ncsuapex Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Anyone on here into doing their genealogy? I started back in highschool based on some research my cousin did and got busy with life and have just now gotten back into it. Would love to chat with fellow ES'ers to compare search strategies and such.. As it stands right now I have a TON of family information stretching back to the 1300s England and 1500's Ireland and 1600s Germany and every day it seems I find information that leads me to more and more folks. My main interest is military war vets, so far I've found at least 4 documented Revolutionary War Vets and at least 3 documented Civil War Vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 My gandparents started a few years ago. They're working on a family tree still. SOme of my grandmothers research was done at the Hall of Records in Annapolis, MD and she even went to Ellis Island to get information on the Immigration that occured in the early 1900's. A lot of the records that Ellis Island had for the 1800's was unfortunately lost in a big fire. I've tried to look online but I have very little luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchwood Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I don't even know where to begin honestly. My family name is Heflin and there are a ton of them in fauqier county but most aren't rlated to me that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaudry Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I have been thinking about it, but I wouldn't even know where to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncsuapex Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 well the best way to start is to find the elders in your family and get as many names and dates as you can also try to find any bibles or old books that may have notes.. I've found that to find anything online you have to go back to at least your Greatgrandparents and just try to find someone you can connect your lines to and copy their info. But beware... Dont start unless you have a lot of time and patience.. It will drive you NUTS at times.. Then you'll start dreaming about all the ancestors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 For the most part I leave it to others in the family,I do put in several hours a year to help them at reunions... We have a BIG family tree and it's hard to keep up with the living ones much less the dead. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrollsMine99 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I am interested in, and fascinated by looking into geneology. It's something I would like to look in to, but have not done so yet. CarrollsMine99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 My aunt did a lot of work with it, and we have a family tree going back to the 1300s in England on my dad's side. We don't have nearly as much work done on my mom's side, although I think her brother is working on it. I'll probably pick up the torch at some point, but not right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 When I messed up my back a few years ago, I spent a lot of time doinggenealogy research. Searching old Italian records is a tough task to say the least. My Aunt has done a solid tree going back to arond 1125 on my mothers side of the family, so I've mostly worked on my fathers side. I have about $25 invested :laugh: and have info that none of my Aunts or Uncles even knew on where my grandfather came from in Italia. I used about every free genealogy site out there, and my first breakthrough was the Social Security death index. I found a listing I was pretty sure was him, so I sent for a photo copy of his application for SS. I was right on the money, but because the original was folded and stored, when they coppied it, the town of birth was unreadable. I searched endlessly for a town, city, comune, or any other gathering of people living in a place who's namestarted with "Car". We went on vacation to see family in NY and NJ, and went to the statue of liberty, and then ellis island. They had these free computer search moniters, and found 4 name matches..... Pietro Felice. I checked with one of the workers and was told I could get 30 minutes on one of their computers tied into the main data base, so I figured it was worth a $5 gamble. Within 4 minutes I found his listing, and started checking the ships manifest for him. Found it in no time at all, and knew it was him by who sponcered him and met him at the port. His older brother Giovani. The manifest also gave the town of birth Carolie. Since then, I've hooked up with a guy who's been to the town a few times, and it winds up, I'm distantly related to his wife who had the same maiden name as my great grandmother, and grew up there. Haven't had time to go any farther back yet, but intend to at sme point. I did get a high quality copy of the ships manifest, and a pic of the ship he came over on. Ellis Island has a great ammount of stuff you can access online. I don't know the costs of usage, but Ellis Island is one of the best starting points for imigrants comming to the US at the turn of the centery (1900). The Mmormons were the record keepers for much of this stuff from what I'm told, and they also have sites to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I enjoy looking back at our family tree. My dad got into it a few years back when he worked at the National Archives and traced our family back somewhat. It is cool to see where you came from. Of course, I must agree with the others who say it is easier to let someone do it for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncsuapex Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 Great story Pete. You can find some fascinating stuff out there but be carefull when using the free sources(rootsweb,LDS, etc.) Alot of the info out there is not verified and just put in place by someone who saw it somewhere else. I spent about 2 weeks researching part of a line on my Moms side. I had gone back to the 1300s, had proof that the family came over with the Winthrop Migration in 1630 and a ton of other interesting facts. Turns out I had ONE wrong link and when I discovered where the wrong link was it sent me back to the 1720s and I'm stuck at this one family... It is frustrating but at the same time you can learn alot about history even if it turns out not to be related to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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