Bit of nostalgia

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Did he come from Yorkshire.....................
I am serious! I have just started to do a family tree but the records are so inaccurate I shall give it a fail mark, I was on a two week free trial then you switch to a 12 month subscription for about NZ$200.
 
Ah, so you are looking for an accurate family tree......... not one with pirates and royalty or even a couple of aliens!

Sure you were looking at Ancestry UK or Cestry Unbelievably Kinky
 
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JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
@Eddie I don't give two shakes of a monkey's left dado so long as it is somewhere near the historic truth
 

teddy

Duckmeister
My uncle embarked on this project some years ago. As well as the usual sources he got permission th use the Mormons computer at Saltlake City. He said it was invaluable because everytime a new member joins they log all their ancestors. We found a Welsh connection going back to 17 something

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Using Ancestry UK seems to be quite expensive Say NZ$200/annum then if you request a cert which is a must to get all of the details then a further $40 to 50 per cert so you would have to be very dedicated my little venture was curiosity only.
For some reason I knew about zilch of my paternal grand parents they were never mentioned but I have at least found out the basics now my maternal grand parents who I lived with during the war were an open book but proved very difficult to trace through this Ancestry crowd.
 

Dorsetmike

Member
I forget which site I used tracing my lot, but I didn't need to download certs, the option was there, but all I wanted was the date and names which were listed.
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
The problem that I have found is that on "e" birth certs the parents are only given on some so it is a mammoth job to sort through the files that could be the one you want as these have been transcribed from the originals by Ancestry staff and contain mistakes plus omissions.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
Colin. As you lived here am I right in thinking that most of your people were British?

teddy
 

teddy

Duckmeister
Friends Reunited, which is free to join also have a sister genealogy site which I believe is reasonably priced. Might be worth a look.

teddy
 
I didn't know that ancestry was so important in the shakky Isl, do Poll Dorest's come into the lineage tree....... or Suffolks, Borderdales?:D
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Friends Reunited, which is free to join also have a sister genealogy site which I believe is reasonably priced. Might be worth a look.

teddy
Thanks teddy I will have a look over the weekend.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
This reminds me that I have a box full of family photos. Most of them I recognise but my maternal grandmother had twelve siblings and there are photos of my great grandparents which I have no knowledge of. Unfortunately anyone who might be able to name them is long dead. Gives one a sad feeling.

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Going to the site that you mentioned led me to others but the free ones are no good I will have to hold on for a while :smirk:
teddy I have been scanning a lot of old B&W pics and they turn out OK if you use the edit/fix feature in 'Windows photo gallery'
 
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teddy

Duckmeister
Thanks Colin. I also have a lot of old photos and intend to catalouge and reprint them. When I have time. Someday.

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Do not delay teddy the blasted "Silverfish" had started to devour some of mine
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
This is a pic from c.1964 in NZ (our first picnic in NZ) the print size was approx 2 x 2.5 inches I can blow it up to fit my PC monitor 24 inch and it looks just as sharp as a digital.

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