FabSwingers.com forum: How long can you trace your family name back

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I have tried to trace my family name on Ancestry UK but it didn't go far due to lack of data, I do know part of my surname was dropped by my Great grandfather (no one knows why) And due to my dad receiving money left to him in a will when he was younger a early family member moved to America,

I would love to trace them

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By *est Wales WifeCouple
over a year ago

Near Carmarthen

Worked ours out to around 1650

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Early 1700's on my fathers side. One of my ancestors has a cause of death as "lethargy" .... lazy bastard!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can get back as far as 1896 when my grandfather (yes, grandfather) was born. Sadly there's no further records beyond that.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Worked ours out to around 1650"

Very impressive, I would love to be able to trace them that far back

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

1707

There are all sorts of stories that my dad has researched over the years... I once booked a holiday to Sydney a year in advance, and by the time I actually went, a distant cousin had been located two miles from my hotel.

It's a small world, sometimes.

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale

Domesday book, but we were here before the invasion.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Domesday book, but we were here before the invasion."

It's in the Domesday book ?

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

My great aunt has traced my dad's maternal family back to the 1600's but getting more difficult

My uncle has traced my mum's maternal family back to early 1800's so far

Both Scottish families

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I'm the product of slave stock and overseers. I can only go back to my great grandfather on my paternal side and my grandmother on my maternal side.

There might be records but the way they were registered was quite fluid in for my mother's generation: she and her siblings have the same two parents but three different last names!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Early 1700's on mothers side all southern Irish farmers and Tinks

Fathers side they have the family book which goes back to we think 1680'ish but that's translating what we know from Romany - the rest is gibberish even to Manchester University as no one knows what dialect it's in!

The fact they use a different calendar makes it a nightmare.

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By *icky999Man
over a year ago

warrington

fbi witness protection programne, miami, mid eighties.

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

Many many hundreds of years - several books have been written about both sides of my family.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Many many hundreds of years - several books have been written about both sides of my family.

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Cosa nostra

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My great aunt has traced my dad's maternal family back to the 1600's but getting more difficult

My uncle has traced my mum's maternal family back to early 1800's so far

Both Scottish families

1500's is about as far as my parents managed to trace. Scots maternal roots here too... (not sure how many)-greats granny used to make dynamite, for Nobel's factory up there.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Not far, I would like to though, its something I keep meaning to do.

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

I would love to trace my family back but assumed you had to pay for it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Scotts very far back but have been harder with my mums maiden name Byrne as my pops was born in the Magdalen hospital ??

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

1640 on my farthers side family name came from the village they lived in as part of clan ogilvy in Tayside . Have a castle and a school that carrys our name . Through research have found a contact group that claims 22k of us world wide lots of very interesting info about our distant cousins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is relatively (no pun) easy to trace back to 1837,

when BMD were recorded. Before that date becomes more difficult. If your name is smith or jones, you could get lost easily. If you surname is uncommon, it is much easier.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

Oh and op stay away from Ancestry.com they are only seeking what information you hold to add to their records and sell on told us nothing we didn't already know from good hard research

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't need Ancestry.com - my family is recorded back to 1450, and my mitochondrial DNA to about 3000 BC

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale

"Domesday book, but we were here before the invasion.

It's in the Domesday book ?

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yes, an ancestor is recorded as being hung for stealing sheep!

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By *ohnaronMan
over a year ago

london

"Worked ours out to around 1650 "

Thats nearly 5 pm

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By *ohnaronMan
over a year ago

london

"Domesday book, but we were here before the invasion.

It's in the Domesday book ?

yes, an ancestor is recorded as being hung for stealing sheep!"

Could be worse baaaaaa

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale

"Domesday book, but we were here before the invasion.

It's in the Domesday book ?

yes, an ancestor is recorded as being hung for stealing sheep!

Could be worse baaaaaa"

Yeah, we could be from Yorkshire!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not really got into doing this though would like to. I do know that a friend of my dad was doing it unfortunately my dad passed away a few years ago and I have no idea who this friend is. However as my name is very unusual, I've found people via facebook and internet searching in Australia and America though I have no idea if we are related

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By *effrey45Man
over a year ago

Lytham

I don't know but I'm going to ask my grandad, Frank the Conqueror

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

To my grandfathers. Family history is a bit messy, especially when the records were destroyed twice over.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have tried to trace my family name on Ancestry UK but it didn't go far due to lack of data, I do know part of my surname was dropped by my Great grandfather (no one knows why) And due to my dad receiving money left to him in a will when he was younger a early family member moved to America,

I would love to trace them

1857, my mum did it all, but through word of mouth passed down, our family history goes back to India, not sure what it was back then or how I would ever find out. Good luck with your search.

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By *-ManMan
over a year ago

Kark

I can to around 1850, but the family name I can trace back to Egyptian times!

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

Is it free to find out

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I lust looked at DNA testing £99,

Anyone ever had it done ?

How accurate is it ?

And mitochondrial DNA testing only traces your direct maternal lineage the line that follows your mother’s maternal ancestry, Anyone know if you can trace your fathers side through DNA testing ?

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By *LFB.Woman
over a year ago

Farnborough.

My mums, got back to 1557 and have a will which is good reading, my dads back to the 1700's.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

got back as far as 1530's on my mothers side, and to the 1640's on my fathers side.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I found a complete family tree of mine in the National archives going back to 1193 and other branches going back pre-Norman conquest.

My inheritance and ancestral estates have been gambled or pissed away over the centuries..I might as well keep up the family tradition.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

1620s, but the slut name exists in the same church for over a hundred years more. It's worth getting out to record offices, as the Mormon records used at Ancestry can get mixed up, even if source records were ok.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

a cousin several times removed has traced my mother's family name back to the late 10th century though we have our doubts about some of his research.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I got stuck on a missing marriage - I scoured for hundreds of miles but couldn't find it. Maybe I'm just from a bastard line, or the family name didn't need to change, as they shared it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just me.

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