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I'm nearly 39 as well but have been doing it for about 25 years:)

I'm in my 50's, but started about 20 years ago after finding a newspaper report about the heaviest man in England at my grans (turned out to be my g x 4 grandfather on my grandad's side, died in 1842.
My 8 year old grand daughter and I reconstructed his coffin out of lining paper- the measurements were in the newspaper report - about 2 months ago, for a homework assignment she had on famous Victorians.
If grand daughter has any history type homework - she ends up staying with me for the weekend!!
Don't know why - she must think I'm older than I am!! LOL

I think you'll find it's mainly older people in the records office because they're retired and have the time!!!
I used to work in a school, and went during the week in the summer holidays, when the children were on holiday with their dad.

Now I work in a 'regular' job, I haven't the time.
Booking a place in Hampshire Records Office on a Saturday is nigh on impossible, unless you know what you want to do over a month in advance.
I like genealogy, but the dead aren't going anywhere - I have a life to lead.

Thats right Shane, I think Lucia stopped here about the time she was studying for uni entrance so she is probably in the workforce now. We used to have lots of fun with those two and serious discussions as well, getting the youngsters viewpoint of things which was always useful.

Careful Shel you might find your dau taking over the class from teacher one day and instructing the class how to research and find your way round a Records Office. Our gdau did!!!!

IThe last heard of Lucia was that she was at st Andrews Uni. She may well have finished now.

At the time Lucia started on here I think we had had a lot of trouble with youngsters cominhg on in their holidays and lunch breaks and causing bad feeling. Also at the time Genes had an age limit on here.

Hi,

Ive been researching my family on here for two years, i was 29 last week.
My 8 year old daughter is now beginning to get the bug also!!

Shel xx

How horrible.

Too young for this site? How would the oldest GR members feel if it was suggested that once you reach a given age you would no longer be welcome here?

~S~

I am 36.
I have always had a interest in tracing family members and history.
I started last June

I am now in my 50s but have been delving into my family history since my 20s when my grandmother died (just short of 91) and many of her papers/old family photos were passed to me. There weren't the online resources available then that we have now.

(Blimey, don't I sound ancient with that last quote?)

How I wish I had started it when Grandma was alive - she could, I am sure, have given me lots of the information I have had to painstakingly research.

I started to research my family whilst sitting on my grandfathers knee and he showed me all the photos he had and wrote their names fo me. Then his sister left a beautiful portable desk for me and inside were more notes and her tiny tiny wedding ring, by then I was 9 years old. Been hooked ever since, made lots of mistakes on the way and still do sometimes but I have learnt so much about history , fashion, war, death in terrible circumstances, people emigrating to Australia way before I had been aware of and so many many people on here and elsewhere who have helped me and are now my cyber friends, and in a few months I shall be 65

I ama 'little' bit older than you at 70 although I was researching family when I was under 40. However, we do have a Kate on here (I think she is still a member), who I believe is younger than you.

Hi Steve, Im a bit older, 47.

I had been intrested for years in family history but out of respect to my Mum left it till she died.
Although I found no skeletons in the cupboard what she told me was not always true. I am glad I left it or she would have been upset at me looking into the past.

Teresa

Some 6/7 years ago we had Daniel Longman on here who was about 17 when he began and there was a girl in Scotland at the same time think she was about 14.

Daniel went on to have articles printed in The Family Tree magazine and had some books written and printed.

When my gdau was 8/10 yrs of age she used to go with me to the Records Office most Saturdays search through BMD and she loved taking copies of the tithe maps. She graduated with a history degree 3 years ago!!!

We've been researching the family history for a good 3-4 years now.

A lot of placces we've gone to, like Kew, and country Records offices, and even on here, we have been surrounded by people older than us.

It seems to me that genealogy is a hobby that people take up relatively late in life.

I'm wondering if there is anyone younger than me who's researching their tree - I'm approaching 39 :-)

Anyone beat that?

~S~