Genealogy Chat

Yes, I am now the oldest remaining member of the family, apart from an elderly Uncle who does not wish to participate in any Family History (says he can't remember anything....) What maddens me is that these two Aunties used to chat away all the time about various family members and they were walking encyclopaedias about the various relationships-- 'Cora? Wasn't she Arthur's girl? Married a Snape, his mother died i childbirth and his father married her sister. They had a Greengrocers in Middleton and their Landlord was a cousin of Theo, you know, he was from a Jewish family.....' And I used to roll my eyes and yawn. Olde Crone

As you say 'if only'. Unfortunately I never knew any of my Grandparents and sadly in the last couple of years I have lost my Dad and his only sister, there is no one left on their side who is able to help. I have a huge box of old photos all unmarked some at least of which are probably family and sadly no way of finding out who they are. What research I am doing I am carefully recording for my children. Michele

Sadly I lost my 89yr old grandma last month, she offered a whealth of information regarding her ancestors, if it was'nt for her I would have been clueless of where to start with my research! There have been skeletons in the cuboard that Ive discovered along the way too, again none of this would have been possible without her generous in put. Thanks Gran.................your a star! Lib :))

I know how you feel. Unfortunately far too many of us take up researching our family history when we get older and it's usually too late to ask the people who could really help us. Kath. x

That is why i feel so lucky to have both my grandmothers alive in their 90's! I have quizzed them over every little detail possible and they have been able to tell me things that i would never have known or been able to find out. I'm so glad the bug bit me while they are still alive!

As a child I frequently visited two elderly great great Aunts. They were sisters and born in 1870 and 1872. From my researches I know they spent at least Census night with THEIR grandparents, who were born in 1796 and 1798. The grandparents of those Grandparents were still alive in 1820, having been born in 1765. So, if ONLY I had asked, maybe my 2 x Gt Aunts could have told me family stories about my 5 x GPPs, but I was far too interested in Adam Faith at the time! Talk about a missed opportunity. Olde Crone

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