devonlad 0 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I was absolutely gobsmacked a few months back when I started doig some family tree research that one of my Great Grandfather's was listed as a "Ratcatcher" There must be others with interesting forebears... no need for names etc just interesting fieldsport/pest control vocations.. DL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tallyho 181 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 ive tried to trace mine, but dont know really where to start, and all the sites i been on want money, is there any sites that free ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jbswildlife Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 go to your local records office trace from parents back. my tree leads back to farmers a taxcollector and one hangman so dont piss the farmers of lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devonlad 0 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thats where I started, family records birth cert's etc, then local records offices. The Ancestry site is good, but you have to pay.. though there are certain tariff's which work out quite cheap if you look around the site. But start with the local and family stuff first.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tallyho 181 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 thats where i come a bit stumped, on me mums side she was adopted, found her real mum a year or so ago and when i asked about who my granda was she clamped up and we aint heard anything from her since, on one of the adoption forms one name mentioned was a thomas mohan from belfast, and then another form mentioned someone totally different from the other bloke so im a bit f****d at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devonlad 0 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 thats where i come a bit stumped, on me mums side she was adopted, found her real mum a year or so ago and when i asked about who my granda was she clamped up and we aint heard anything from her since, on one of the adoption forms one name mentioned was a thomas mohan from belfast, and then another form mentioned someone totally different from the other bloke so im a bit f****d at the moment. There's nothing as complex as families !! might be as well to start with the other side of the family first, if its any less complicated ! just to get you into how to get started. With regard to your newly discovered grandma, it might be as well to go back from her name, it may be that there was some uncertainty over the father.. In which case you would be as well to follow both names back if possible, there was a lot of stigma attached to certain things years ago, that perhaps nowadays we don't really worry about so much these days.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tallyho 181 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 ive only got my great grandas name , no d.o.b or birth place, do you know of any free sites that can help as money is really tight at the moment , but would love to know who my family were. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devonlad 0 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 ive only got my great grandas name , no d.o.b or birth place, do you know of any free sites that can help as money is really tight at the moment , but would love to know who my family were. I think Ancestry.co.uk do a free trial period, so if you have a list of stuff you want to trace beforehand then just work through in the free trial period, I am afraid I don't know of any free sites or info, but thats not to say there aren't any ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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