Anyone else into seeking their ancestors?

[darksideofthemoon]

I have become adicted to Ancestry.com and am lucky enough that one side of my family can be researched way back into the dim times.

The other side has hit a brick wall and I have to wait until someone else in the world may have more information.

How is everyone else going?

[darksideofthemoon]

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I am about to start seaching ..

should be a very interesting journey !!

I have been told I have an older sister ..

so I just need to find some info ..

My dear old dad was a prisoner of war in Japan for 3 1/2 years ..

the government notified my mum that he was killed in action ..

she then began receiving a war widows pension ( I have her pension book ) ..

She meet and ( I have been told she married an American airforce guy ) .. my mum's sister told me just before xmas that she remembers mum & the American going up to London to meet my Gran.

They had a baby girl ..

War over .. dad comes home .. air force guy has to go back to America ..

* Now for the interesting part .. Mum's Aunty ( gran's sister ) takes the little girl and brings her up as her own ..

1-2 years later I was born ..

* This last info is new to me ..

so tomorrow I join the ancestry site

Wow lejacs.. where do you start?  Thank goodness for the girls here, I'm sure it won't be beyond their abilities to start a search for you.

What a sad thing for all concerned that  your mum was led to believe your dad was dead and then married an American, even had a child and then he had to go back to the USA..

It must have been so heart rending for all three of them.

Hope you have a wonderful time seeking and searching them... I'm sure you'll for lots.

[flashie*]

Good luck with your searching.

Don;t forget to come here if you get stuck and we can nudge you along....or have a look for you....which ever you choose.

But be aware........................it is addictive.:^O

[2chappies]

That's going to be an interesting ride lejacs. :-x

Sorry to hear you had to have a holiday Darkie, I was wondering what happened to you.  I hope it was nothing to do with this thread. 😞

I'm enjoying my plunge into Ancestry and am starting to find my way around it and how to use the leaves on Family Tree Maker to find more info.

[xxlejacsxx]

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Thanks for your interest and offer to help if I get stuck ..

which I probably will !!

I'll let you know how I get on ..

I'm starting with marraige cert and birth cert .. and go from there ..

Thanks again  :-x

[flashie*]

Chappies....I have just renewed for the fourth year on ancestry......and I am still learning how best to get results.:_|

[punch*drunk]

I havent even been on Ancestry for 12 months yet, but I did discover its biggest pitfall really early on.

Those waving leaves sometimes take you to other peoples research and its, so often, not correct. Make sure you recheck all the research that others have done.

I took some information off others family trees and ended up with people that were 250 years old or died before they were born etc. Some people make a real mess of things.

And, if you go back through this thread a bit, there are a couple of posts with some lists of websites that are really handy. If I get some time later, I will try and find them for you.

[2chappies]

Flashie, I thought it was just me having difficulty trying to navigate Ancestry because I'm new at it. :_|  I hope it won't take me that long to find what I need.

Here's the websites because I've saved them, plus the newish ones. 🙂

NSW State Library                 http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/search/

NSW State Library Links       http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/family_history/

eResources                              http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/

Trove, Aust newspapers online           www.trove.nla.gov.au

National Archives                   http://www.naa.gov.au/

National Archives UK            http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Info on Aust BDM Certs        http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html

Australian ‘Royalty’   http://www.easystreetretreat.com.au/australianroyalty/index.php?ctype=gedcom

Cyndi’s List Genealogy sites http://www.cyndislist.com/

Irish Records                           http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

Co. Galway Records               http://www.connorsgenealogy.net/galway/

Co. Clare Library                    http://www.clarelibrary.ie/

Dublin City Directory 1850    http://www.dublin1850.com/dublin1850/index.html

Co. Limerick                           http://limerick.ie/

Co. Kilenny                             http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/county/kilkenny.html

Ireland Old News                   http://www.irelandoldnews.com/

Irish Newspapers                    http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/newspaper/np_abst46.htm

Irish Links                               http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/index.html

Irish Census                            http://www.genealogybranches.com/irishcensus.html

Irish Famine Orphans              http://irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/database/

Northern Ireland                     http://www.emeraldancestors.com/

Public Records Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/

Northern Ireland Links           http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/

Irish Records search                http://www.rootsireland.ie/

UK & Ireland towns search    www.curiousfox.com

Ancestry                                  www.ancestry.com.au

Find My Past UK                   http://www.findmypast.co.uk

Find My Past Australia           http://www.findmypast.com.au/account/register

Parish Indexes UK                  http://www.freereg.org.uk/

Civil Registers UK                  http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Census UK                              http://www.freecen.org.uk/

Genealogy forum                    http://www.rootschat.com/

Build Family Trees online       http://tribalpages.com/

National Maritime Museum    http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Search and family trees           http://www.myheritage.com/

Australian BDMs        http://australia.gov.au/topics/law-and-justice/births-deaths-and-marriages-registries

NEW Family Search               https://www.familysearch.org/

OLD Family Search                http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

Advanced Family Search        http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

Family Search - Ireland Civil Registration & Indexes 1845-1958 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1408347&form=advanced-records

Scotlands People                     http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/welcome.aspx

WW2 Roll                               http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp

Australian War Memorial        http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/

NZ BDMs                               https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/

NZ Newspapers online           http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=p&p=home&e=-------10--1----0--

NZ sites – Coraweb                http://www.coraweb.com.au/nzsites.htm

NZ Shipping & other links      http://www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/nzships.htm

NZ Links                                 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/

Family Tree Templates            http://www.familytreetemplates.net/

The Ryerson Index-Deaths in Australia         http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm

Genes Reunited UK               http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search.page/index

London Gazette                      http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/

Lincs to the Past                     http://www.lincstothepast.com/home/

Sussex Records                       http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home.asp?NOC=1

Orphan School                        http://www.orphanschool.org.au/searchorphans.htm

Australian Cemeteries Index http://austcemindex.com/cemeteries.php

Tasmania Archives                  http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/nameindexes

Graves of Tasmania                http://gravesoftas.com.au/home/

Hobart Cemeteries                  http://www.millingtons.com.au/records-search

NSW BDMs                           http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm

Woronora Cemetery    http://www.woronoracemetery.org.au/woronora-cemetery-and-crematorium.html

Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/

Victoria BDMs           https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2574F700805DE7/page/Family+history-Search+family+history?OpenDocument&1=60-Family+history~&2=10-Search+family+history~&3=~

Royal NSW Veteran Soldiers http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/surnamesrv.htm

Genealogy UK & Ireland       http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/index.html

UK Documents                       http://www.familychest.co.uk/default.htm

Devon County Council http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/people/family_history/family_history_3/nonconformist.htm

Convicts                                  http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem.html

Convict Lists                           http://conviz.info/convicts

Convict info                            http://foundersandsurvivors.org/

Court Circuits – England & Wales     http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/circuits.html

Old Bailey online                    http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp

Came to Port Phillip by 1849  http://vic1847.comlu.com/index.html

Australia Public Archives       http://internationalarchives.org/index-au.php?archive=Birth&gclid=CK7_hcXok6sCFc0F4god0XhAsw

Mundia Search                        http://www.mundia.com/au/

Mocavo Search                       http://www.mocavo.com/

Genealogy Links                     http://www.genealogylinks.net/index.html

Index to Wills, Probate PROV Victoria http://210.8.122.120/indexes/index_search.asp?searchid=54

Latin in Parish Records           http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/LatinNotes.html

DNA Testing                          http://www.worldfamilies.net/

Family History Service           http://www.joymurrin.com.au/

NSW Transcriptions Agent     http://www.transcriptions.com.au/

Gould Genealogy                    http://www.gouldgenealogy.com/

British Ancestors

http://www.britishancestors.com/research/?gclid=COiG1e3e4asCFUhU4godd3P2Pg

Family Tree Forum                  http://www.familytreeforum.com/

Creswick & Clunes Advertiser - Ballarat Gold Rush Area

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/newsppr/mis5965A.htm

Newspapers Index                  http://news.google.com/newspapers

SMH online                             http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC

The Age online                        http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC

London Lives                          http://www.londonlives.org/index.jsp

Top 100 Weblinks

http://www.genealogyintime.com/NewsStories/2012/Q1/top%20100%20most%20popular%20genealogy%20websites%20page3.html

Online Parish Clerks               http://www.onlineparishclerks.org.uk/

[xxlejacsxx]

OMG  .. thanks so much for all those links ..

tomorrow should be very interesting !!

[punch*drunk]

Thanks chappies, saves me going back and searching for them. I'm going to dave them onto a word document this time so i know where they are if I want them 🙂

jacs, Trove, in particular, is a fantastic website for researching early Australian stuff. It digitised old newspapaer, so you can get lots of old birth/death/marriage notices from there and also articles.

[2chappies]

Cheers Punch. 🙂

I just noticed a couple are not 'clickable' links so you'll just have to copy them into a new tab/page. No idea why as they are active in my Word document. ?:|