Tracing Family roots

[brandycr]

For you guys doing research have you tried onegreatfamily?They are awesome you put in your line as much as you got and they go through everyone on the site see if you have common family and give you option to merge line with them.The goal of the site is to connect everyone in the world eventually.They even send you emails with possibles amd all merges if you want them done automatically.If you go tell them brandyriddle sent you.

[Jaggy thistle]

My family being poor shepherds I have only managed to get back to 1766 still trying ! That is a lovely tartan

Tam

[macwilkin]

For you guys doing research have you tried onegreatfamily?They are awesome you put in your line as much as you got and they go through everyone on the site see if you have common family and give you option to merge line with them.The goal of the site is to connect everyone in the world eventually.They even send you emails with possibles amd all merges if you want them done automatically.If you go tell them brandyriddle sent you.

Umm...as a former genealogical librarian, I would advise not putting too much stock in something like this. The best way to find your family's history is research it yourself. Your local public library and/or genealogical society can help you get started.

Just remember: document, document, document, and do not accept family stories at "face value". Genealogists are generally very helpful people, but they do not suffer fools who do not provide sources for their claims.

I can't tell you how many relatives of Robert E. Lee I met whilst working at a Civil War Battlefield: if he does have that many descendents, when did he ever have time to fight the Civil War? :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[Warlock]

We cantrace ours back to 1066. That's when a certain Beuth Sim, turned back a contingent of British soldiers from his "Yetholm", {apparently a small keep, located in a pass}, in the Chevoit hills in county Roxburgh, Scottish Borders. My branch arrived in America in the late 1600's with three brothers, Abraham, Parrish, and Thomas Sims. It is from Thomas sims that I am descended. There was a Thomas Sims who was Aide-de-camp and later, Pall-Bearer to, Gen. Washington. My own Father Thomas Malone Sims, SR. PFC U. S. Army served in the 3rd Army under Gen. Geo. S. Patton, and my Brother Rear Admiral Thomas Malone Sims, Jr. USN Ret. Out of all the notable ancestors the one I'm most proud of, my lifelong hero, my Father!

[brandycr]

Umm...as a former genealogical librarian, I would advise not putting too much stock in something like this. The best way to find your family's history is research it yourself. Your local public library and/or genealogical society can help you get started.

Just remember: document, document, document, and do not accept family stories at "face value". Genealogists are generally very helpful people, but they do not suffer fools who do not provide sources for their claims.

I can't tell you how many relatives of Robert E. Lee I met whilst working at a Civil War Battlefield: if he does have that many descendents, when did he ever have time to fight the Civil War? :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

oh always double and triple check just use it as a resource to connect my lines to others who are related to my people so to speak.Never trust others research.

[CameronTaylor]

A noble pursuit oh Blood-thirsty, Celtic-haired, Amazon-Flaming Goddess,
I was fortunate that my older sister was given an assignment in high school to trace the family tree.
Dad's side was relatively (ok, no pun intended) easy going backward - California, Quebec, France
Mom's side is where the fun starts - Scots-Irish, German, Russian.
I know about the Scheibler plaid, I wonder if those Ruskies were weavers too ....
A two-tone Snodgrass and Green kilted skirt coming to kilt and beer night ?


CT - just a thought

[Cawdorian]

There are a surprising amount of records available form the Dept. of Vital Statistics of the various. Death Certificates are readily available. I recently obtained a copy of my great grandparent's Death Certificates from Kentucky, they both died in 1925. The Death Certificates listed the names of their parents as well as the birth dates, death dates and the place of burial of my Great Grand parents..

The cost of obtaining these certificates is very reasonable and provides a primary source of documentation.

The LDS Family History Centers can provide microfilm copies of census records and many other records. You don't have to be a member of the LDS Church to use these centers. They are located in most larger cities.

The best place to start your family history is with you own older relatives, most of the are happy to share the information and stories they remember with you. One of my wife's Aunts had an old bible with loads of information in it she had gathered over the 80 plus years of her life. She has always been the best source of information on my wife's family.

Happy Hunting,

[Big Paul]

Another fantastic research center is the Allen County Library in Ft. Wayne Indiana. It is the largest genealogical repository outside of Salt Lake!

I found a ton of information on my family line there!

[Panache]

A noble pursuit oh Blood-thirsty, Celtic-haired, Amazon-Flaming Goddess...

CT,

Wrong person. The “Celtic Amazon Goddess” isn’t my lovely wife, The Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess. The Celtic Amazon Goddess joined recently and by odd coincidence picked a name very similar to hers.

Cheers

Jamie

[CameronTaylor]

CT,

Wrong person. The “Celtic Amazon Goddess” isn’t my lovely wife, The Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess. The Celtic Amazon Goddess joined recently and by odd coincidence picked a name very similar to hers.

Cheers

Jamie

OK, .... (cornfusion = welding with crops)


CT - uh beer please.