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06-14-2006, 08:07 PM
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Lecturer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 345
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your family history
How far back can you trace your family's history? Mine can be traced back to about 1880s when my family came over to America from Ireland.
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06-14-2006, 08:59 PM
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Citizen
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Greece
Posts: 14
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My family was pretty important in the past but now we're not... My grand-grand-grandparents (or something) were at the Greek revolution against the Turks at 1821, and the father of my grandfather was a rich person at my town that did many donations and helped rebuild the town I'm living but then he suicided. Also my grandmather's family came from Russia as displaced people.
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06-15-2006, 01:58 PM
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Citizen
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 9
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My fathers side can be traced to a Genral of the Norwedgian Army 19th century..
Our name (Hannay) Arives from the Viking landings in the 9th century
My mothers maiden name (kernan) is of the first Irish kings apparently
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11-21-2006, 09:05 PM
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Mighty Slayer of Trolls 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: UK
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Using Genes reunited and the 1901 census the furthest I got on my father's side was a William Groom, born 1847, who worked as a laborer in Heacham, Norfolk.
My mother's ancestry goes back slightly further to a Michal Buczak, born around 1810 (or earlier) in Poland. He worked in local government and had a son, also called Michal.
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11-21-2006, 09:29 PM
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Archivist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: NC, USA
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My dad's obsessed with genealogy and told me he traced our family back to biblical times (because he hit royalty or something). I didn't even think that was possible. He's been working on it constantly for almost a decade.
He's passing the genealogy on to me  I love history, but ugh |
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11-22-2006, 01:05 AM
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Scholar
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Topeka, Kansas
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I myself am obsessed with genealogy. When I started 10 years ago, all I knew was the names of my grandparents. I now have a huge amount of family data compiled with 6 or greater generations in every line. Furthest back is to 1500s. I have found 4 revolutionary war veterans in my direct line. Nobody famous as of yet.
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11-22-2006, 01:10 AM
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Historum Professor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tennessee
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My Father's side of the family comes from Czechloslovakia and my mother's hails from both france and Ireland. We've been here a while.
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11-22-2006, 02:07 PM
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Lecturer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 252
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I am actually doing research on my family tree and have traced it back as far as the 1830's when my mothers side came to Canada from Ireland and my fathers came over from Scotland. I also have Alsence-Lorraine ancestory aswell.
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11-22-2006, 02:08 PM
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Lecturer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I am actually doing research on my family tree and have traced it back as far as the 1830's when my mothers side came to Canada from Ireland and my fathers came over from Scotland. I also have Alsence-Lorraine ancestory aswell.
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11-22-2006, 04:13 PM
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Lecturer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Earthquake Central
Posts: 376
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My dads side has been traced back to 1066 for the battle of hastings. It helps when you have a famous last name. Other people do all the work for you.
My moms side goes back to the mayflower.. after that it gets pretty spotty.
(for the record.. no i'm not famous, nor are any of my living relatives)
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