Working on My Genealogy
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
May 25, 2017 5:04pm CST
It has been a long time since I worked on my French Canadian genealogy. I did it many years ago and never really put it on Ancestry. I am now in the process of doing that. The wonderful thing is that now I can connect to the primary documents that back up the dates etc since Ancestry has the parish records online.
I have found a few ancestors that I had made errors on. Now I can look at the original records and not take someone else's word for them. Any time you are using transcriptions there is a chance for an error and I now have new ancestors who I never knew I had and I am making sure that I not only check every fact but double check it at a couple sources where ever possible.
One of my new ancestors is a Carignan Soldier and his Filles du Roi wife. I am excited to have both of them in my ancestry. Genealogy is an exacting science and any little mistake means you are connecting to the wrong family. I suppose that since it is almost 400 years ago it is irrelevant but it matters to me.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
It is fun to read about their lives, more info on some of these early ones than ones 100 years ago lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
I can get back to the 1300's on one line but yes, it is hard to get back 200 years on some of my lines.
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@LadyDuck (458076)
• Switzerland
26 May 17
@BelleStarr This is the problem, with some lines it's pretty easy, while for others it's hard to find info.
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
27 May 17
@BelleStarr maybe it is up to us now to continue with his research
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
Every day more information becomes available for genealogists. It is much easier today than when I started 30 years ago.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
I thought I was too but there are always a few hanging ends
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
27 May 17
My husband connected his mom to a few generals, but maybe he didn't double check since some years back that may not have been possible. His dad's family go back to one of the boats around the time of the Mayflower.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
I have two ancestors who came in the time after the pilgrims but still very early in New England. It is always good to double check everything.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
27 May 17
@BelleStarr What type of things do you use to double-check the name and dates?
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 May 17
The Carignan soldiers came in the 1660's, when did yours come?
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
31 May 17
@BelleStarr Around the time of the French Revolution they were escaping before their heads could be chopped off as they were related to the royal family in some way
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
Thank you s much what a rate celebration!!!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 May 17
@BelleStarr I could not permit such a significant day to go uncelebrated.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
26 May 17
How interesting. I wish I had asked more questions while my family was a live. They are all gone now and I have no way of finding a lot of behind the scenes things out.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
26 May 17
@BelleStarr ......Yes, there is. I did find a family site and put all my info there and was given some back so that was helpful.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
Family stores are always interesting but plenty can be found in local newspapers etc
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@Tampa_girl7 (48929)
• United States
26 May 17
Genealogy can be a lot of fun, but a pain too
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
I never let it be a pain, I just move on to another line or someone else's genealogy until I can figure out what I want to do with the one that is frustrating me.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
26 May 17
I love looking back in the family tree, I am not good at adding anything but I did manage to meet someone on line who helped me get my generation and the next on one family tree.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
It is always great to meet someone who has done some of the work, especially the current generations.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
It is exciting, it keeps me going for a few more years.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 May 17
I have no idea who all my people are. I could have married my brother and wuld not have know
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
Well that is a scary thought lol I like my brothers but I wouldn't want to be marrying them lol
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
It is just a matter of making the first few steps and then it may well become an obsession lol
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
27 May 17
@BelleStarr That's what I'm afraid of. I don't have time for another obsession.
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@YouKnowWho (324)
• Philippines
28 May 17
Well, I am not so interested in my Genealogy though. And I think I will never occur to me to make some.
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
25 May 17
Wow... a filles du Roi wife... I am looking but have nothing so far. I have a lot possible offspring of those women... but the dates just aren't matching up!!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
I think I have about 10 filles du roi but only one Carignan soldier. I am sure you have some of them everyone does
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
Watch a few who do you think you are episodes. They have done a lot of Jewish genealogy and especially the ones in England do a better job of going back to Russian etc and what is available to genealogists. I will look at some I think are particularly helpful
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 May 17
@DianneN It will take me a little while to look at them again so bear with me.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 May 17
I am meticulous but of course errors happen none the less!! Lol
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