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Title: Ancestry.com
Post by: Tupac on April 04, 2012, 12:50:52 AM
Does anyone use it? I apparently descend from this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucus_I_Nicator

Pretty stinkin' cool.....
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Tupac on April 04, 2012, 12:58:43 AM
He is my 76th great grandfather


Seleucus I Nicator Satrap Babylon Syria (358 - 281)
is your 76th great grandfather
Antiochus I Soter of Syria (324 - 261)
Son of Seleucus I Nicator Satrap Babylon
Antiochus II Theos Seleucid of Syria (286 - 246)
Son of Antiochus I Soter of
Seleucus II Kallinikos Callinicus King of Syria (265 - 226)
Son of Antiochus II Theos Seleucid of
ANTIOCHUS MEGAS the Great King of Syria (242 - 187)
Son of Seleucus II Kallinikos Callinicus King of
Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucid of King of Syria (217 - 175)
Son of ANTIOCHUS MEGAS the Great
King Demetrius I Soter Of Syria (162 - 150)
Son of Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucid of
Sanvoritcus of Syria (60 - 35)
Son of King Demetrius I Soter Of
Altoy Of Turkey (100 - )
Son of Sanvoritcus of
Vengor of Turkey (120 - )
Son of Altoy Of
Sktobius Of Turkey
Son of Vengor of
Lnor Frey
Son of Sktobius Of
Bengori Frey (163 - 202)
Son of Lnor
Yngvi Of Turkey (214 - 254)
Son of Bengori
Njord Swedes (214 - 254)
Son of Yngvi Of
Yngvi Frey (235 - 326)
Son of Njord
Fjolnir Yngvi Freysson (256 - )
Son of Yngvi Frey
Sveigthir Fjolnirsson Uppsala
Son of Fjolnir
Vanlandi Svegdasson (298 - )
Son of Sveigthir Fjolnirsson
Visbur Vanlandasson (319 - 339)
Son of Vanlandi
Domaldi Visbursson (340 - 431)
Son of Visbur
Domar Domaldasson (361 - 452)
Son of Domaldi
Dyggvi Domarsson (382 - 473)
Son of Domar
Dag Dyggvasson (394 - 494)
Son of Dyggvi
Agni Dagsson (424 - 459)
Son of Dag
Alrek Agnasson (445 - 536)
Son of Agni
Yngvi Alreksson King of Sweden (466 - 499)
Son of Alrek
Jorund Yngvasson (487 - 509)
Son of Yngvi
Aun Aged Ani Jorundsson Uppsala / 78th G.G.Father (509 - 619)
Son of Jorund
King Egil Aunsson In Sweden (530 - 555)
Son of Aun Aged Ani
Ottar 'Vendilkraka' Egilsson, King In Sweden (535 - 596)
Son of King Egil
King Adils 'The Great' Ottarsson of Uppsala (557 - 640)
Son of Ottar 'Vendilkraka'
Eystein Adilsson (594 - 620)
Son of King Adils 'The Great'
KING Ingvar "THE TALL" Eysteinsson (616 - 642)
Son of Eystein
Braut Onund Ingvarsson (616 - 660)
Son of KING Ingvar "THE TALL"
Ingjald Braut Onundsson (660 - 681)
Son of Braut Onund
Olaf Ingjaldsson (682 - 710)
Son of Ingjald
Halfdan Olafsson
Son of Olaf
Eysteinn Halfdansson (736 - 780)
Son of Halfdan
Halfdan Eysteinsson (746 - 800)
Son of Eysteinn
Ivar VIDFAME SWEDEN Halfdansson (612 - 830)
Son of Halfdan
Eystein "Glumra" (Jarl of The Uplands) Ivarsson (800 - 846)
Son of Ivar VIDFAME SWEDEN
Rognvald "The Wise" (Jarl of More) Eysteinsson (830 - 890)
Son of Eystein "Glumra" (Jarl of The Uplands)
Robert I, Rollo Duke of Normandy Ragnvaldsson (870 - 932)
Son of Rognvald "The Wise" (Jarl of More)
William I Longsword (900 - 942)
Son of Robert I, Rollo Duke of Normandy
Richard I Normandy (933 - 996)
Son of William I
Richard II The Good of Normandy (958 - 1027)
Son of Richard I
Robert I Magnificent Normandy (1000 - 1035)
Son of Richard II The Good of
Drogo De Montagu (1040 - 1086)
Son of Robert I Magnificent
William Monte Acuto (1072 - 1156)
Son of Drogo De
William DeMonte Acuto (1095 - 1156)
Son of William
Alice, Dame de Monte Acuto (1120 - 1230)
Daughter of William
William (Montagu) de Montacute (1157 - 1217)
Son of Alice, Dame
Drew Drogo De Montagu De Montacute (1185 - 1216)
Son of William (Montagu)
William DeMontagu DeMontacute (1213 - 1270)
Son of Drew Drogo
Simon(Lord Montagu) De Montagu/Montacute (1250 - 1316)
Son of William
William(Lord Montagu) De Montagu (1275 - 1320)
Son of Simon(Lord Montagu)
Lady Catherine Montague (1308 - 1415)
Daughter of William(Lord Montagu)
Thomas Sir VII Carrington (1330 - 1380)
Son of Lady Catherine
John Carrington Smith (1386 - 1446)
Son of Thomas Sir VII
Thomas Smith (1446 - 1500)
Son of John
John Smythe Lord of Blackmore Manor (1496 - 1544)
Son of Thomas
David Smyth (1516 - 1546)
Son of John
Anne Smythe (1522 - 1610)
Daughter of David
Robert Wilkins (1560 - 1603)
Son of Anne
Captain Robert Wilkins (1590 - 1649)
Son of Robert
John Wilkins (1614 - 1672)
Son of Captain Robert
John Wilkins (1638 - 1674)
Son of John
Thomas Wilkins (1680 - 1735)
Son of John
Mary Wilkins (1703 - 1728)
Daughter of Thomas
Thomas Rakestraw (1718 - 1774)
Son of Mary
Lucretia Rakestraw (1758 - 1785)
Daughter of Thomas
Bevan Flitcraft (1781 - 1861)
Son of Lucretia
George Flitcraft (1823 - )
Son of Bevan
Elwood E Flitcraft (1878 - )
Son of George
Carmault B Jackson (1897 - 1981)
Son of Elwood E
Carmault Benjamin Jackson (1924 - 2001)
Son of Carmault B
Molly Anne Jackson (1959 - )
Daughter of Carmault Benjamin
David White
You are the son of Molly Anne - (not you?)
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Tupac on April 04, 2012, 01:03:40 AM
There are a hole bunch of others in there including the 6 Norman dukes, and a line of Norwegian kings starting with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngvi
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Pigslilspaz on April 04, 2012, 03:32:59 AM
Fun fact, approximately 1/4 of all people born in Mongolia or China are descendant from Genghis Kahn. That's 335,000,000 or 20 million more than the population of the US.

Also, going through my family's personal records, one of my ancestors was personally killed by Robert the Bruce.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: uptown on April 04, 2012, 07:02:18 AM
Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.

I paid an extra 20 bucks for the more in depth search, and found out that I'm related to Adam of Eden. 
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Dragon on April 04, 2012, 07:49:09 AM
Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.


Wow, so did the wife and I.   






Son?





 :uhoh
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: uptown on April 04, 2012, 08:13:49 AM
I don't know  :headscratch:. I'd need a picture of some breasts to know for sure.  :O
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: ozrocker on April 04, 2012, 08:51:46 AM
Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.

I paid an extra 20 bucks for the more in depth search, and found out that I'm related to Adam of Eden. 
:rofl :rofl

                                                                                                                                        :cheers: Oz
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Banshee7 on April 04, 2012, 10:12:47 AM
My mom has been doing genealogy work for our family for a while.  She fell in love with ancestry.com.  I think it's pretty neat!
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Reschke on April 04, 2012, 10:41:02 AM
Funny never got that far back but my family traces our lineage back on both sides from my dads side we go back to a time when the Normans invaded England in 1066; on my dads side of the family that is enough to know that someone in our family helped William the Conqueror when he invaded. There have been attempts to push back in time farther than that but no one has gone to the Normandy region of France to try and go back farther.

