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Hi Folks,
I am new to your group, and also new to this type of correspondence, and I really do not know what I am doing.
My name is Carolyn and I have been doing family history for over 50 years, I am now at the stage that I have exhausted all the records I know about, so I can't get very further back, I was hoping that I might get some help to continue, and I might be able to help who needs help.
Carolyn
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Carolyn
Welcome to the group.
New records are being made available all the time so I suspect that there are records out there that you do not know about and may be useful to you. Check out the list of links if you have not already done so.
Where and when are some of your current brick walls? You are welcome to post them to the group. Probably best to post each one as a separate discussion.
Have you tried DNA? That broke several of my brick walls but is unlikely to be useful before the mid 1700s.
Regards
Graham Buckell
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Hello Carolyn,
Welcome to the British Isles group and thank you for your question. Graham gives some great information and I agree with him, come back on and post where you are having some difficulty and perhaps two heads put together will have a great outcome in climbing or breaking through that brick wall. Have you looked into the resource research list we have located in our announcements? You might find information there that might be of some use to you.
We are happy that you are here.
Shannon
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Hello Carolyn,
Another welcome to the British Isles group!
It sounds like you are running out of ideas about where to go next in your research, is that correct? How much of FamilySearch have you explored, please?
Joining the Community groups is a great way to ask others about their knowledge and experiences of the places and people you are searching for. If you know where in the British Isles, you can participate in the groups specific to that country, i.e. England, Scotland, etc. There may even be groups that are otherwise pertinent, such as occupations, military, and so on.
Apart from that, under the Search tab you will find Records, Images, Family tree, Genealogies, Catalogue, Books and Wiki. There are beginners and advanced guides on how to further your searches. Just click on these:
The research Wiki is extremely helpful in giving you new avenues to explore!
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/
You can get Guided Research by clicking on the button to the right of the main Wiki page.
For elusive records, try here.
There are many great instructional videos on the FamilySearch YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/familysearch
I do hope these suggestions are helpful, but please do come back if you need any further ideas.
Jill 2021
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Hello Group Members, my name is David Salt and I was 81 years old yesterday. I have spent over thirty years tracing my SALT family history and the other three main branches. I had my DNA tested in 2018 and it proved that the other 3 branches were all mine and gave some very interesting addition but, unfortunately, there were no SALT ancesters in my DNA: it appears that my father was not the son of the man named SALT that I have believed for 80 years! So on that branch all research was an utter waste of time. I now need to alter all my trees on Ancestry, Find my Past and Family Search and remove all the SALTs except for myself, my late sister, and my late father who took the name of the man who married his mother knowing that she was pregnant from another man! I now need to be able to remove all the SALTs except my father and concentrate on the ancestors of Stephen Ross ELDER who is, according to my DNA, is my very close relative so must be related to my father. Your help with this would be greatly appreciated. I am a full member of Ancestry and also of Find my Past but up until now they have not been able to help.
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David
Welcome to the group and happy birthday for two days ago!
Happy to try to assist with finding the ancestors of Stephen Ross Elder. Are you able to supply more information - places, dates or names of other people involved?
May I suggest that you do this by creating a new discussion thread rather than adding to this one? It makes it easier to follow .
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Hello @David Salt Thank you for posting your message re; following your Biological line of decadency. I appreciate that it may be a sensitive matter for you to remove your Grandfather's line on your Family Tree.
Family Tree is different from other similar genealogy sites in that it is a single, public tree linked together in families, rather than a site that only allows users to create and manage their own private trees. This distinction means that everyone works together on the same data, allowing for the potential to connect every member of the human family.
So your Grandfather's ancestors will remain recorded in FamilySearch for others to pick up.
Attached is a Knowledge Answer with a section outlined below to help you in removing and changing to the line of Stephen Ross Elder.
- Sign in to FamilySearch.org.
- Click Family Tree and then Tree.
- Navigate to the person page of the child with the incorrect parents.
- If the Details section is not open, click the Details tab.
- Scroll to the Family Members section.
- Under Parents and Siblings, find the child's name, and click the Edit icon.
- If only one parent is incorrect, click Remove or Replace next to the incorrect parent. If both are incorrect, click Remove or Replace next to the child.
- A Remove or Replace box appears. Verify relationships, sources, and notes, then click the check box.
- Do one of the following:
- To remove a parent or parents, click the appropriate Remove button. Explain why, and then click Remove.
- To replace a parent or parents, click the appropriate Replace button. The Replace Person screen appears.
- If you know a parent's ID number, click By ID Number. Enter the ID number, and then click Next. Click Add Match.
Correct parent-child relationships in Family Tree • FamilySearch
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