Family History
#16
Re: Family History
That's a good question, I don't know ... seems to me that if you are not planning on searching for more records, it is a bit of a waste of money to pay a sub just to access your completed data. There are plenty of free or "one time purchase" family tree packages that you could either transfer or maybe even download your family tree into..
Do you have one that you would recommend? I did look at some last year,but the Ancestry model seemed easier to navigate.
Thank you.
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To be honest I collect records (birth certs, print outs of census pages etc) but have never gotten around to actually drawing up any family trees! Just a character flaw on my part. So I don't know much about family tree makers, sorry!
#18
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This sounds fascinating, I wonder what the equivalent for Spain is if it exists
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Here's a useful looking introduction on Spanish resources from MyGenealogist.com
#20
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SWMBO has now looked into my family. She found a lot of my fathers side already done, by someone living in Lancaster. Seems that person is related to my grandfathers' sister, a whole branch of the family I never knew existed.
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I am what you might call a ethnic mutt. :P
I'm 25% Japanese 25% Scottish 16% Cherokee, and Lord knows what else. My Great x8 uncle was Nathanael Greene, who commanded the Southern American Army towards the end of the Revolutionary War. My father's grandmother was a Cherokee. My mother's mother is from Japan. Apparently her family is very well to do. I'm not sure, but I believe there was a Samurai in the family, they have two sets of armour and my grandmother was willed some when her parents died. They also own a lot of land. Outside of that I have no idea about my family.
I'm 25% Japanese 25% Scottish 16% Cherokee, and Lord knows what else. My Great x8 uncle was Nathanael Greene, who commanded the Southern American Army towards the end of the Revolutionary War. My father's grandmother was a Cherokee. My mother's mother is from Japan. Apparently her family is very well to do. I'm not sure, but I believe there was a Samurai in the family, they have two sets of armour and my grandmother was willed some when her parents died. They also own a lot of land. Outside of that I have no idea about my family.
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One example I often use is that I'll bet a high proportion of English people have American ancestry. (including an admixture of African, Native American, French etc.) After all, just as British people have steadily migrated to North America since about 1600, significant numbers of Americans have migrated from America to the British Isles every year since the early 1600s. In the period of severe US immigration restriction in the early to mid 20th century, the numbers who migrated US to UK was higher every year than UK to US.
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As you say, Lord knows what else... just to use your percentages as an example, you say 25% Scottish. But what if that Scottish person had one English grandparent, and that English person had a Jamaican, a Norwegian, an Irish and an English grandparent. In other words, even if one accurately establishes a family tree back several generations, our "ethnic makeup" can never meaningfully be expressed in percentages.
One example I often use is that I'll bet a high proportion of English people have American ancestry. (including an admixture of African, Native American, French etc.) After all, just as British people have steadily migrated to North America since about 1600, significant numbers of Americans have migrated from America to the British Isles every year since the early 1600s. In the period of severe US immigration restriction in the early to mid 20th century, the numbers who migrated US to UK was higher every year than UK to US.
One example I often use is that I'll bet a high proportion of English people have American ancestry. (including an admixture of African, Native American, French etc.) After all, just as British people have steadily migrated to North America since about 1600, significant numbers of Americans have migrated from America to the British Isles every year since the early 1600s. In the period of severe US immigration restriction in the early to mid 20th century, the numbers who migrated US to UK was higher every year than UK to US.
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Not deep.. just being realistic!