Turpin:
Cool pedigrees!
I have the Moore side of my family back to 1817, NC... but I cannot find records past that, I too, and trying to find when the Scottish side of my father's family came over. Funny enough, many of the women who married into the Moore line's family does back to somewhere between 1690 and 1700 England.
Being Scottish born, and a Scottish descendant, this is naturally the focus of my research.
Trying to trace my paternal grandfather's side is much harder, as my great great grandparents on that side died when my great grandfather was quite young, so there isn't much to find there, as things were not well documented. That's a bit of a bummer, as I would have liked to trace that line back as well... as I am doing this to respect where all major aspects of my bloodlines come from.
My mother's side is equally frustrating. Her father didn't talk much of his family, as he lost his brother and his father in WWII. The town in CZ where they were from doesn't exist anymore, which is a real downer. I cannot find records for my maternal grandmother, but she's still alive, and doing well for a woman of her age, I do have the names from farther back, but many records could have been trashed in the wars.
It's fun as hell, but also a little disheartening at times, some of my relatives, distant, and not so distant went through some seriously difficult times. Makes my troubles look like a walk in the park. I know this aspect of my ancestry is NOT unique, but damn.