http://www.useitorloseitclub.com/news/discoveringyourfamilyshistorybeforeitstoolate/ Dedicated to making the best of the time we've got left. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:24:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.useitorloseitclub.com/news/discoveringyourfamilyshistorybeforeitstoolate/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kim Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:24:15 +0000 http://www.useitorloseitclub.com/?p=78#comment-26 Hi Dianne..having done this as a degree subject the best place to start is you and work back..the family history part ie the tree is the smallest bit of your research, also for those of us whose family or at least part of the family arrived as first fleeters look and middle names too they often give a clue as to the wife's family name. I can use an example of my father's mothers side of things..that particular line used mothers maiden names all the time ie she was Ethel Emily Reville Le'Strange Green..McCarthy so it was a lot easier to research that side of things. If you go back and find someone who seems to have no parents or the line stops and you can go no where no matter how hard you search (In the land of Aus at least there is a chance you have aboriginal blood somewhere along the line. Be prepared for some amazing revelations too..my mum's mother always told us of her brother who was a war hero and was killed by a German woman sniper(very glamorous and exciting indeed).The real story..he suicided as he was to be court martialled for bigamy..I received a corker of a story (it is a bit long to recant here) the other day, it is a pity I cant attach it here. Once you get back to the 1800's anything could and would happen, we think today that marriage is a short term thing, marriages way back then often didnt last that long so you could find out you have thousands more rellies than you could possibly imagine. A lot of convict women were astute business people becoming married meant that everything you owned went to you husband, thus in the days of early settlement it was more something to be avoided. It is fun and you will often find out more about yourself and why you are who you are than you could possily imagine. Hi Dianne..having done this as a degree subject the best place to start is you and work back..the family history part ie the tree is the smallest bit of your research, also for those of us whose family or at least part of the family arrived as first fleeters look and middle names too they often give a clue as to the wife’s family name. I can use an example of my father’s mothers side of things..that particular line used mothers maiden names all the time ie she was Ethel Emily Reville Le’Strange Green..McCarthy so it was a lot easier to research that side of things. If you go back and find someone who seems to have no parents or the line stops and you can go no where no matter how hard you search (In the land of Aus at least there is a chance you have aboriginal blood somewhere along the line. Be prepared for some amazing revelations too..my mum’s mother always told us of her brother who was a war hero and was killed by a German woman sniper(very glamorous and exciting indeed).The real story..he suicided as he was to be court martialled for bigamy..I received a corker of a story (it is a bit long to recant here) the other day, it is a pity I cant attach it here.
Once you get back to the 1800′s anything could and would happen, we think today that marriage is a short term thing, marriages way back then often didnt last that long so you could find out you have thousands more rellies than you could possibly imagine. A lot of convict women were astute business people becoming married meant that everything you owned went to you husband, thus in the days of early settlement it was more something to be avoided.
It is fun and you will often find out more about yourself and why you are who you are than you could possily imagine.

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