Quote Originally Posted by cryerelizabeth View Post
It's easy to track down your ancestry on these websites. My mom went to Ancestry.com and tracked our line down to the times just before William the Conqueror. It was very interestng. We found that my great-great-grandfather was a Cunningham, and I've been obsessed with my family's Scots-Irish heritage ever since.
As a general rule of thumb, it is not easy to trace ones ancestry - on line or anywhere else. In the UK, the professionals charge upwards of £25 per hour. If a man did not have a title he would soon be forgotten soon after his death. There are not many 'John the Serf' or 'James the Peasant Farmer' recorded in history. If you can get back 400 years, you are doing very well. 945 years is almost a miracle!

Regards

Chas