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| Thread ID: 133296 | 2013-05-31 09:48:00 | Question for the genealogists | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 1344378 | 2013-06-04 00:30:00 | I should have said that there are a lot of Americans (and Canadians) on boards like the FoD site, looking for their origins. I have 'accidentally' located distant cousins in America, Canada, and Australia that I had no idea about. They descend from my ancestors' siblings who migrated to those countries rather than NZ. Usually they were the siblings who were timid or who had poor taste... | John H (8) | ||
| 1344379 | 2013-06-04 09:53:00 | Thanks for that info and your offer John, I have to confess that I have never heard of the Forest of Dean before. It will probably be a while before I hear back from the rellies but if you want to have a look then the name is James Jones born 1870 somewhere in Wales I believe. Good luck with that as there are only a million or so people with that name. :p Seriously though, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack as there are so many with that name. I am hoping my cousin may know his place of birth so if and when I get any further details I will give you a bell. :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1344380 | 2013-06-04 23:00:00 | Oh, no! Jones... Well, there are only 1107 entries for James Jones in the Forest of Dean Parish records for hatches, matches, and dispatches, so that should be relatively easy... If you saw The Singing Detective (with Michael Gambon), the rural scenes of childhood were set in the Forest of Dean where the author Dennis Potter (Pennies from Heaven) came from. The Forest is in Gloucestershire, bordered by the Severn River to the east (ie it is on the opposite bank of the Severn to Bristol), and the Wye River to the west. The northern boundary of the Forest is a bit vague. It has had mines (for gold, coal, and iron) since well before Roman times. The boundaries of the Forest include at least part of Offa's Dike, which formerly separated Wales and England. Much of the timber for Nelson's fleet came from the Forest, and it was decimated for timber during WW1. Much of it has been re-planted so it doesn't look as natural as in former times, but it is still very beautiful and even has wild boar... |
John H (8) | ||
| 1344381 | 2013-06-05 06:54:00 | Thanks for that info Lurking. I am waiting to hear back from some relatives regarding info and will look into those sites once I get sorted out a bit more. Yes James's parents' names would help when the rellies reply back. As John stated there are plenty of that surname in and around that area. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1344382 | 2013-06-07 10:36:00 | Well, unfortunately the rellies know less than I do but my cousin has a subscription with Genes Reunited and will spend some time searching on there. How good is that website? It seems to be reasonably successful in producing names from various searches I have done but without paying a subscription I can't view the details. What details could I expect to get? I don't want to fork out only to find that there isn't much more to see that what I currently get. Do you have to pay additional fees to get copies of birth, marriage and death certificates from the site? I could ask my cousin but it is quicker getting answers here. :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1344383 | 2013-06-07 11:31:00 | Well, unfortunately the rellies know less than I do but my cousin has a subscription with Genes Reunited and will spend some time searching on there. How good is that website? It seems to be reasonably successful in producing names from various searches I have done but without paying a subscription I can't view the details. What details could I expect to get? I don't want to fork out only to find that there isn't much more to see that what I currently get. Do you have to pay additional fees to get copies of birth, marriage and death certificates from the site? I could ask my cousin but it is quicker getting answers here. :) Try here http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ and here http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Might get some info then go to www.gro.gov.uk to get certificates. |
Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1344384 | 2013-06-07 11:55:00 | Well, unfortunately the rellies know less than I do but my cousin has a subscription with Genes Reunited and will spend some time searching on there. How good is that website? It seems to be reasonably successful in producing names from various searches I have done but without paying a subscription I can't view the details. What details could I expect to get? I don't want to fork out only to find that there isn't much more to see that what I currently get. Do you have to pay additional fees to get copies of birth, marriage and death certificates from the site? I could ask my cousin but it is quicker getting answers here. :) GenesReunited.co.uk is a reasonable subscription. Get good contacts too, I have seven people with similar rellies to mine and they are very helpfull plus you get access to their trees as confirmation to the names you have. Any luck with James's parents at all. Too many James with that date, lol. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1344385 | 2013-06-10 06:23:00 | Thanks for those links Whenu, I will check them out. Thanks too for the heads up on Genes Reunited Lurking, it gives me the confidence to use them if necessary in the future. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
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