Who's got the furthest back?

[SearchingSadler]

Just out of interest, whats the furthest back anyone has got their ancestors?

I'm currently at 1650, which I'm amazed at, although my dad did most of that. I know it gets harder then, so it got me thinking who had got further back.

Also, anyone got any famous historical figures in their tree?

(sorry, family history doing my head in tonight, I need some light relief )

[Rosebud1]

Hi ,Searching , you have beat me on your researching dates ,so far I have got back to the year 1751 Worcestershire, England ,but hope to get further back if possible . I have found the Passenger List for the ship Elizabeth Bruce 1820/1957 that my 3rd Great grandfather was on ,so that's interesting , good luck with your research ....God Bless .....Rosebud1

[pete ash]

Hi SearchingS.

I've also got back to the mid 17th c. on a couple of maternal lines.
On the paternal side I know where my 'surname' ancestors were in the late 16th c., but as to who was exactly who, that's another matter!

Finbar.

snap. mine were churchdodgers to a man
pete

[John Gourlay]

I appear to be in the middle of the field also. I've got back to two 7th great grandfathers with 1645 and 1655 birth dates. Both from Fife, Scotland and as a mixed blood [my mother was English] I must say I've found the going a lot easier with the Scottish records compared to the English.
I believe my Scottish side came from a Norman granted land at Ceres, Fife by King William the Lion of Scotland in 1170 but so far I've been unable to join the dots between him and my 1655 Gourlay.
John Gourlay

[Alexandrina]

We Scots seem to have the upper hand here. My earliest is a weaver in Glasgow who died before 1597. Kind of makes up for great grandpa born in 1874, father unknown.

Lexy

[AdeleE]

Thanks to excellent Catholic church records in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and the work of the Centre for Acadian Studies at the University of Moncton in New Brunswick, and no effort on my part, I have my paternal line back to 1590 in France, generations prior to the Acadian expulsion in Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, my father & his brothers had no sons so the surname has died on our twig.

Adele

[Lincoln Lad]

After 15 years searching I have managed to trace one line back to 1625, but unfortunately not able to do much from over here now, have to wait until I am back in England to get further.

[Sue Mackay]

I have got one of my subsidiary lines back to the early 17th century, mainly thanks to the work of a distant cousin, but most of my lines become unknown quantities around the second half of the 18th century. However, I am not in this business to see how far back I can get. That's why I call myself a family historian rather than a genealogist. Once it gets to mere names and dates I begin to lose interest. For me there is greater joy in finding about 19th and even early 20th century forebears and really putting flesh on their bones by finding out about their lives, jobs, homes and even their peccadillos

[Miss]

I've got one line back to 1573 but thats where I am stuck, no one famous, they were all poor ordinar people, they are Welsbys. I have the Newby line back to 1618. They are both in Lancashire. Then there is the Poulaines/Carlier back to 1667 in France. Nobody famous there either!

[michaelpipe]

Also, anyone got any famous historical figures in their tree?

I've got this fellow lurking in my tree - so I guess that I shall have to apologise for his actions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dowsing