maqroll Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 The farthest back I can trace my bloodlines is my mother's maternal side, to 16th century Drenthe, northeast Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can trace it back to the big bang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can trace it back to the big bang. This . We are all related to everything and everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) I only go back a few thousand years and have never been a monkey or a platypus. In truth, I think that relatively recently my lot have come up from Cornwall. But it's not something I've been particularly interested in researching really. Just stumbled across a load of footy players with the same name as mine in Mevagissey and did a little very localised research that showed a link. Edited February 6, 2013 by chrisp65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted February 6, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can trace it back to the big bang. Go on then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 7, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2013 I got back to our great famine. Records get a bit sketchy beyond that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted February 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2013 Maternal grandmother's line: various English and Welsh Quakers in the 17th century (the Taylors, Copes, and Evanses came over with Billy Penn) Maternal grandfather's line: New Netherlands Paternal grandmother's line: 19th century Lancashire (Bolton, Wigan) by way of Lea Street, Kiddy Paternal grandfather's line: 18th century Ulster by way of Damascus, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 My parents did this a few years back, on my fathers side it went all the way back to nobility, my great great great (repeat ad nauseum) fought in the battle of Bosworth field in 1485. My middle name is named after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Mother's side, I can get back to late 1700s. The Duttons lived in Cambridge (a Dutton was tutor to Oliver Cromwell's kids - sorry, Irish VTers), until one moved to Birmingham to work as a gunsmith. Father's side, no further than grandparents (early 1900s). I'd have to go to Ireland and start using parish records (which would mean setting foot in bloody churches), as I know the Dublin public records were largely trashed in the Easter Uprising. Edited February 7, 2013 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I can trace it back to the big bang. The prof and his wonders of life, FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 My parents did this a few years back, on my fathers side it went all the way back to nobility, my great great great (repeat ad nauseum) fought in the battle of Bosworth field in 1485. My middle name is named after him. there was a man called underscore at Bosworth field? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 7, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2013 Father's side, no further than grandparents (early 1900s). I'd have to go to Ireland and start using parish records (which would mean setting foot in bloody churches)The advantage to being an atheist is that a church is no more significant or hallowed to you as the average tesco supermarket is. That's my take on it anyhoo.as I know the Dublin public records were largely trashed in the Easter Uprising.City Hall had a lot of records burned but if the parish they came from was small enough, they mightn't have even been in City Hall in the first place. They might still be in Ballygobackwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Ask Rob182, doesn't go much further back than his mom and dad! haha ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2013 Father's side, no further than grandparents (early 1900s). I'd have to go to Ireland and start using parish records (which would mean setting foot in bloody churches) The advantage to being an atheist is that a church is no more significant or hallowed to you as the average tesco supermarket is. That's my take on it anyhoo. >as I know the Dublin public records were largely trashed in the Easter Uprising. City Hall had a lot of records burned but if the parish they came from was small enough, they mightn't have even been in City Hall in the first place. They might still be in Ballygobackwards. Yeah, I keep meaning to have a trip across to do a bit of research (perhaps when I retire - which could be as early as next year). I know my grandparents were Dubliners, but before that, not a clue. The Mooney surname is said to have originated in County Offaly. You're right about churches, of course. And I do find them interesting from an historical and architectural perspective. But I never feel entirely comfortable in them. I'm convinced that the men in frocks can instinctively detect the "666" tattoo on my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) According to my aunt, furthest I can trace is late 1800s (great-grandparents) on my maternal side. I'm hoping that they are wrong and that the next time I go to my grandfather's ancestral home in South China I'll be able to find more records. Edited February 7, 2013 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2013 According to my aunt, furthest I can trace is early 1900s on my maternal side. I'm hoping that they are wrong and that the next time I go to my grandfather's ancestral home in South China I'll be able to find more records. That would be cool. I'm no fan of Gok Wan, but his series on visiting China for the first time was interesting. It's on YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 My Dad's side is from South Ireland and Oswaldthistle, Lancs (1800s sometime). No clue about my Mom's half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Something that has never really interested me but my mom went back years and years to when people signed their names with an X because they couldn't read or write. Apparently nearly all of my family is from Birmingham the furthest away that someone is from is Dudley or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2013 Something that has never really interested me but my mom went back years and years to when people signed their names with an X because they couldn't read or write. That's still the case in Dudley, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Maybe this is a stupid question but how do you do this, for free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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