I am currently trying to trace my family tree and I am doing it with www.genesreunited.com

Apart from my immediate family I am finding it really hrad and have come against a brick wall.

My Dads father had brothers and sisters, I just found that out yesterday, even my Mum didnt know, cos he died when my Dad was just 13. My Dad seems reluctant to talk about his side of the family, or it is just unknown to him also. Its sad, cos I feel I have been denied a whole family.. (denied being a strong word to use I know) there could be hundreds of relatives out there, I dont know about.

My Mums father is Polish and all my relatives on that side are in Poland and with my Grandad being 91, I am finding grasping any information very difficult.

Have any of you traced a family tree, have you had any sucesses, or did you just give up?

I am really interested in finding out about my relatives and ancestors, it will be valuable information I can pass onto future generations and never lost in time..

Ghengis Khan.

My maternal grandmother was adopted

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Wha????

My bro, calls me that!

Teacher said:

Dayum.. thats sad, but good in a very good way, cos you are here!!!!

So I am guessing you are stuck where her genetic family are concerned?

Did she ever try and find her biological parents?

REDFEATHERS said:

My mom is really into this shit. She's traced my family back to the 1600s.

REDFEATHERS said:

I don't know, from what I know I don't think so but I haven't asked my mum... this thread has made me want to know though, I will ask her now!

I did try to find out where my family comes from but liked the story my mum told me better then what i found.

I will not share what i did find

AndGodCreatedMe said:

awww.... beauty..

Thats what is scary I think.. digging up the past..

Is it best left buried, or digging up these secrets, is it a good thing?

Teacher said:

Oh I hope this thread doesnt cause any distress to you or anyone..

REDFEATHERS said:

I'm not sure to be honest

My first therapist told me not to but when time went by I realized I had to..
But each to their own...for some ppl it's best not to others have to.

gemini13 said:

Did she meet up with any unknown realtives at the time, course not from the 1600s, but ones still alive she didnt know about?

REDFEATHERS said:

My parents are in their seventies, so most of the older generations are dead. She's been doing it for about twenty years, but there were really no surprises. She's one of those family oriented people who keeps in touch with every living family member.

gemini13 said:

I haven't heard from your mom.

REDFEATHERS said:

I tried but gave up. Kept running into road blocks.

1FRO said:

What kind of road blocks did you run into?

I've done some family tree stuff. And it's not easy. You have to be a detective doing a lot of research, and there will be brick walls.

1st you start by talking to all current living family members and work your way back into time. Write down everything, stories of how life was, etc. See if you can gather photos, war medals, birth/death/marriage certificates - those carry a lot of information, such as names, occupations, ages, etc.

I have the death certificate of my Taid.

A good source is going to the Mormon Family Tree centre, it's a gold mine! and they have a collection of family trees and information, etc.

There are a lot of sources out there and unfortunately some information is not free.

http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/
http://www.nationalarchiv...uk/census/
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
Mormon site http://www.familysearch.o...et_fhc.asp

REDFEATHERS said:

I started to trace my family tree about 6 years ago. Some of it I came up against a brick wall, but part of it I got back to the early 1700s. I don't find the time or patience to do it any more, but I hope to start again one day.

Samaar said:

I'll look into it..

My dad started tracing our family tree last year. He managed to find all the relatives back to the 1700's or so, but then it just cut off. He thinks that our family had to change our name, to what it is now, because of something.
Could be anything really, but the moneys on getting away from the English authorities. The Scot's and the English didn't get along in those days.

althom said:

Your a descendant of crims I knew it!!

althom said:

They still dont..

REDFEATHERS said:

That's true!

althom said: