Genealogy Chat

Having been incommunicado for a few days I went back through my records and managed to create a family Tree for someone who has been bugging me since the mid 1970s. Not only have I identified 80 of his ancestors, I have also managed to fit them into my Tree. The Moral? Go back over your research because you may find that something which didn't fit before may do now.

Well done Grandpa, I did a similar thing a few days ago althouth my brickwall has only been standing since January this year when I started this. Around 50 new relatives in one day! It just shows what you miss sometimes - NEVER throw notes away (although at the moment - looking at the pile on my desk it is very tempting ! - One day, these things may add up to a connection. Unfortunately, when you do make that connection, although VERY satisfying, it does lead to an awful lot of extra work adding them to your tree. Hey Ho, - Swings and Roundabouts ! Great fun though isn't it?? Dea x

It was the names which had intrigued me. While researching my earlest Weatheralls in Wensleydale I noticed a Lodge Hird Wetherald in the parish registers. There was also a Lodge Percival and a Lodge Hird. Yesterday I determined that Lodge Percival had married Elizabeth Wetherald and one of their sons was named Henry Hird Percival. Elizabeth's brother George married Lodge Percival's sister Ann, and were the parents of Lodge Hird Weatherall. I am now trying to establish whether Lodge Percival's mother Hannah's maiden name was Hird. because Lodge Hird is described as an Uncle on a couple of the Censuses. Elizabeth & George were the children of my 6th ggmother's half brother James.

Well done Jim, I love hearing this sought of success as it gives me heart that one day I shall find the infamous (to me) GGPx4!

Well done Jim. Just shows that it's worth recording something that looks 'interesting', even though it doesn't quite fit in at your existing state of research. I've got two mysteries on my paternal side. Just gathering evidence at the moment to try to eliminate possibles. Maybe one day it'll come together, but 30 years is likely to be too late for me!.

Well done Jim! I've been going through my files, putting all the bits of info on scraps of paper onto proper forms and checking that I have the same info on my paf. Its amazing how much I know that I didn't know I knew!!! nell

Congratulations! For us, the 1851 census has thrown up some useful stuff in our trees. I'm mainly doing an ancestral chart, but I keep the siblings and other info on my Excel version. The combinations of info mean that I've pinned down a couple of cases where we had only one wife with some oddities about dates and they've turned out to be two different people. (In one case it did need a kindness of someone checking the 1841 census to tie things up completely - and that also threw up a career explanation for another family member!) In another case, following up a likely-looking Jane with the wrong surname I found a match for a probable widow-marriage. I followed up the sons (half-brothers to my line) and confirmed that a previously-floating possible Sarah did belong - she was staying with her uncle who had this non-family surname because he was a half-brother by a later husband. (I'm not sure that that is comprehensible - hope so!) In another case, I was just following up some sisters, for completeness, and found they were staying with grannie - whose name I hadn't had until then! I might not have found any of these if I hadn't noted down the 'possibles' as well as the 'definites'. Christine

Wow that's brilliant Jim. I bet you feel really pleased with yourself! I had some good news this week too as my Nurse family have all come to light as a result of the 1851 census recently. I'd found a Samuel Nurse jnr. with his wife and children in the 1861, etc some time ago but had no clue who his father, mother etc were....then came the 1851 and revealed a family with a young Samuel in it! I'd been looking at this family in the various censuses wondering whether they were his but their occupations made me doubt a connection as they were all tailors and my Sam was a Shipwright! Anyway I sent for Samuel jnr's marriage cert. last week and lo and behold there was his dad as a tailor. What's more, someone on this site whose tree is connected to mine let me see it and some of his entries go back to the late 1600s. Aileen

Heavens Grandpa this thread has given me hope, i have a 6year old brickwall that i can't knock down. and o how iv tried.lol. Gill

Update. A very kind member has just done a lookup for me and confirmed that James Percevell married Hannah Hird at Stalling Busk in 1824. I'm getting the rest of my old papers out to see what else now fits. Hi ho, hi ho It's off....