WHERE ARE YOUR FAMILY REALLY FROM?

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 10 May, 2008 12:12 am

My surname is Scandanavian originally - according to our Melvyn, anyway, it's a very common name in Cumbria - but there are quite a lot of us round here (Morley.) A very distant relative (our common ancestor was born in 1850) did a family tree and traced us back in the Morley vicinity to the 17th century.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Sat 10 May, 2008 12:19 am

My surname isn't listed.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 10 May, 2008 10:56 am

Geordie-exile wrote: My surname isn't listed. Serves you right for emigrating

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Sat 10 May, 2008 11:14 am

I just looked up my partners surname and amongst the noteworthy people of the same surname is an Irish woman who holds the Guinness world record for......... screaming!! He's going to be well impressed when I tell him that.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Sat 10 May, 2008 1:45 pm

I am in the process of tracing my family tree but I seem to have hit a wall. On my fathers side I have traced back to a guy called Adam who lived in a place called Eden, on my mothers side I have got back to a woman called Eve who amazingley also came from Eden !I would appreciate any tips on how to get back further as I can't seem to make any headway now.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 10 May, 2008 2:25 pm

Hats Off wrote: I am in the process of tracing my family tree but I seem to have hit a wall. On my fathers side I have traced back to a guy called Adam who lived in a place called Eden, on my mothers side I have got back to a woman called Eve who amazingley also came from Eden !I would appreciate any tips on how to get back further as I can't seem to make any headway now. I know somewhere that might be able to help - and there even open on Sundays!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 10 May, 2008 7:48 pm

Well,they can't go much further back than that! ( bet they havea colleting box passed round the congregation too!)That serpent has a lot to answer to!Back to Du Puytrens Syndrome ! I guess I too must havesome Viking ancestors! Me poor old digits look like a bundle of twiglets,so i became a 2 finger typist 5 years ago. Had an opon the right hand last year but not successful (left it too longthey said!). They wanted to do the other hand also but after the weeks of pain and inconvenience I decided 'no more, thanks!'However, any one with this complaint in the early stages, Dohave the operation as I know several who have had great improvement to the fingers afterwards.I had a 'Tree'sent from one of my family in Oz (No he's not anAboriginal!) and one of my ancestors was Laird of StaneleyCastle (17th Century)in Paisley,Scotland,so the Viking connectionmaybe true!(The noo!). Actually,the castle ruins are still there butbut are half submerged in Paisley reservoir so hope the dampproofing still holds out for when I reclaim my inheritance!Could turn it into a pub selling Leeds 'Best'!Thinks,wonder if the Burghers of Paisley know what's in the watter!Come back Erik Bloodaxe! All is forgiven! Rape and pillage is forgotten!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 10 May, 2008 9:08 pm

Hats Off wrote: I am in the process of tracing my family tree but I seem to have hit a wall. On my fathers side I have traced back to a guy called Adam who lived in a place called Eden, on my mothers side I have got back to a woman called Eve who amazingley also came from Eden !I would appreciate any tips on how to get back further as I can't seem to make any headway now. The very first woman said to Adam - come on tell me what present you've go me - come on! But Adam said "Wait until Christmas, Eve"I'll get me coat.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 10 May, 2008 9:54 pm

arry awk wrote: Well,they can't go much further back than that! ( bet they havea colleting box passed round the congregation too!)That serpent has a lot to answer to!Back to Du Puytrens Syndrome ! I guess I too must havesome Viking ancestors! Me poor old digits look like a bundle of twiglets,so i became a 2 finger typist 5 years ago. Had an opon the right hand last year but not successful (left it too longthey said!). They wanted to do the other hand also but after the weeks of pain and inconvenience I decided 'no more, thanks!'However, any one with this complaint in the early stages, Dohave the operation as I know several who have had great improvement to the fingers afterwards.I had a 'Tree'sent from one of my family in Oz (No he's not anAboriginal!) and one of my ancestors was Laird of StaneleyCastle (17th Century)in Paisley,Scotland,so the Viking connectionmaybe true!(The noo!). Actually,the castle ruins are still there butbut are half submerged in Paisley reservoir so hope the dampproofing still holds out for when I reclaim my inheritance!Could turn it into a pub selling Leeds 'Best'!Thinks,wonder if the Burghers of Paisley know what's in the watter!Come back Erik Bloodaxe! All is forgiven! Rape and pillage is forgotten! That's a shame arry, my Father in law had the same problem and the ops woked for him, but yes, he wasn't happy about the pain for a time afterwards either. (btw - you're certainly not alone as a two finger typist!!! - plenty around)

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 12 May, 2008 8:50 am

Due to much family unhappiness and to various "smoke screens" perpetuated by previous generations I have never really investigated this matter. One happier aspect that I do know of though is that my Dad's family were farmers/publicans in the Holme on Spalding Moor region of East Yorkshire. One forefather was the licensee of the "Cross Keys" (still there) in about 1832. My grandfather came to Leeds in 1882 to learn tailoring, and "lived in" with twelve or so other employees above the shop. This is adjacent to the "Angel" yard in Briggate and is now I think a mobile phone or music shop - I often gaze at the upstairs windows and imagine the grandfather I only saw about a couple of times when I was a toddler. He had courted and married a girl from Sheepscar (long distance romance, all of a mile !!) who was a "seamstress." Grannie survived in Bridlington until November 1954.