From: mills37.fslife@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/02/2022 06:37, Colin Bignell wrote:   
   > On 11/02/2022 23:39, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 15:46:48, Colin Bignell    
   >> wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):   
   >>> On 11/02/2022 14:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >> []   
   >>>> What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if   
   >> []   
   >>> Thanks for the reply. I'm using Ancestry to build my family tree and   
   >>   
   >> (Make sure you have a copy of all data independent of Ancestry.)   
   >   
   > Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure I could manage that for everybody in my   
   > tree. There are over 4,000 of them and the number is increasing as I   
   > drill down some side branches, to discover where my DNA matches fit in.   
   >   
   > It would be probably be practical for my direct ancestors, of whom I   
   > have so far found 383, out of possible 4,096 if I were able to trace   
   > them all back as many generations as my direct male line.   
   >   
   > I am sure that some of my early entries are a bit dubious, but I have   
   > rechecked the main trunk and the most important side branches in light   
   > of experience. I'm not sure whether it was the posthumous marriage or   
   > the ancestor who lived to 135 that alerted me to the fact that a lot of   
   > people don't check the data they put in their trees, which Ancestry then   
   > shares with others.   
   >   
   >>> hadn't noticed that it didn't offer the 1911 census for him, although   
   >>   
   >> I've hardly ever relied on Ancestry to find census entries in that way   
   >> - I've nearly always searched the census(es) for the person.   
   >   
   > As I said, I am new at this and haven't got into much independent   
   > research yet, other than looking through British newspaper archives   
   > online, which have been quite useful at times.   
   >   
   > Plans for later in the year are for a trip to a couple of records   
   > office, one possibly with my cousin. She gave me a head start on my main   
   > family line from a tree she researched several years ago. That was all   
   > done by visiting records offices and looking up original documents.   
   > However, she is particularly interested in tracking down more   
   > information about our great-grandfather and those records are probably   
   > in Buckinghamshire, which she didn't visit. I also hope to visit a few   
   > graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google   
   > street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.   
   >   
   >>> it did offer it for his father, who has exactly the same first and   
   >>> middle names. (I do wish some of my ancestors had been a bit more   
   >>   
   >> Tell us about it (-:. It's a common problem!   
   >>   
   >>> creative with names). Searching for the 1911 census entry, having   
   >>> read your reply, it gives the much clearer description of House   
   >>> Demolisher.   
   >>   
   >> Glad to help!   
   >> []   
   >>> As you can probably tell, I've not been at this very long.   
   >>>   
   >> Welcome to the hobby - we all started somewhere!   
   >   
   > I started by accident. My partner of almost 50 years, Barbara, died last   
   > August and her cousin, who has a comprehensive family tree on   
   > MyHeritage, asked if I could help with some questions that she was not   
   > willing to answer. Probably because she was sure that he wouldn't stop   
   > asking questions if she answered even one. I could tell him the date of   
   > her birth, but not things like when her father died. However, he gave me   
   > full access to his tree and revived an interest in working out just how   
   > many cousins I have (I'm still missing a few). It has grown from there.   
   >   
   >> (When your Ancestry sub runs out, give FindMyPast a go. Both have   
   >> quirks [and when you get back to using parish records etc., each has   
   >> areas the other doesn't]. Some people alternate between them.)   
   >> []   
   >   
   > I use Ancestry because it is the platform one of Barbara's friends uses.   
   > She has been using it for years and has been very helpful in guiding me.   
   >   
   >   
   I prefer FindMyPast because they're invariably first off the mark with   
   new resources such as the 1921 census.   
      
   You might also find LostCousins.com useful. You enter details of your   
   ancestors as found in certain specified censuses and it matches you with   
   people who have recorded the same entries - who just may be distantly   
   related to you.   
   --   
   Cheers,   
   Roger   
      
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