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Posted by Kathy Baker: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 08:10

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Just discovered a great great grandfather from Chardstock, Dorsetshire, England.
Oh the stone walls and thatched roofs. I love Google maps.

Posted by Robert: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 15:30

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Well done Kathy, this family research is fascinating. especially on-line because you can turn up some gems of info from the most unlikely places.

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Posted by jk: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 16:12

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These hunts bring up a lot of information. I now have a whole set of half-cousins which unfortunately I didnt know about in 2008 when I visited Australia.

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Posted by Kathy Baker: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 16:45

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Evidently Family search .org has made some arrangement with ancestry.com and now some family search members can get ancestry for free. (me)

I also just discovered a half brother I didn't know existed but who died in 2010.

If I had only known. :doh:

Posted by Robert: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 17:39

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You do have to be careful, I have a cousin in America who is very keen but she seems to just add people to the family tree without checking names, dates, titles or other details and has made several factual errors. I have tried to correct her but she seems oblivious to sense and reason and caries blindly on perpetuating the erroneous data she has acquired.

Trouble is this stuff is relied upon by some and because it's 'On the internet' it has to be right... When it occasionally isn't. You need at least two or three independent and reliable sources to be sure of the facts. Preferably first hand.

I am fortunate in having fairly comprehensive family records going back as far as the 1200's for four branches of my family.

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Posted by Kathy Baker: Tue Aug 19th, 2014 20:50

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Robert wrote: You do have to be careful, I have a cousin in America who is very keen but she seems to just add people to the family tree without checking names, dates, titles or other details and has made several factual errors. I have tried to correct her but she seems oblivious to sense and reason and caries blindly on perpetuating the erroneous data she has acquired.

Trouble is this stuff is relied upon by some and because it's 'On the internet' it has to be right... When it occasionally isn't. You need at least two or three independent and reliable sources to be sure of the facts. Preferably first hand.

I am fortunate in having fairly comprehensive family records going back as far as the 1200's for four branches of my family.I understand Sire. ;-)

I have that here also.

I am doing several lines including adoption lines and blood lines.
The blood line is Irish and I have certain ancestors (characters)(unlike me) who routinely gave out false info for political reasons. Luckily their brothers and sisters names stayed the same. Sometimes the only safe thing is to send away for actual copies of official documents.

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