Thursday, November 02, 2006
Genealogy
It's addictive stuff.
I'm stuck though, on my grandmother on my mum's side. Wish she was around to ask some questions (either of them) though I've had much more success with her husband, who we've taken back directly, I think, to about 1700. Not bad at all...all seem to come from The Mearns, Grassic Gibbon country for anyone who knows it, and Aberdeen itself. Kind of the same, what I've got from my dad's side too, though one branch goes to Glasgow about 1850 and that makes it harder to trace: a common name in a big city makes tracing themnigh on impossible. But I'm working on it.
It's a thrill when your great grandmother's birth certificate pops on the screen in front of you (online is great for it these days: Scotland's People for those of us north of the border.) Seems like my ancestors were various weavers, labourers, and the like, though I've found a village blacksmith, which is cool, and a hairdresser in the late 1800s.
I'd recommend it to anyone though, as it's fun and well worth the effort (and/or cost!)
I'm stuck though, on my grandmother on my mum's side. Wish she was around to ask some questions (either of them) though I've had much more success with her husband, who we've taken back directly, I think, to about 1700. Not bad at all...all seem to come from The Mearns, Grassic Gibbon country for anyone who knows it, and Aberdeen itself. Kind of the same, what I've got from my dad's side too, though one branch goes to Glasgow about 1850 and that makes it harder to trace: a common name in a big city makes tracing themnigh on impossible. But I'm working on it.
It's a thrill when your great grandmother's birth certificate pops on the screen in front of you (online is great for it these days: Scotland's People for those of us north of the border.) Seems like my ancestors were various weavers, labourers, and the like, though I've found a village blacksmith, which is cool, and a hairdresser in the late 1800s.
I'd recommend it to anyone though, as it's fun and well worth the effort (and/or cost!)
# posted by Cobardon @ 5:06 AM 