On my mother side of the family they can trace back through James Buchanan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan) and Peter Stuyvesant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant) and that side can track the family back into early Scottish history on the Buchanan side as well as the Dutch Stuyvesant side as well.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: curry1 on April 04, 2012, 10:41:30 AM
He is my 76th great grandfather

ect......................


what function on the website did you use to get that result?
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: curry1 on April 04, 2012, 10:43:33 AM
Funny never got that far back but my family traces our lineage back on both sides from my dads side we go back to a time when the Normans invaded England in 1066; on my dads side of the family that is enough to know that someone in our family helped William the Conqueror when he invaded. There have been attempts to push back in time farther than that but no one has gone to the Normandy region of France to try and go back farther.

On my mother side of the family they can trace back through James Buchanan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan) and Peter Stuyvesant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant) and that side can track the family back into early Scottish history on the Buchanan side as well as the Dutch Stuyvesant side as well.

Congrats on being related to one of the worst presidents in history.  :lol
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Reschke on April 04, 2012, 02:04:04 PM
Congrats on being related to one of the worst presidents in history.  :lol

Never said I agreed with the dang yankee or his politics from way back then. On my dads side of the family they fought against that side of the family but then again that was back in the civil war.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Tupac on April 04, 2012, 02:23:22 PM
what function on the website did you use to get that result?

Just followed the tree all the way back.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: COndor06 on April 04, 2012, 02:49:04 PM
I am a descendant of no man

I AM SPARTACUS  :devil
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Dago on April 04, 2012, 03:07:59 PM
Congrats on being related to one of the worst presidents in history.  :lol

He is related to Jimmy Carter?
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Tupac on April 04, 2012, 03:50:53 PM
He is related to Jimmy Carter?

I know a guy named Jimmy Carter. He introduces himself like "Hi, I'm Jimmy Carter. No relation."
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: pervert on April 04, 2012, 03:57:50 PM
Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.

I paid an extra 20 bucks for the more in depth search, and found out that I'm related to Adam of Eden. 

 :rofl
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: cpxxx on April 04, 2012, 04:04:43 PM
Go back a thousand years or so and you're equally related to an awful lot of people. Quite a lot of kings in that list, too many if you ask me. I think more realistically most of us are related to an obscure peasant somewhere in Eastern Europe.

There is an Irish king, Niall of the Nine Hostages 1500 years back whose DNA is carried by millions of people all over the world. He had a lot of kids apparently. Anywhere the Irish went but particularly prevalent in the North west of Ireland. Which as it happens is where my maternal Grandfather came from. So I may indeed be related to a King. But our family have trouble figuring out what happened to our paternal Grandfather who was a sailor and disappeared mysteriously sometime in the thirties. If we can't figure that one out, what chance do we have going back a thousand years?

On the other hand a legendry warrior who shares my surname was killed at the Battle of Clontarf way back in 1014! Given how few people have that name. There has to be a connection.
 
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Seanaldinho on April 04, 2012, 04:08:28 PM
Go back a thousand years or so and you're equally related to an awful lot of people. Quite a lot of kings in that list, too many if you ask me. I think more realistically most of us are related to an obscure peasant somewhere in Eastern Europe.

There is an Irish king, Niall of the Nine Hostages 1500 years back whose DNA is carried by millions of people all over the world. He had a lot of kids apparently. Anywhere the Irish went but particularly prevalent in the North west of Ireland. Which as it happens is where my maternal Grandfather came from. So I may indeed be related to a King. But our family have trouble figuring out what happened to our paternal Grandfather who was a sailor and disappeared mysteriously sometime in the thirties. If we can't figure that one out, what chance do we have going back a thousand years?

On the other hand a legendry warrior who shares my surname was killed at the Battle of Clontarf way back in 1014! Given how few people have that name. There has to be a connection.
 


