Question For Genealogy Fans - Page 2

DottieBlue · ‎03-11-2010

@Redsoxmom1 wrote:
I use ancestery.com. It has been interesting to see the information on my dad's side. My mom's side all the kin stayed close (cousins of our great grandma that came from Scotland). I paid an upgrade to find out some info on my dad's mom. He did not share too much info on a sad childhood in regards to his mom. I found her and what happend to her after. I have to say after my curosity was answered I felt really sad for my dad. He was tight lipped about her. I almost wished I had left it alone...

@Redsoxmom1

I'm not asking for the information you got, but I am wondering how you got the info on your Dad's mom, via newspaper articles, or you were lead to other websites, or ?

TIA.

ThinkingOutLoud · ‎05-01-2020

@PickyPicky3 I might have an idea how to do this for free but I need a name to work with. Are you comfortable sharing who the famous people are?

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

It is also useful to quiz all known members of your mother's side. Someone might have already done a lot of research.

Many records are also online, graves, ship passenger lists for sure.

PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

@ThinkingOutLoud Thanks, but I wouldn't want to do that. I'm willing to spend some money on this, but I want to explore the pros and cons of the various services first.

But I do wonder if these two ever got in touch to find out if they are related. I'm sure either would accept a phone call from the other.

Redsoxmom1 · ‎03-04-2012

@DottieBlue Ancestry. They showed me the marriage license of my dad's parents. Then I eventually found my dad's aunts names and their info. Then I searched the sisters obituaries through ancestry to get her new married name. Then I found he obituary and death record which listed her subsequent child's name. I only used ancestry. Like I mentioned I upgraded my account to be able to view different avenues.

ThinkingOutLoud · ‎05-01-2020

@PickyPicky3 wrote:
@ThinkingOutLoud Thanks, but I wouldn't want to do that. I'm willing to spend some money on this, but I want to explore the pros and cons of the various services first.

I understand.

After I posted, I thought I'd try something and picked a name out of thin air. After just a couple minutes, I discovered that Dolly Parton's mom is my 11th cousin on my mom's side. Free and kinda fun with no dna required.

PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

@ThinkingOutLoud Which service do you use?

ThinkingOutLoud · ‎05-01-2020

I have an account on a couple different sites but for this, I used the one @ALRATIBA mentioned.

Step 1 - set up a free account on Familysearch dot org

Step 2 - input your info (names, birthdays, etc for you, your parents, grandparents). Go as far back as needed. There's a good chance info is already there once you add enough of your own. (hope that makes sense)

I'll give you a chance to get that far and add in the other steps in a bit.

Step 3 - google the names of who you think you're related to and go to their wikipedia page. Scroll down to 'early life' and note the parents names and birth/death years.

Step 4 - go back to familysearch dot org. At the top left, click on 'family tree' and scroll down to 'find'. Click that and type in the name, gender and years of the parent (from the wiki info). Click 'find' at the bottom. Names will come up to scroll through. When you see the one that matches the name, years and spouse, click on that name.

Step 5 - At the bottom of the pop up, there are icons. Click on the second icon (to the right of the star). In the black bar at the top left, it will indicate your relationship and you can also see the lineage from person to person.

Oh - living people are kept private so you'll just have to assume that if you're related to the parents, you are to their kids.

Hope I've explained things well enough and I'd love to hear if your inkling is correct.

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

Searches of this kind can be a fun, diverting quest-- hope you enjoy, @PickyPicky3 .

I hope you won't mind, since there appear to be some Ancestry.com-knowledgeable people on the thread, if I pose a question that has been nagging at me.

My sister, who has done tons of genealogical research on our family over the decades, finally had her DNA analyzed at Ancestry. All of our ethnicities got broken down in percentages. Does anyone know why they have such a hugely broad category as "England and Northwestern Europe" lumped in together?

That covers a lot of turf! There's England-- and then northwestern Europe, I imagine, takes in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and who knows what-all else. We already know about the English component in the family, and the French, but would have liked to know roughly how they break down, separately.

For those of you familiar with Ancestry, do they lump England and Northwestern Europe together b/c there are so many close genetic linkages that you can't really separate them out?

That might make some sense to me, yet they DO break down separately groups as closely related as Denmark, Sweden and Norway! How can they differentiate among them, yet not between England and northwest Europe?

Very grateful if anyone has answers!