Family Tree

When I popped in to see my family the other day, my dads cousin had been to see him and she'd got loads of copies of family history because she's investigating our family tree.

It was quite interesting reading about it all and especially to find our name had changed not 4 generations ago. This was put down to the low literacy levels at the time.

The most interesting part was reading about how my great, great, great, great grandfather and his family had drowned while emigrating to New Zealand.

The funny part came from a newspaper report about the family and a testomony from thier last employer in the UK.....

"The last employer of the family was a Mr.Smith and the family had been working in his mill before they left for New Zealand, 'I'm not suprised at all, the entire family were feckless', he said."

Great, I come from a long line of idiots. 🙁

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Reminds me of a Simpsons episode...

😂it reminds me of the Simpsons family.....
I should search my family tree.who knows what I would find out....maybe I'll be richer 😄

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Anyone interested in their family tree might wanna try out http://www.genesconnected.co.uk .

The site is by the same people who run http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk .

I'll check it.but first I have to find out my family tree....

That's the beauty. You start with yourself and the people you know. Mums, Dads, sisters, etc and then you can save it with a logon. Then, when you find some more info you can go back and add it in.

It's all free, unless you want to try and contact other people registered on the site, who you find using their search engine, to see if they're related to you.

You search on names and it matches up on names, place of birth and date of birth.

yeah I don't understand....

my dad did a good deal of finding the family tree for a long time back

maybe were all related...😂

Originally posted by Julie
yeah I don't understand....

That website stuff or my original post Jules?

The mill owner was a prick huh?..

Smiths huh?..explains a bit. 😄 J/K

I'd love a regular surname like "Smith", mine is strange.

My paternal grandmother was a Smith...the whole family was a bit melodramtic and loopy.

Was Smith the old family name?

No, Smith was the name of the mill owner that made the comment about my feckless family.

My surname is waaaaaaaaay stranger than that.

BOOOOO...I hope I'm not related to that jerk!!

What's your name?

Never will I reveal it.

Never. 😛

okay *sobs silently in disappointment*

Originally posted by Dim
a bit melodramtic and loopy

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Oh stop it, or I'll be forced to initiate a group hug.