Anybody working out their family tree?

Two questions come to mind
1. Is she hot?
2. Is she good a keeping secrets?

 

Ancestry is only as good as what others have put on it. An easier way would be to trace where your name has come from.

 

I wanted to trace my surname back as far as possible, so I started with what I already knew and worked back. Going the other way will get you hopelessly lost. My surname is reasonably rare but there are at least 2000 of us stretching from the 1500's up to the late 1800's mostly round Leeds.

Ancestry has made the job easier by putting scanned copies of original documents on line which are quick to search through. Less trustworthy are other peoples family trees.

 

DNA test will not help with your family tree. Like others on here, I have been doing my family history for some years, it takes time depending on how much you want to learn about your ancestors. Best way to start is asking living relatives what they know and start keeping records. Online searching of births, marriages and deaths records is a good next step working backwards in time, view the certificates as they contain much useful information. BMD records go back to 1837 when introduced by Queen Victoria. Census records can be searched on line from 1841 to 1911 and viewing the census pages gives much useful information.

When searching online sites, be aware that errors and misspelling of names often occurs. Names are often recorded in different variations which make searching a bit more challenging.

Duplicate names can occur a lot and don't assume the record you found is the right person, it may not be.

There are many other sources of information but BMD and Census records should be enough to start with.

Personally speaking, I do like the census records and my favourite is the 1911 census form hand written and signed by my old Grandad.

 

You've done pretty much the same as me. The catch has been that once you step back from the 1830's and national records it gets vague. My great great great grandparents got married in 1831 but that's as far as I go unless I can prove my ggggf lied about his age. He may have been 10-12 years older than he was letting on.

 

I got the pie chart too are you sure you just didn't miss the link on the email?
I'd contact them and ask to resend it.
Or try logging in.

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i have been doing my tree for a few years, got stuck on my mothers side cannot find her parents marriage certificate, all documents for her family show wife and spouse trouble is her mothers maiden name is Smith, a very uncommon name to trace?, it will pop up somewhere sometime, my fathers side is ok and my DNA showed 57% Yorkshire some Danish some Spanish and a bit of Irish, that must have been the whiskey

 

DNA test doesn't help with family tree???
I've done the same as you trawling through records, found some really interesting stuff.
But the DNA test does help every week or so I get emails saying they found dna results from all over the world.
So I could go on these ppls family trees and track back till it somehow attaches to mine.

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Are you any good at making Ice Cream ?

 

No. But I’m exceptionally good at eating it.

 

She was ....
And
What woman is?

 

If a DNA test is a good as the one they have for dogs, it's rubbish.

 

What’s your tartan?

This is mine MacNeil of Barra
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=2686