Hi Shelagh I think I work on similar lines to Jeremy, I like to see how far the branches of my tree have spread. My roots are heavily weighted on my mother's side as I have become fascinated tracking her father's TURNER family back to Lower Gornal, Staffordshire. However, I have discovered that several of her great uncles made the journey to Yorkshire before her grandfather did in the 1880s. I enjoy seeing my tree grow & making contact with cousins (no matter how distant), but I can see the danger of things getting a bit over crowded:-). If only I could find someone out there linked in some way to my dad's HAWKSWORTH family. My grandfather James born 1903 was the youngest of 7 children & the only one who married. His father John born 1865 was the only boy in a family of 7, I know 3 of his sisters married but I haven't managed to trace any children. Perhaps this lack of HAWKSWORTH roots explains my quest. Happy hunting to you all Catherine Atkin Leicestershire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelagh Garside" <shelaghgarside@gmail.com> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 8:53 PM Subject: [SHEFF] How Far To Spread The Tree? > I'm interested to know how much detail people research for individuals > who marry into their family tree? I find that if the data is > available about the wider family, eg, on the IGI or census data, I > can't resist adding it in however I'm finding that my tree is getting > very cluttered with people who are nothing to do with me. What do you > all do? > > Thanks - Shelagh > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/ for initial information on all > aspects of genealogy in the UK.........For the Sheffield pages visit > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/index.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >