790, when four brothers, shipbuilders to the king, arrived in New Brunswick, from Scotland. One brother, Kilfeather, walked into the bush and disappeared. One branch of the family still remains in New Brunswick. The Black Irish bunch arrived approx. twenty-five years later.
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Ah some black Irish is it? Well, Lassie ye come from fine stock then, I too am of that heritage.
 
koala said:
Josiah
I have been studying my genealogy for some 35 years and have got connected 100,000 names across the world. My own surname line going back to 1660.
Where do you want to start on Genealogy?
How have you recorded it, on paper or on a program and if so what is the name of the program?
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Sounds like you're a real expert. I have been using Family Tree Maker software to record all my findings and I've uploaded most of this information to Ancestry.com
 
QuickSilver said:
Yes.. and I will make sure I tell it to my grandchildren.
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I have compiled (in book form including research notes) my research for all of my children. I have also uploaded a slide show of the data on Youtube and USB Flash Drive and included it into the childhood scrapbooks that my wife had complied for them.
 
I think it was Family tree maker that I did as well. But it's been about 10 years. I printed out or made copies of everything I had from both sides and put them into binders for all 3 of my siblings. My brother has recently been asking about another branch of which I have nothing. But my sister has a notebook done by a cousin for that side. So it looks like the 3 of us will be doing some research.
 
Josiah I originally started on printed forms but soon realised that I would have to have another room to store all of the folders and started using Family Tree Maker then swapped to PAF the Mormon program.Some time back they stopped updating PAF as they realised that there were other companies that had better programs and stopped producing due to the constant need to update and increase the options.
I then looked around and decided to use Roots Magic program. I find this very good and recently they upgraded to include My Heritage and The Mormons Family Search section assistance where they both watch my data whilst on line and automatically offer their matching data to me when they have a match/matches. So I have spent several months going through my data from the beginning adding their matches to my data.It is amazing just how much data both have especially the Mormons that can assist.I am not here to sell their program but can highly recommend the full version with the links in it for $29.95 US to download. There is a free edition that you can download for beginners who do not want the full version and without the helpful links I just spoke about.
Also over the years many helpful ideas have gone on line like governments offering births deaths and marriages, cemeteries, private trees, Military,Roots Web etc and too many to list here.
This is how I am now up to about 100,000 people in my tree which has been an enjoyable way to spend many hours and find several living relatives around the world that I correspond with.
 
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Thank you Koala for your software suggestions. Off hand I haven't been disappointed in Family Tree Maker in fact I feel I've hardly begun to avail myself of all the bells and whistles.
Tell me your 100,000 individuals are certainly not all direct ancestors? What criteria do you use for inclusion in your genealogy. When did your earliest immigrant ancestor to OZ arrive?
 
Josiah any software is acceptable as long as you have one, as without it, it is near impossible, as you get along the track.Most people do not use all of the program but it is there if your time permits and for different variations. As explained previously I now like mine for the extra assistance I get from (and I have to correct my previous posting to these 2 names)......(corrected now, sorry for that) My Heritage and the Mormons Family Search automatic assistance direct from their computer.

Well that is always a very interesting question about the 100,000. I started with my line and as the tree grew I connected ancestors of ancestors and kept going up and down the lines adding where ever possible.To explain it further it is like a giant crossword puzzle spread right across a hall floor and I keep adding to it in all directions.It is funny how somewhere out on a branch or small twig you find somebody that connects right back to your line.

My direct line came from Suffolk England to Brisbane Queensland Australia in 1855. My second great grand father.... Husband, wife and a boy and a girl.I come from the boy. However his wife died in a week or so after arrival and he married twice there after and was quite successful. He had a carpenters trade, worked in the industry, worked in partnership, built his own hotel, owned boarding houses, fruit farm, cattle properties etc. Very interesting life he lead.
 
Before my paternal grandparents died I was able to spend some time talking with them, and managed to record (on reel to reel tape) several hours of family history. My wife and I also spent a couple months in Italy researching my family history (we did the same for her family history in Finland the year prior). Between the research and stories from my grandparents and dad, I was able to piece together quite a bit of family history. Fascinating stuff-everything from mobsters to Catholic Monsignors to a monument to a general in Spezia, Italy.
 
Do it myself......great story. Wish I had started it when I commenced school when they were all alive. Looking back when I was a child and visiting my late grandmother and her talking to my late dad, a lot of the people that they spoke about are now coming forward in my genealogy tree.It is always easier when you start early.
 
About 10 or 15 years ago, I was into genealogy more than I am now. I haven't quit completely but I'm run out of places to do my research online unless I pay. It is addicting and quiet enjoyable. I have thought about joining Ancestry.com but I have read of so many complaints online about the auto-renew feature and how hard it is to cancel your subscription, it makes me a little bit hesitate about it. Anyone out there that has subscribed to it and then canceled later on? If so, was canceling a problem? Are there any free sites left?
 
The biggest problem with Ancestry is that they have been purchasing all of the free sites that they can get their hands on to increase their profits.The details they have are only as good as the details that people are adding.
Have you joined free and searched on Family Search the Mormon site who hold the Worlds largest genealogy records collection.

https://familysearch.org/
 
koala said:
The biggest problem with Ancestry is that they have been purchasing all of the free sites that they can get their hands on to increase their profits.The details they have are only as good as the details that people are adding.
Have you joined free and searched on Family Search the Mormon site who hold the Worlds largest genealogy records collection.

https://familysearch.org/
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ditto.gif...My GGGrandmother back in th 1800's had 13 children..One was listed as being born when she was 44 years old!! (World record??) Another was born 2 years after my GGGrandfater past away!! (Artificial Insemination??).:mad:
 
Thank you for the familysearch.org link! I had read on some of the genealogy forums that there were still free sites out there but finding them has been my problem. I will certainly check this out and join! I'm surprised Ancestry.com hasn't bought them out but I'm glad they haven't and I hope they don't!!!! Thanks again!!!
 
AprilSun said:
Thank you for the familysearch.org link! I had read on some of the genealogy forums that there were still free sites out there but finding them has been my problem. I will certainly check this out and join! I'm surprised Ancestry.com hasn't bought them out but I'm glad they haven't and I hope they don't!!!! Thanks again!!!
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Ancestry have tried very hard to get the records of the Mormons but I hope that never happens. Here is a recent update just 3 weeks ago.
FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 18.3 million indexed records and images for England, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 10,026,835 indexed records and 776,840 images from the England, Westminster Rate Books, 1634–1900 collection; 4,327,810 indexed records from the United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914–1920 collection; and 534,653 images from the Italy, Taranto, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1926 collection. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.
 
koala said:
Ancestry have tried very hard to get the records of the Mormons but I hope that never happens. Here is a recent update just 3 weeks ago.
FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 18.3 million indexed records and images for England, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 10,026,835 indexed records and 776,840 images from the England, Westminster Rate Books, 1634–1900 collection; 4,327,810 indexed records from the United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914–1920 collection; and 534,653 images from the Italy, Taranto, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1926 collection. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.
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This looks very interesting and makes me want to get back into it more. Who knows, maybe I will have good luck with my Smith and Jones lines. I'm not surprised that Ancestry has tried to get their records. Like you, I hope it never happens! Thank you again! I really do appreciate this!!!
 
Thanks from me too, for the familysearch link! I've already had a search and found information that is definitely going to be very helpful for me doing the paternal side of my family.

A few years back I struck lucky when I googled my mam's maiden name, an uncommon one, and came across a distant relative (now living in Adelaide) who had done the family history on that side which she kindly passed on to me. She also sent me a photograph of my great grandparents and that was great as I'd never seen any photos of them at all. Also on the photo was my grandad as a young man.
 
AprilSun said:
This looks very interesting and makes me want to get back into it more. Who knows, maybe I will have good luck with my Smith and Jones lines. I'm not surprised that Ancestry has tried to get their records. Like you, I hope it never happens! Thank you again! I really do appreciate this!!!
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