Everard the thor

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Been doing a bit of family research

I'd always thought I'd originated from Hanseatic stock and accepted that I had some teutonic flavouring, perhaps a great-great-squared aunt who'd been taken in with their sailing skills and slight of hand. I now discover that this isn't the case at all and I'm over the moon.

I have a cousin called Odd who has just sent me a family tree. Trouble is, I can't find myself on it yet but have just ordered a new set of reading glasses.

Things are far clearer on mums side. We have Liverpool/Irish connections and indeed a tartan.

That's as far as I've got
 
Careful, it is a proven fact that if you trace back your ancestry far enough, you will always find that you are distantly related to someone called "Jimi".
All I really know about our lot is that apart from the Sunderland seafaring mob, my paternal great grandmother was born in Ireland, daughter of an Italian immigrant.
 
All I've got is as far back as Tom Foley who owned a threshing machine. Which could explain a lot.

Oh, and a load of loony Oz's keep e-mailing me to tell me they are one zillionth a part of my ancestry.
 
if you are really interested in family research (and it can get addictive) here is a quick primer:

In UK birth marriage and death info is readily available for dates after 1837. Census info is available for 1901 , 1891, a881, a871 and some earlier decades (with less data sometimes as far back as 1841. Census data is great because you can trace generations back via adults in one census who are children in the earlier. The trick is getting back to the 1901 census. This can normally be managed by asking your family for data- especially the oldest members and recording their memories. you can also use the "IGI" which is a resource available at most large libraries and enables you to search through birth marriage and death records.

There are a few sites that will provide good info - some free, some expensive.

best free sites are http://www.familysearch.org/
and http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

There are sites dedicated to putting people with the same surname in touch to help the research such as http://genforum.genealogy.com//

Then when the bug has really bitten there are a couple of really good sites where crispy folding stuff is a requirement:
http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/ where you can trace info back to 1837 and get a link to another site to purchase copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates (all good sources of info of other relatives).

and a subscription to the UK side of http://www.ancestry.com will provide a great deal of additional info.

Families who were not financially well off tended to remain in the same area from before 1800, and thus the parish records start to provide the necessary data. Those who were better funded may well have moved, but they may be featured in publications such as Burke's Landed Gentry and even feature in Heraldic Visitations to different parts of the country.


Although you can capture the data on paper, it is better to record it on a proper Family Tree programme - My favourite is "Family Tree Maker 2005" and this enables source information to be included and family photos. The database can soon zoom in size when you include photos - mine is over 100mb

But be warned you may find info that you really were not prepared to accept. Look upon it as a way to bring history to life, and it can really get your children interested in the history of our country.
 
Thanks Talbot, I'll have a look at the links.

There's a book published in Norway about our family which includes myself and siblings (even my wife gets a mention) so trying to get hold of my own copy.
 
It gets more and more difficult as you get further back. We're back to 1455 now (Wars of the Roses time), but doubt if we'll get any further. Found one Master Mariner under sail (including voyage details from the library of thje National Maritime Museum), one landlady of a famous Wapping pub and one serial murderer. You never know what you're going to find!
 
I was having less success as I went further back - "Blaydes" only as far back as 1500" and a prominent family in Hull of merchants , ship builders and master mariners. I have had more luck with the family of the female side of the tree with data back to 12th Century, as the Blaydes in 1500 married into a prominent family.

One of the ships that they built was named the "Bethia", but is better known as HMS BOUNTY.
They had a shipyard in the center of Hull, and later, another at Hessle
hessle.jpg
 
If you read further down that link, you will actually be so unfortunate as to come across a picture of my wife and I, my parents, and my brother and his wife.

The maritime department of Hull University is now housed in a house that used to belong to some relatives, and we were lucky enough to be invited to the opening.
 
"one landlady of a famous Wapping pub and one serial murderer"

That sounds excellent stock for yacht skipper.

I see where the technique comes from now.
 
Bethia was built as a merchant ship -
you know:-
slow,
cumbersome,
lots of weight on the bottom,
poor accomodation,

so could only be a mono
 
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