I need to delve into my Irish history, its a little hard living in the states though. I do know that one of my Uncles was executed by the Brits  :uhoh .  My dad did say our family name (O'Conghaile) carries some respect though.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: RTHolmes on April 04, 2012, 04:23:36 PM
cool site, not cheap though. a cousin of mine has been researching for years now and gone back a long way, but the trail goes cold in 1276!
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Melvin on April 04, 2012, 04:30:12 PM
I'm related to "Dashing" Jack O'reardon.

He was a lady's man and gambler.

Poor "Dashing" Jack, they found him floating in the Chicago River with a knife in his back.

That's as famous as it gets for me. Some guy that made the papers... in the obits.

 :angel:
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: curry1 on April 04, 2012, 04:36:21 PM
He is related to Jimmy Carter?

If you could make every single possible decision to ensure the Civil War.  You would be Buchanan.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: kilo2 on April 04, 2012, 04:42:18 PM
I know my great grandmother and her sister came over from county Clare Ireland when they were both really young. I don't know much about my fathers side past the civil war.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Babalonian on April 04, 2012, 04:42:27 PM
He is my 76th great grandfather


Seleucus I Nicator Satrap Babylon Syria (358 - 281)
is your 76th great grandfather
Antiochus I Soter of Syria (324 - 261)
Son of Seleucus I Nicator Satrap Babylon
Antiochus II Theos Seleucid of Syria (286 - 246)
Son of Antiochus I Soter of
Seleucus II Kallinikos Callinicus King of Syria (265 - 226)
Son of Antiochus II Theos Seleucid of
ANTIOCHUS MEGAS the Great King of Syria (242 - 187)
Son of Seleucus II Kallinikos Callinicus King of
Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucid of King of Syria (217 - 175)
Son of ANTIOCHUS MEGAS the Great
King Demetrius I Soter Of Syria (162 - 150)
Son of Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucid of
Sanvoritcus of Syria (60 - 35)
Son of King Demetrius I Soter Of
Altoy Of Turkey (100 - )
Son of Sanvoritcus of
Vengor of Turkey (120 - )
Son of Altoy Of
Sktobius Of Turkey
Son of Vengor of
Lnor Frey
Son of Sktobius Of
Bengori Frey (163 - 202)
Son of Lnor
Yngvi Of Turkey (214 - 254)
Son of Bengori
Njord Swedes (214 - 254)
Son of Yngvi Of
Yngvi Frey (235 - 326)
Son of Njord
Fjolnir Yngvi Freysson (256 - )
Son of Yngvi Frey
Sveigthir Fjolnirsson Uppsala
Son of Fjolnir
Vanlandi Svegdasson (298 - )
Son of Sveigthir Fjolnirsson
Visbur Vanlandasson (319 - 339)
Son of Vanlandi
Domaldi Visbursson (340 - 431)
Son of Visbur
Domar Domaldasson (361 - 452)
Son of Domaldi
Dyggvi Domarsson (382 - 473)
Son of Domar
Dag Dyggvasson (394 - 494)
Son of Dyggvi
Agni Dagsson (424 - 459)
Son of Dag
Alrek Agnasson (445 - 536)
Son of Agni
Yngvi Alreksson King of Sweden (466 - 499)
Son of Alrek
Jorund Yngvasson (487 - 509)
Son of Yngvi
Aun Aged Ani Jorundsson Uppsala / 78th G.G.Father (509 - 619)
Son of Jorund
King Egil Aunsson In Sweden (530 - 555)
Son of Aun Aged Ani
Ottar 'Vendilkraka' Egilsson, King In Sweden (535 - 596)
Son of King Egil
King Adils 'The Great' Ottarsson of Uppsala (557 - 640)
Son of Ottar 'Vendilkraka'
Eystein Adilsson (594 - 620)
Son of King Adils 'The Great'
KING Ingvar "THE TALL" Eysteinsson (616 - 642)
