Forum: Introduce Yourself

My name is Joe Blackwell. I'm from the Chicago area burbs, born in the big city, moved to the burbs when I was 21. I've been plugging away at our family history for many years now. Most of my research has been centered in northern Italy, home of my wife's ancestors. As for my own ancestry, I have...

Hi, took the bull by the horns and decided to join you guys an gals yesterday so here goes with a little about me. I live in West Yorkshire, have been researching both my husbands and my family tree on and off for the past 16 years, during this time there have been many brick walls, many tantrums...

|soapbox|Have been following family tree for 10 years and have made up a very large tree going back a good few years. the Fosberry name is a little unusal but it stems from a village in Wiltshire. I am 67 born in Wisborough Green SX 1942 I like old tractors and have one of my own.Trying to make a...

I have been trying to do my family research for nearly a year. Finding it very hard to get info on family. Had some great help from some people who really will help you out. But had also bad experiance with people promising to help me out and taking money for nothing. Please be reassured not...

Hi folks just to let you all know I have found your site and look forward to using it. My research started over 40 years ago and as we all know never stops. The Turner's of South Yorkshire are my main family, with connected names leading to other parts of England. I'm at present starting to write...

Hi, My name is Lynne, I live in Birmingham (UK) and Im a FH addict !! I have been researching my Moms side of the family (Pedlingham)for about 15 years but have reached the point where I need be able to travel around to find new information ...without wishing my life away...Roll on Retirement..!!...

I have been searching for my mothers family for about 2 years now.I have come up against a brickwall as my greatgranmother was a gypsy,and her burial isnt recorded in the SANDON register.Her husband is buried in SANDON churchyard,but where is she?||book2|

thanks for letting me join i am looking for lynns in the london area at first seem to hit a block when searching as it allways searches kings lynn and the states any way thanks again

Hello. I live in Florence Or in the USA. My morther in-law was a war bride from WWII. Her maiden name was Debleu and lived in Hampstend Heath, in London England. Her mother was a Tanser, also same city. Her father was from Ansterp Belgium. I have had little on no luck finding any of the above....

Hi Everyone, I live in the Northern California Wine Country, about 60 miles north of San Francisco. I've been researching my family tree since 2002. My interests include WENN, RUST, and ATKINS in Norfolk; HUCKLE, HANDS, CARR, FRENCH, WHITBEY, HOLLAND, SWINSCOE, CROUCH, DEAN, and OLIVER in...

Hi, I live in New Zealand with all my family and am an expat South African.I am new to researching family members so I joined British Genealogy hoping I would be able to get advice on how to do research on my Father in law. We do not know if he was in the Boer War,all we know is that he left the...

Apparantly I joined this site several years ago as I discovered when I tried to register for what I thought was the first time today. I have been researching my and my husbands trees for about 10 years. Although our ancestors are from opposite ends of the country, we span relativly few counties...

Hello folks I'm relatively new to this. I'm retired, I've been working on the Carré/Carrée Family Tree now for about 9 years. Have managed to trace, with the help of others, back to 1706, when the family came over to Canterbury from France, following the religious persecutions. We are of Huguenot...

I have been researching family history for a few years, based on some family trees I've inherited. The surnames I'm most interested in are HELSBY (North Wales, Lancashire, Cheshire, South America in 19C), WOODRUFF (ENGLAND & USA), WATERS (Warwickshire and Worcestershire), CALDICOTT (Warwickshire)....

not totaly new to family hisory i gave up a couple of times but have a new computer now so finally geting down to the nitty gritty except cannot work outwhat is the best f h software to use also relatives surnames all seem incoherent other relatives i have no surnames for and as far as i know no...

Hi I am new to using forums, I have been researching my and my husbands family history for about 8 years. As I live in Australia I rely heavily on what info I can glean from online contacts. I have some illusive ancestors due in part to lack of info and inability to find certificates which may...