General Chat

and have you achieved what you intended?

If so, have you decided to stick around anyway to do other things or just to chat?

I have achieved a lot as found my birth father and now have a family tree for both my parents, not just my mums side.
Its harder for me to do searches other than the Internet and order certs as don't live in the UK but still enjoy it.
Plus I belong to the GReaders and The Birthday Girls so will still stay here for those.

xx Jill

GR gave me the start I needed for my tree but is too basic. I moved my tree to FTM which I dont need to pay subs for after buying the programme it can cope with more than GR and is more user freindly.

I pay my subs to have a laugh on Gen these days and who knows ....... one day hot matches may work.

I set out to learn about my family and found more than I ever expected on here. Now I just hang around waiting for a little scrap more! But find I'm on the boards more than searching!

Morning:)

I joined in 2003 specifically to contact someone who I could see was registered on the site. That was successful immediately.

I'd been doing my tree long before that anyway but mostly for ancestors in my area because I don't have the time to travel to ROs. I didn't have ancestry then and had so much help on Records (especially from Mary Whetton and Lynda Pace and a special breakthrough with the help of a lady called Pam) and also made some brilliant contacts.

I enjoy the chat sometimes but don't know if I'd keep up my subs if it wasn't for my tree because a lot of people I'm in touch with off the site. I had to remove my tree a little while ago but then I had an excellent contact last week as soon as I reloaded it so I'm still primarily here for the genealogy.

~~~~~waves good morning~~~

I set out to find out who my family were - mainly my great grandparents. I have in fact found great great great grandparents and even one 4 x great on a line through other members.

Through one GR member called Cheryl, found a whole host of relatives on my grandmothers side of which I will be eternally grateful. Through her I have found out the name of my great grandmother, she was only ever known as great granny from Penarth but now I know her name to be Hannah - brilliant.

I also wanted to find out more on my mother's father's side and thought that this would be the last line to find anything on, to my utter amazement I have found out more on this line than any other and this is the line where I have gone back to the 1780's with the help of other GR members.

I still have a few relatives to find just to tidy up the tree but have been enjoying a break by chatting on the boards.

Of course one hopes that there will be a "famous" family member for whatever reason. But alas have not found any inventors, princes, knights of the realm etc etc lol.
Tina x
I have enjoyed being a detective though! But did not realise when I started how very addictive it is. lol

I set out to do my tree which I am still doing.
The boards to me are a bonus. Although I am not on here often, I have been in contact with some lovely, helpful people on here which is what keeps me coming back.
Take care xxx

Morning..

I still get very good hot matches.
But rarely on the boards now..

I joined initially to see if I could find my dad's half brothers.....I did find one of his nephews..who as it happened just lived about 40 miles from me... we keep in touch and meet up fairly regularly... I have continued to research but very rarely post on the boards...

I joined in 2003 with just my basic rellies, in the hope of finding out more about my mum's side of the family. Her mum died in 1973 when my mum was only 19 and all we had to go on was the name Donovan in Sunderland as there had been no contact with the family since the 60's.Last year I delved into the births and discovered that my mum must have misheard the surname as her mother's maiden name was actually Donnigan!!
Once in the tree I discovered a match and then paid the fee so I could make contact. It was my mum's cousin and we have now had a lot of questions answered.
This heightened my interest in finding more to my other branches with the added fact that I discovered these boards. I have been hooked ever since.

Krystyna

A couple of years ago my younger daughter asked me how she fitted into the general scheme of things, and I realised I knew almost nothing about my family history.

Started finding out and got hooked. As for no 2 daughter, she isn't in the slightest bit interested. Suspect she was hoping to learn she descended from someone more illustrious than my gaggle of shoemakers, smiths of various colours, gunsmiths plus of course, countless Ag Labs.

Still marvel at just how widely spread my family roots are.

Wanted to find where my fathers and mothers families originally came from. First night found a relly, we shared great grandfafhers. That was a good start.
Then went on from there.

think I've done just about all I want to do on my tree - 173 people on it, think that's sufficient - by the way for someone thick, what's FTM please?

just had a thought - Family Tree Maker - I have that!!!!

Family tree Maker.................its a programme you buy to build your tree on.

LOL Ann...............well done!! :))))))))))))))

xx

not quite as thick as I thought I was then!! thanks Kitty!!

You're not thick.....................we women have 1000 things to think about all the time, so when one thing slips our mind, we have a good excuse!! lol

xx

Where do I get one ... and how much is it please??

I joined to do my tree and have had a great time.
I have found things I never knew about people who were so close to me in my life.
through other GR members I have found people I could not find.... after looking for months and months.

through GR, I found a branch of my paternal family in Edinburgh.... I knew nothing about them. I thought the only ones we had were from Glasgow Lanarkshire.

I've had a great time on here....

AND THEN, there is the general board which I could not live without.
I talk about it all the time, my husband doesn't know which of you is which.... and my son says "they are not called *the 'BOREDS' for nothing* ;-0)

They may get bored with you, but you are my life line sometimes.... thank you.

Deanna X

I set out to do my tree, which was extremely bare. I had been attempting to do it for many years, pre-computer days, which was slow going. And then, living overseas, the whole thing got shelved.

UNTIL......da da da daaaaaaah....family history started appearing on-line. Wow, I couldn't have been a happier bunny. It meant I could do my tree from the comfort of my own desert!!
I joined GR because I didn't have a clue how to go about finding what I wanted, and I will be forever grateful to the helpful peeps on here, especially on Tips and Records.

I no longer keep much of my tree on GR because I have FTM now. I've never had any luck with Not Matches, but I still gain loads of useful info from Tips and Records and love to join in on General whenever I can. General has often proved a saviour to me, as I spend a lot of time alone, it's a lovely feeling to know I've got company and someone to chat to at any time of night or day.

K

I joined to find out where to look for basic information....................I was new to using a pc and hopelessly lost on ther internet.

I have learned a great deal and still have a lot to find out.

I started using the general board last July.................the beginning of the summer holidays when I was going to do loads on my tree!! LOL

The progress on my tree has got steadily slower as I have met so many lovely people on here:))

xx