Been building a family Tree

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:15 am

So for the past few weeks I have been doing ancestry dot com.

Guess what......

I am related to nobody famous wealthy or that left a fortune in a bank account. DOH

However, my ancestry on my Mothers side is Irish. My Great Gran x 4234 came to england with her family in 1847 to avoid the Potato Famine, I think. This explains a lot of what is wrong with me.

Their I was thinking I am half Yorkshire man half Lancashire man when in fact I am A third Irish.

So now the Yorkshire man in me hates spending money, the Lancashire man in me wants great value for money when I do spend it and now the newly discovered Irish many in me is saying drink Guinness, which over £3 a bloody pint and is not good value for money.

Think I am going schizophrenic.

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:32 am

On another more serious point. If you ever build your family tree when searching you can't help but notice all the deaths of young lads between 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Trust me it isn't 1 or two its must be in the 1000ends ands thats just people with the family names I was searching.

And what did they die for???? Look at the shitty country now.... Thats right they died for nowt.

Think about the disrespect of the younger generations. I read a while back that some drunken lads where caught peeing on a war memorial in a grave yard.

They should of been shoot at dawn for punishment.

Anyhow rant over.

alun · Post by **alun** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:53 pm

Agree, 100%

Post by **Olly** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:54 pm

jamesd74 wrote:They should of been shoot at dawn for punishment.

Agree

Were you hoping that you had some massive inheritance you didn't know about? Or were there other reasons for tracing your family tree? Was/is it easy to do?

alun · Post by **alun** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:18 pm

I've been building my family tree for some time now, but I had to get help it's not that easy, but to date I'm back to my great, great, grandad, who was a Horse Dealer in Soham, Camb's, in 1838. my grandad who I never met survived the 1st world war and went on to marry my nan, a dutch lady in the Hague in 1919, so I suppose I am half dutch,

Very interesting, well worth doing,,,

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:35 pm

Olly wrote:
jamesd74 wrote:They should of been shoot at dawn for punishment.
Agree

Were you hoping that you had some massive inheritance you didn't know about? Or were there other reasons for tracing your family tree? Was/is it easy to do?

I was hoping I was million and did not know about it..... I started it out of interest, but it did get a bit expensive £22.99 per birth certificate but very interesting. I need to start my Fathers side but will have to build up some savings first.

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:37 pm

alun wrote:I've been building my family tree for some time now, but I had to get help it's not that easy, but to date I'm back to my great, great, grandad, who was a Horse Dealer in Soham, Camb's, in 1838. my grandad who I never met survived the 1st world war and went on to marry my nan, a dutch lady in the Hague in 1919, so I suppose I am half dutch,

Very interesting, well worth doing,,,

Come on Holland.

If your like me, you will have to have one of them Turkish fags. Its important you keep in touch with your heritage.

alun · Post by **alun** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:46 pm

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:12 pm

I better have one as well then..

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:04 pm

NO it this for me..

RickyB · Post by **RickyB** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:19 am

alun wrote:I've been building my family tree for some time now, but I had to get help it's not that easy, but to date I'm back to my great, great, grandad, who was a Horse Dealer in Soham, Camb's, in 1838. my grandad who I never met survived the 1st world war and went on to marry my nan, a dutch lady in the Hague in 1919, so I suppose I am half dutch,

Very interesting, well worth doing,,,

Well you certainly talk double dutch Alun

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:44 pm

Interesting. I'm supposed to be 100% Italian. But my mother's side is Sicilian and my father's side is Napolean. Either way I lost out. I can't speak a freak'n word of Italian.