Son of Eystein
Braut Onund Ingvarsson (616 - 660)
Son of KING Ingvar "THE TALL"
Ingjald Braut Onundsson (660 - 681)
Son of Braut Onund
Olaf Ingjaldsson (682 - 710)
Son of Ingjald
Halfdan Olafsson
Son of Olaf
Eysteinn Halfdansson (736 - 780)
Son of Halfdan
Halfdan Eysteinsson (746 - 800)
Son of Eysteinn
Ivar VIDFAME SWEDEN Halfdansson (612 - 830)
Son of Halfdan
Eystein "Glumra" (Jarl of The Uplands) Ivarsson (800 - 846)
Son of Ivar VIDFAME SWEDEN
Rognvald "The Wise" (Jarl of More) Eysteinsson (830 - 890)
Son of Eystein "Glumra" (Jarl of The Uplands)
Robert I, Rollo Duke of Normandy Ragnvaldsson (870 - 932)
Son of Rognvald "The Wise" (Jarl of More)
William I Longsword (900 - 942)
Son of Robert I, Rollo Duke of Normandy
Richard I Normandy (933 - 996)
Son of William I
Richard II The Good of Normandy (958 - 1027)
Son of Richard I
Robert I Magnificent Normandy (1000 - 1035)
Son of Richard II The Good of
Drogo De Montagu (1040 - 1086)
Son of Robert I Magnificent
William Monte Acuto (1072 - 1156)
Son of Drogo De
William DeMonte Acuto (1095 - 1156)
Son of William
Alice, Dame de Monte Acuto (1120 - 1230)
Daughter of William
William (Montagu) de Montacute (1157 - 1217)
Son of Alice, Dame
Drew Drogo De Montagu De Montacute (1185 - 1216)
Son of William (Montagu)
William DeMontagu DeMontacute (1213 - 1270)
Son of Drew Drogo
Simon(Lord Montagu) De Montagu/Montacute (1250 - 1316)
Son of William
William(Lord Montagu) De Montagu (1275 - 1320)
Son of Simon(Lord Montagu)
Lady Catherine Montague (1308 - 1415)
Daughter of William(Lord Montagu)
Thomas Sir VII Carrington (1330 - 1380)
Son of Lady Catherine
John Carrington Smith (1386 - 1446)
Son of Thomas Sir VII
Thomas Smith (1446 - 1500)
Son of John
John Smythe Lord of Blackmore Manor (1496 - 1544)
Son of Thomas
David Smyth (1516 - 1546)
Son of John
Anne Smythe (1522 - 1610)
Daughter of David
Robert Wilkins (1560 - 1603)
Son of Anne
Captain Robert Wilkins (1590 - 1649)
Son of Robert
John Wilkins (1614 - 1672)
Son of Captain Robert
John Wilkins (1638 - 1674)
Son of John
Thomas Wilkins (1680 - 1735)
Son of John
Mary Wilkins (1703 - 1728)
Daughter of Thomas
Thomas Rakestraw (1718 - 1774)
Son of Mary
Lucretia Rakestraw (1758 - 1785)
Daughter of Thomas
Bevan Flitcraft (1781 - 1861)
Son of Lucretia
George Flitcraft (1823 - )
Son of Bevan
Elwood E Flitcraft (1878 - )
Son of George
Carmault B Jackson (1897 - 1981)
Son of Elwood E
Carmault Benjamin Jackson (1924 - 2001)
Son of Carmault B
Molly Anne Jackson (1959 - )
Daughter of Carmault Benjamin
David White
You are the son of Molly Anne - (not you?)




That's right!

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I think it's great.

Oddly enough, my brother in law (I think ~29 yo) has struck up a good relationship with another Ancestry.comaholic, my grandmother (born in '28 or '29 I think).
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: cpxxx on April 04, 2012, 05:08:30 PM
I need to delve into my Irish history, its a little hard living in the states though. I do know that one of my Uncles was executed by the Brits  :uhoh .  My dad did say our family name (O'Conghaile) carries some respect though
O'Conghaille = Connolly, quite a common name. But could you be related to the famous James Connolly one of the leaders of the 1916 rising, who was executed by the British in even though he was dying of wounds anyway? Or is that family legend? He's pretty famous.

