Future Genealogists
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Re: Future Genealogists
My father's middle name was "Taylor" after his mother's sir name. Makes much more sense than going by one's second name and confusing all kinds of things, like medical records, etc. I get really tired of explaining I go by my second name, what were they thinking! On the other hand, my husband's family name all the males Robert or James or John, it just gets tiresome for us researchers trying to sort out family members. Maybe numbers would be less confusing. Just kidding!
Lynne
Lynne
Re: Future Genealogists
HI Lynne
I sometimes agree with you about using numbers but realised last night that the Americans have beaten us to it when they sign themselves something like Constantin Entwhistle III
Sometimes when a family use the same limited range of names it takes you into areas of exploration you wouldn't normally venture and it is amazing just how much you learn about an extended family and their circumstances. We found that one daughter married a good 'catch' but his business went down hill and they ended up virtually in the poorhouse. Another married an artisan who must have had a flair for figures because he ended up owning several large villas which he rented and all his family, mostly daughters, were trained as teachers or didn't bother working at all. Having to track down all the siblings in several lines of a family can have spin off benefits. It's also one way of honing the detective skills.
Russell
I sometimes agree with you about using numbers but realised last night that the Americans have beaten us to it when they sign themselves something like Constantin Entwhistle III
Sometimes when a family use the same limited range of names it takes you into areas of exploration you wouldn't normally venture and it is amazing just how much you learn about an extended family and their circumstances. We found that one daughter married a good 'catch' but his business went down hill and they ended up virtually in the poorhouse. Another married an artisan who must have had a flair for figures because he ended up owning several large villas which he rented and all his family, mostly daughters, were trained as teachers or didn't bother working at all. Having to track down all the siblings in several lines of a family can have spin off benefits. It's also one way of honing the detective skills.
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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Re: Future Genealogists
QUOTE:
"It's also one way of honing the detective skills.
Russell"
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Yes Russell, especially when they intermarry !!
Alan SHARP.
"It's also one way of honing the detective skills.
Russell"
END of QUOTE
Yes Russell, especially when they intermarry !!
Alan SHARP.
Re: Future Genealogists
Now Alan don't complicate things
Russell
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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Re: Future Genealogists
There was the case recently of twins where one was born at home in Wooler, Northumberland and the other two hours later in Borders General Hospital, Melrose. Would you think of looking for a birth of twins in both England and Scotland?
Eric
Eric
Eric
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Accepted Eric but at least that event was sufficiently publicised that someone like "Currie" with his search skills would quickly ferret out the bizarre cross-border aspects and twin legislative involvement. He might even find out if the parents wondered whether the scottish birth would need a passport should Scotland become independent
Russell
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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he doesn't need to - real life is complicated enough as those twins show.....Russell wrote:Now Alan don't complicate things
Russell
Wilma
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Re: Future Genealogists
Greetings.
Don’t worry I know where Russell is coming from. The admin team of TS have been of considerable help to me, since I joined, and are all to aware that in my research I’ve got four, possibly five generations of very close relatives. ‘Cousins’ of various degrees marrying; the marriage to a cousin of a parent; nephews older than their uncle; a limited range of mainly single Christian names, normally in patronymic naming order [as long as you are aware of the short lived children] and the Scotland born generations being pre Census and Civil registration. Emigrated 1842 – 1860.
When I read the 1799 Carmunnock Parish, Statistical Account of Scotland, re 500 souls being related, I said “Yes that’s our lot.”
Alan SHARP.
PS: I've added my family reunion party piece photo to the gallery, clue H/W.
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... play_media
Don’t worry I know where Russell is coming from. The admin team of TS have been of considerable help to me, since I joined, and are all to aware that in my research I’ve got four, possibly five generations of very close relatives. ‘Cousins’ of various degrees marrying; the marriage to a cousin of a parent; nephews older than their uncle; a limited range of mainly single Christian names, normally in patronymic naming order [as long as you are aware of the short lived children] and the Scotland born generations being pre Census and Civil registration. Emigrated 1842 – 1860.
When I read the 1799 Carmunnock Parish, Statistical Account of Scotland, re 500 souls being related, I said “Yes that’s our lot.”
Alan SHARP.
PS: I've added my family reunion party piece photo to the gallery, clue H/W.
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... play_media
Re: Future Genealogists
My lot are the same Alan
early 1700's in Cellardyke, Fife My Watsons were the dominant group. By 1881 with all the second or third marriages (fishermen tended to not come home ), cousins marrying cousins, etc the Watsons were directly or indirectly related to around 80% of the village. Unravelling the relationships was made even more of a problem since they only appeared to know half a dozen christian names although in the village they were always known by a nick-name which makes some of the family anecdotes and the informal records unclear. Great fun though
Russell
early 1700's in Cellardyke, Fife My Watsons were the dominant group. By 1881 with all the second or third marriages (fishermen tended to not come home ), cousins marrying cousins, etc the Watsons were directly or indirectly related to around 80% of the village. Unravelling the relationships was made even more of a problem since they only appeared to know half a dozen christian names although in the village they were always known by a nick-name which makes some of the family anecdotes and the informal records unclear. Great fun though
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny