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?

[punch*drunk]

:^O Of course Ancestry would have the answer

[flashie*]

I wonder if any of them ever met.

[punch*drunk]

Dunno, did they live far apart? I imagine back then, if they lived in the same town, everybody knew everybody.

[flashie*]

They lived opposite ends of the state.

[flashie*]

Punch...............did you know that his will is online at the Tasmanian archives site.

[punch*drunk]

No, I didnt know that. I list the spouses of all the direct ancestors, but I dont do a lot of research on them. I havent done any on him at all. I'll check it out.

[flashie*]

I can give you the short version.............they left it all to their only child

[punch*drunk]

lol, thanks, I found it.

Apparently he turned on the electricity to the entire town where they lived. Amazing to think that it was only as recently as our grandparents era that didnt have electricity.

[flashie*]

The entire family were very enterprising..................shipping ....farming.............local politics.

The original ancestor came out with is 8 sons and farmed and entire area here............and some family still remain there.............some of the places in the area have been named after the family..................much to our sons pleasure.:^O

[punch*drunk]

I was surprised when I looked for the will, how many of them there were. I didnt expect the name to be anywhere near that common.