The Brits didn't actually execute that many people. In fact the Irish executed more Irishmen in the civil war that followed than the British ever did. I'm afraid I spoiled my wife's cherished family story about their Grandad. Apparently he often told the tale of how he sat in his cell in prison and saw his friends being taken away and shot by the merciless Brits. Interested, I researched it and discovered that in fact he was probably on the losing side of the civil war as were his friends and they were executed by the merciless Irish army :O

Here's a website which lists a lot of people who died or were executed in one form or other at the time.
Maybe he's in there somewhere.
http://irishmedals.org/index.html
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Seanaldinho on April 04, 2012, 05:26:41 PM
O'Conghaille = Connolly, quite a common name. But could you be related to the famous James Connolly one of the leaders of the 1916 rising, who was executed by the British in even though he was dying of wounds anyway? Or is that family legend? He's pretty famous.

The Brits didn't actually execute that many people. In fact the Irish executed more Irishmen in the civil war that followed than the British ever did. I'm afraid I spoiled my wife's cherished family story about their Grandad. Apparently he often told the tale of how he sat in his cell in prison and saw his friends being taken away and shot by the merciless Brits. Interested, I researched it and discovered that in fact he was probably on the losing side of the civil war as were his friends and they were executed by the merciless Irish army :O

Here's a website which lists a lot of people who died or were executed in one form or other at the time.
Maybe he's in there somewhere.
http://irishmedals.org/index.html

No it isnt him I dont think. My uncle was executed by the British at the post office. We hail from Galway btw.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Rash on April 04, 2012, 08:29:36 PM
Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.

I paid an extra 20 bucks for the more in depth search, and found out that I'm related to Adam of Eden. 

Think he was my 76th grandfather.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: cpxxx on April 05, 2012, 06:19:08 AM
No it isnt him I dont think. My uncle was executed by the British at the post office. We hail from Galway btw.
Guess which city I'm living in right now?   :aok Just two minutes from Galway Bay! Originally from Dublin though.

Well you should be able to trace what actually happened to your uncle. The events of the time are well documented. It could be very interesting.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: JimmyD3 on April 05, 2012, 07:36:45 AM
He is related to Jimmy Carter?

No that would have to be Barak Obama. :cheers:
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: OOZ662 on April 05, 2012, 07:56:01 AM
Good ol' Joaquin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Murrieta) is pretty much the only interesting person in my family without dating the other side back to everybody that ever visited Germany and Poland. (Why do I get the feeling the German/Polish merging in the family wasn't a desired one? :D)
No that would have to be Barak Obama. :cheers:
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Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Mickey1992 on April 05, 2012, 08:12:35 AM
Most of the info at Ancestry.com you can get for free on other websites (findagrave.com, familysearch.org, worldconnect, etc), but ancestry.com does have a great search engine that covers multiple sources.  The question is do you want to pay $200 a year.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Dago on April 05, 2012, 08:39:53 AM
I tried Ancestory.com, my niece had uploaded a significant bit of our family tree, but when it looked for me, my family etc, didn't find it, or hardly anything.  All it came up with was one thing, a copy of a card, I think it might have been a draft card, of my grandfathers, and it was so fuzzy as to make it unreadable and useless.  I tried pointing it to the records she put up, with stuff like my Fathers full name, etc.  Nope, didn't find anything.  Waste of time, and if I went past the free trial I think it would have been a waste of money.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Shuffler on April 05, 2012, 11:35:55 AM
My Ancestors opted out. :D
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: jimson on April 05, 2012, 11:41:46 AM
I traced mine back as far as I could, but if you have southern heritage it's tough. So many records were destroyed during the Civil War.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Seanaldinho on April 05, 2012, 02:34:03 PM
Guess which city I'm living in right now?   :aok Just two minutes from Galway Bay! Originally from Dublin though.

Well you should be able to trace what actually happened to your uncle. The events of the time are well documented. It could be very interesting.

