Collateral lines got me back to Ireland and the names of my G-G-Grandfathers parents and the number of siblings he had. We found records of baptisms and marriages for the family. Collateral lines got me into the correct Naylor family in the UK when I had no marriage record nor paper proof for my G-G-Grandparents. After 8 years I did find the marriage record for them that showed the names of their fathers and the witnesses to the marriage who just happen to be my other G-G-Grandparents. It turned out where they lived was not where they got married at. Collateral lines have proven time and again the correct family of Holdens in the UK that I belong to. The Holden surname there is like the Smith surname here and if you get yourself into the wrong one its a mess figuring out just which one is the one you belong to especially since most family names are James, John, William, Mary, Elizabeth and Ellen. Collateral lines also gave us the first pictures of my fathers G-G-G-Grandparents that we didn't know existed. I thought in genealogy that everyone did the siblings of the lines as when I started to do genealogy the person in the UK taught me to do them to prove out my lines. I just assumed that everyone did it also. I mean collateral lines are family also right? They deserve to be in the family tree as much as your immed family. Search those collaateral lines as they can sometimes be a treasure chest of family info. slc swtx.

Hi slc swtx, At 11:33 AM 5/10/2008, you wrote: >Search those collaateral lines as they can sometimes be a treasure >chest of family info. How correct you are. That is why I am amazed at the reluctance of so many folks to do a one time "post and forget" of all of their collateral, as well as main lines on the Lost Cousins web site. It is FREE to post, and due to their unique matching method, any tie in is virtually 100% sure to be a cousin, or information posted by the administrator of a "one name study". http://www.lostcousins.com/ You simply post your information from one of the supported census years and do a search. Any tie ins will be reflected immediately. Then you just sit back and wait for that wonderful e-mail telling you that someone else has posted the exact same line as you. Many folks get discouraged when they don't receive hundreds of "hits", like many other sites, but that is the REAL beauty of Lost Cousins. When you get a tie in, it is a TIE IN. Just my two cents. If you are connected to ANY of my lines, you will get an immediate hit! I am a firm believer!! :-) :-) Regards to all, Joe (swtx)