miffy Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Just wanted to tell you, I have been tracing 2 lines Blewett & Coster, and in the last 3 weeks I have made contact with descendants from BOTH lines in Victoria Australia!!! ancestors went out within 10 years of each other. Even wierder both contacts are called Rhonda!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Oh well done. I seem to have drawn a blank in tracing my family history. I can follow back as far as my great grandfather and mother and then the trail goes cold on both sides. I'm just hoping someone else from another part of the tree finds a match with mine one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I haven't been on here much as I've been researching mine. Haven't got far on Ancestry. Didn't help that names have been wrongly transcribed on a census However, genes is another matter and I've found details back to the 1700's through distant relations trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Just wanted to tell you, I have been tracing 2 lines Blewett & Coster, and in the last 3 weeks I have made contact with descendants from BOTH lines in Victoria Australia!!! ancestors went out within 10 years of each other. Even wierder both contacts are called Rhonda!!! That's a bit spooky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This family history stuff fascinate me. I can trace my mum's side of the family to way, way back, however, she was the last of her line. Once she died, the whole ancestory was lost. Her surname was James and only myself and my nephew carry on the name in our middle names. I reckon i must have relatives in both Australia and India though. On my mothers side one of my ancestors was deported and later pardoned, but never returned to the UK. On the paternal side, my grandmother's brother went to India and was never seen again. Shame that, because they had some money left them and he had a taking of it. Never got to have it though. Unlikely to get it also, they were born in Edwardian times. For some reason, i suspect he's dead? However, would be interested to know if i have relatives in India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 How strange, having the same names! I've traced mine back to 1788 so far - I really must get round to looking again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Its so interesting what can be found out about our ancestors. I'm currently heloing my grandma with our family tree and we have managed to go back to 1791 so far on her side. Also it has got my dad involved so we are also looking at his side of the family where one person emigrated to Australia and had family out there so there are some distance relatives still living out there. Also my great grandpa fought in WW1 in Canada, not sure why he went to Canada to fight though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 That is a spooky coincidence, Miffy . Her surname was James and only myself and my nephew carry on the name in our middle names. My maiden name is James and my son has it as his middle name too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 That is a spooky coincidence, Miffy . Her surname was James and only myself and my nephew carry on the name in our middle names. My maiden name is James and my son has it as his middle name too . How spooky is that we might be related? The James side of my family originated from the Forest of Dene. However, later from Worksop. It was one of the James's that was deported to Australia. My Great Grandmother was Priscilla James and my Great Grand-father Edwin. My Grand-father was Arthur James, married to Edith Mallett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Mine came from Wales so we're probably not long lost 4th cousins . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 But look how close the forest of Dene is to Wales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
