SportingShooter 0 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 I have been thinking for while now about researching my family history, I have gone back to the 1850's and am about to go a bit further. Just wandering if many people have done this or have found out something interesting about their family members or family name? Any interesting relatives or surprising discoveries? Regards SS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bullterrier Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 ditch his your man for this mate pm him i know he was doing this a while back .. ....john Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 ditch his your man for this mate pm him i know he was doing this a while back .. ....john Beat me to it! DS is deffo your fella to ask on this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 My mom did some on her paternal side & found out my grandads aunt was actually his sister Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SEAN3513 7 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 yes............it can take up all your spare time!! the only interesting thing we came up with was.....my great grandad played for spurs in the 1901 cup final (which we already knew)....but found out he was captain.....and because they won each player got a 10 shilling bonus !!!!!! other than that quite boring really. nice to follow the familys journey.........some of them fairly wealthy and then a few years later they ended up in the work house !!!!! keep at SS...........suprising how far back you can get. i must say though...my dad has done most of ours.............being retired he has more time !!!! cheers sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coney 3 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Have to agree it's a time consuming pass time but well worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leepy1 0 Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 I have been thinking for while now about researching my family history, I have gone back to the 1850's and am about to go a bit further. Just wandering if many people have done this or have found out something interesting about their family members or family name? Any interesting relatives or surprising discoveries? Regards SS yep i found that a member of my family was 1 of the fist 100 convicts sent to australia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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