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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 13 Nov 2013 00:17

Bobtrain - perhaps the women should have kept their own surname on marriage.

whether it is first, second, third Marriage etc. then there wouldn't be a problem.

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 12 Nov 2013 21:05

I was once presented with an A4 sheet of paper containing family names.
now these were mainly marriages, but on investigation couldn't find births for many of the female names.........turns out that they were re-marriages after divorce but using the family name to get married under............strange how failed marriages often resulted in failed marriages of their children

don't you think?

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 10 Nov 2013 16:55

The female line seem to bring a lot of new surnames to the pot.

This saves things from becoming boring - instead of Jones, Jones, Jones, Jones, Jones I can have
Silver, White, Green , Black and Pink! (no not really).

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

Sharron

Sharron Report 10 Nov 2013 13:55

Quite spookily, a lot of my ancestors had the same surname as me.

What are the odds of that happening?

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 10 Nov 2013 11:05

Awwwww bless :-) xx

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

Island

Island Report 10 Nov 2013 11:03

I didna say I wouldn't give you my last rollo Budgiepops :-D

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 10 Nov 2013 10:57


Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples.
(Mine is no exception either).

Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors!

:-D :-D :-D

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 10 Nov 2013 10:51

:-| Now just you look here Island sweetie, iffen your going to do a Rollo on me.
I will throw a wobbly and have a Tantrum. :-P

Pffft, tsk tsk ... Flippin` cheek of these nitpickers . :-|


;-) :-D :-D :-D xx

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

Island

Island Report 10 Nov 2013 10:40

Not neccessarily Budgie. There were pre legal adoptions where a child may never have known the truth. Children brought up thinking their older sister was their aunt. Kidnap.

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 10 Nov 2013 10:31

Think you meant to say this Maggie, but I knew what you meant anyways sweetie.:-D

You can really only (be assured by) the female line of your ancestry

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Nov 2013 09:28

..perhaps 'trust' is the wrong word to use......
:-0

'daddy' may have thought he was just that.......

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 10 Nov 2013 02:10

Well, I never!

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Nov 2013 00:13

You can really only trust the female line of your ancestry :-S

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Island

Island Report 9 Nov 2013 20:29

We must be related Budgebob

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Nov 2013 18:17

strange that Budgie so are mine x :-D :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 9 Nov 2013 15:59

Budgie Rustler - I would not worry about half of your ancestors being women, the time to worry is when you find out all your ancestors are men :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 9 Nov 2013 15:45

Isn’t genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! :-)

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 9 Nov 2013 15:42

Can a first cousin once removed … RETURN?

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 9 Nov 2013 15:41

FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records.

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 9 Nov 2013 15:39

half of my ancestors are WOMEN! ;-)

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.