Ancestry

[grandpajoe]

Just had an interesting chat with "Our Peg" as to whether we should spend some time (lots of it probably!) researching our ancestry on the various sites on t'internet.
I know two people who do and they find it interesting and spend hours at it. But we both came to the same conclusion that if we did find out that say, I am related to someone very famous from the 17th century, so what??
So what does the panel think? Has anyone done this and was it stimulating meaningful exercise or was it not.
What results have you had?

C J

[cazzz1975]

I enjoy geneology, I am still finding out new things researching back through the past and forward to living decendants. Its more of a personal voyage of discovery which in itself is enlightening and rewarding.

[craft1948]

don't do it......it's addictive. I started my family tree about 3 years ago and am still adding to it......hours of interesting research....and all my ancestors were rogues.

[devilspawn]

keep it up craft - need to find someone very rich....!

[dot.haukes]

I started my family tree in 1987 when there was no internet and computers, I managed to find most of the ancestors on mine and my ex-husband's side , going back to 1430 on my Dad's direct line. It was hard work back then, travelling alot and spending alot of money on distant research,

Now it's a doddle, it's more Genealogy now than Family History, the names and dates can be added very quickley and the Family History, the occupations, the education etc, is left behind.

But it's all good, so before you invest in an account with one of the online sites at home, visit your local reference library to use their free to members ancestry.co.uk library edition. You can search the GRO index and all census returns 1841-1901 for free on there.