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Debs
06-10-2005, 18:28
My hubbie is trying to do his and mine family tree and he is having troubles knowing where to start?

have any of you lovely people done a family tree and if so please can you give us some pointers of where to start, where we can look up things etc

cheers
Luna
06-10-2005, 18:40
genes reunited is an ok place
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 18:40
hi
ive started mine and i do it on genes reunited and ive found 2 family members and ive traced it back quite far but you have to pay fo a year
Debs
06-10-2005, 18:47
Yeah genes reunited we have used but it not bringing much up for his side of the family
Luna
06-10-2005, 18:49
try the local library - electoral and census (sp) rolls
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 18:49
oh right have you tried googling it as you get cunsus's up and stuff but some of them are dear
Luna
06-10-2005, 18:50
lol sn great minds and all that
Luna
06-10-2005, 18:50
and a census is only done every 10 years
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 18:52
lol sn great minds and all that

yeah have you done youre family tree at all
Abi
06-10-2005, 18:53
When we were tracing our family tree we went to one of them places where you can get ahold of old census's etc. We got a link, then googled it, and searched on different websites. My great great grandad owned a water company, that sold bottled drinks extra. I think it was a family buisness so it would be the Idris drink company i think. Ever heard of it?!
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 18:56
ive never heard of it and somehow im related to nikki chapman and a singer who was in a group i think it was the honeycombs
Abi
06-10-2005, 19:04
Nikki Chapman, eh?! Funky!
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 19:05
yeah its not direct related but we are if that makes sense
Abi
06-10-2005, 19:11
At least shes better tehn the great grandaughter of a soft drinks company owner! Actually i heard it was still around today, doing ginger beer or something, but i've never heard of Idris ginger beer myself!
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 19:12
ive never heard of it either
Luna
06-10-2005, 19:22
nope ive never done it before - far too many people in my familly anyway
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 19:23
yeah and im doing both sides at the same time
Luna
06-10-2005, 19:25
i know my gran done hers right back to the potato fammine in ireland or something like that
samantha nixon
06-10-2005, 19:27
ive gone back to 1804