General Chat

Hi All,
Thanks very much for your input.
I hope the suggestions keep on coming.

xxx

Just popped on for a second,

Bagpuss!
That is great! what a lovely find,
by googling ,one of my new found cousins and I have found that my gt grandfather contributed to a collection of folk songs collected in early 1900s, so we are hoping to get a recording of his voice.....which would be amazing!

Rosexx

If you can get the communigate (no it's not supposed to be communicate) site for your area then it sometimes has a wealth of information on each town or village.

Each time you come across a new place in your ancestry just type it into your search engine ie communigaterotherham or communigatemiddlesbrough etc in the same way as you would type Genuki Rotherham or Genuki Middlesbrough.

You never know what you might find.

Dianne xx

p.s. For anyone in the Grangetown and South Bank area of Cleveland communigateslaggyisland is a must.

Dianne xx

UPDATE - Sorry it does just seem to be a North East of England site, for towns and villages in North Yorkshire and Durham areas.

Thanks for input everyone.

Will try google tonight and see what happens.

Rose. I Just googled name and place, as you suggested - I didnt get any more info than I already have, BUT I have found pictures of my g grandmother/father/ all their children, picture of my grandparents wedding (which I have never seen or knew exised!) and even a couple of pictures of my dad as a toddler!!!!

THis is a great way thannks for putting this up - I may never have seen these otherwise!!! Have printed them for my dad, he will be made up!!!

I knew there was a greater purpose for doing the family tree!!!

Clare x

I have found some extra interesting bits and bobs by Googling the places my ancestors came from....I know that sounds a bit obvious but try lots of different combinations...for instance i tried, chiswick, Isleworth,brentford with my ancestors surname....it is amazing what comes up sometimes.

Rosex

Hi Gail :)

Have you checked out to see if there are any online Parish Clerks for any of the areas you are researching. Put Online Parish Clerks in Google

Colin :):)

sure someone will come up with something, all i use is census and IGI

yep. I guess I am just looking for something different to use.

Have tried the IGI
International Genealogical Index

Hi Arch,
In some cases I am back to 1798 in other branches not as far.
All help appreciated.
Are there other sites like this one?
Gail

how far back are you Gail

Hi All,
I want to spread my wings to continue my research so if could give advise or suggestions it would be great.
Thanks
Gail