Most of the family I have other there has moved out to the coast though near Mace Carna.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: ET on April 05, 2012, 04:01:33 PM
A lot of different sites on Cyndislist

http://www.cyndislist.com/
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: cpxxx on April 05, 2012, 05:12:54 PM
Most of the family I have other there has moved out to the coast though near Mace Carna.
Beautiful rugged scenery out in Connemara, an hour's drive out there on a Sunday for me. I'm sure there's plenty of Connollys out there. Connemara is one of the places everyone should visit at least once.

My boss is planning to set up a service flying scenic flights out to Connemara from Galway. He reckons tourists would be queueing up for it.

Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Nathan60 on April 05, 2012, 05:33:04 PM
I traced mine back as far as I could, but if you have southern heritage it's tough. So many records were destroyed during the Civil War.
I don't think aliot of low,low middle and middle class Americans have many records. My mother looked used ancestry and found out we are relations of Walt Whitman John Wayne and Desi Arnez. Pretty cool how  some people connect on those sites and swap stories such as this gem :

 "The Robsons were at feud with the Grahams of Netherby and Liddesdale. So they made a foray, and drove the Grahams' sheep into Tynedale. Unfortunately, the sheep turned out to be scabbed, and communicated the disease to their flocks about Falstone. Upon this the Robsons made a second raid, took seven of the most substantial Grahams they could lay hands on, and hanged them out-of-hand, with the warning to others that "the neist tyme gentlemen cam to take their schepe they war no to be scabbit."

I think I must have  taken after this branch in my tree as I tend to spell like them, but dont blame me for the missing schepe in AH.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Seanaldinho on April 05, 2012, 08:36:04 PM
Beautiful rugged scenery out in Connemara, an hour's drive out there on a Sunday for me. I'm sure there's plenty of Connollys out there. Connemara is one of the places everyone should visit at least once.

My boss is planning to set up a service flying scenic flights out to Connemara from Galway. He reckons tourists would be queueing up for it.



Wow that would be a fun job! Im considering going out there to work the summer at the family B&B if i can afford a plane ticket. Would certaintly be fun I just cant scrounge up the money. My dad has been there a few times (hes first generation american).
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: saggs on April 06, 2012, 01:30:53 AM
Well due to my religious upbringing and beliefs, my family was doing genealogy/family history long before it was popular to do so.  Long before there was such a thing as the internet, or even computers.

Personally I greatly question the accuracy of .com sites like that.  They could tell you almost anything and unless you've done the research to back it up yourself how would you know?  Unless somebody has already done it for you, I believe it takes a lot more work then that to get an accurate family pedigree.

Nobody really famous in my direct lineage that I know of (some believe William Wallace is in my direct line, but it's not been proven) although if you branch out indirectly you can find lots of interesting stuff.  

Check this out
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1071/1354206860_f1e1e75b75_o.jpg

and this

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/0/02/Hutchinson_pedigree.jpg

you only have to go back 10 or 12 generations to find the common ancestor of George Bush, Mitt Romney, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Gerry Ford, Richard Nixon, Joseph Smith etc..  pretty amazing.

BTW the website www.familysearch.org is a fantastic resource for family history research, they have all kinds of records, it's free, and you don't have to register or anything like the .com sites.  Also if you stop by the Family History Library in downtown Salt Lake City they will even spend as much time as you want helping you research free of charge.  They also have small satellite centers all over the world linked into the main library with volunteers to help out.

Lately the big news in genealogy is that the 1940 census was just released.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: rpm on April 06, 2012, 03:25:15 AM
All my family records stop at boarding a ship near Edinburgh in 1782.
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: Shane on April 06, 2012, 05:22:31 AM
Also, going through my family's personal records, one of my ancestors was personally killed by Robert the Bruce.

sorry. 

don't mind if i keep up the family tradition in AH do you?
Title: Re: Ancestry.com
Post by: coombz on April 06, 2012, 05:33:53 AM
Go back a thousand years or so and you're equally related to an awful lot of people. Quite a lot of kings in that list, too many if you ask me. I think more realistically most of us are related to an obscure peasant somewhere in Eastern Europe.

But then sites like ancestry.com wouldn't be popular  :rolleyes: