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Hello! New member
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Linen | Report | 15 Jan 2006 19:01 |
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Hi Sally, Welcome to the madhouse that is the GR general board. Remember that although people will willingly look up references for you on tips or records, you still have to be prepared to pay out for certificates to prove your research. Genealogy is not a cheap hobby, have fun Vivienne |
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Sally | Report | 15 Jan 2006 19:01 |
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Wow! What fast replies, thank you all so much. I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun here :) |
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Unknown | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:57 |
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Hi Sally...I have Ancestrey for a year....I will help anyone...but don't offer on Tips cos I am too slow. But if I can help at all pm me XXXX oh and Welcome to Genes |
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Unknown | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:57 |
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hi sally,and welcome, you have really done well so far,i also only use free sites,and i have 25 in my tree,with about a 100 on pieces of paper. if you put details on the tips/records board,you will get a lot of help,some very nice people on there...but if you do get help,always thank the person. best wishes...bryan. |
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Lilly the flower | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:57 |
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Hi Sally, and welcome to the mad house, these boards are a excellent place to start, try the tip boards and the records boards, loads of lovely people on there, who will help you with all your requests, and you can have a laugh at the same time. one word of advise, if you want to do your tree, don't spend to much time on this 'general board' as once you start, 'reading/chatting' nothing else gets done, not even the house work (whats that!!) as for cooking, shopping, ironing etc, forget it lol......have fun, and again welcome..........Lilly ps sounds as if you are off to a very good start with your tree, well done. |
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Small but Perfectly Formed Wendy | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:56 |
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Hi Sally and welcome to the mad house.xxx Wendy.xxxxx |
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Our Em | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:55 |
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Hi Sally, Just wanted to say hello ;)) |
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Joy *The Carlos Cutie of Ilson* | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:53 |
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Hello Sally Welcome to the boards. There are some lovely people on the Records and Tips Boards willing to do look ups for you, at their own expense. All you have to do is post details of what you are looking for and they'll get back to you. I do them myself when I've got spare credits. :o)))))))))))))))))))))))) Joy |
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Sally | Report | 15 Jan 2006 18:48 |
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Hello, I'm a new member to the site and have just input the family tree notes I took in my teens when my grandmother was alive. I don't think I've done too badly for my first day, got 142 names on the tree, going back 5 generations, but now I need some advice on how to proceed. I'm generally interested in the whole tree, but my particular interest is the maternal female line, I've done as much as I can with the free bits of the various census records, but I don't know where I look to find out the maiden name of the various wives listed. Any tips on tracing this line? Also, one branch seems to have come from Ireland, how do I trace them? So many questions...any pointers would be great. Only proviso is that I can't pay the search fees of most of the sites I've looked at, not yet at least, so starting points in freely available material is the best. |
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