Michael: Another thought -- I've found living rellies at genesreunited.com, which you can join at a minimal level for about $30 US. It's a UK based site. Just upload your tree to it and you can do searches by name and aprox date and/or place to see if other are researching that same name. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Wright" <rahmuss@hotmail.com> To: "Staffordshire RootsWeb" <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > Marilyn, > Thank you for your thoughts. That's exactly what I'm looking for, that > one clue which will lead me to finding some journals, or pictures, or > letters, and ultimately leading me to know better who my ancestors were. > Just knowing the figures, the dates, the data, isn't enough for me. I > want to know more about what they did day to day and what they > experienced. The quest is on. > > Michael Wright > 801-773-7680 (H) > 801-390-0960 (C) > > >> From: marilyn.arnold1@verizon.net >> To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com >> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:56:39 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants >> >> Michael: >> >> Yes ... despite the "quick success stories" people see at Who do You >> Think >> You Are or "The Locator" -- genealogy and finding people is NOT always >> quick >> or easy. Patience is required. It took me about 10 years to sort out the >> various CLARK families in one particular area of rural Vermont, and it >> was >> one SINGLE clue that led me to my ancestor -- a very brief obit in a >> neighboring town's newspaper indicating that he was born in 1775, CT >> (unlike >> the rest of the Clarks of that town who came from MA). BINGO. >> >> And figuring out my DAVIES in Shrops and Staffs, who are all creatively >> named Samuel, William, George, Thomas, or Harry (or Mary, Ann or >> Eleanor), >> has been quite the challenge, but I'm in touch with descendants who were >> siblings in the 1860-70s (who remained in England), for which I am >> grateful! >> (And, siblings from the 1840s in the US one generation earlier). Even >> found >> one distant cousin on this line where the common ancestors were born in >> the >> 1790s! Working collaboratively is exciting and fun for all -- you just >> never know who may have the clues, the family Bible, the letters, old >> pictures, and even the recipe for the "Humbugs (from the 1840s)." (At >> least >> one of my cousins is on this list -- hi Al!) (We found each other about >> 12 >> years ago online.) >> >> Don't give up hope. Follow the siblings, because you never know where >> that >> clue may be! Be sure you have a "strong foundation" before you go >> building >> the roof on that house, however .... (from some of the correspondence, >> I'm >> not sure you have that ...?) >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Marilyn >> DC (sunny, windows open, mild!) >> >> DAVIES, HEIGHWAY >> Married: CADDICK, HAMPTON, COATES, PURCELL, BEET, BUTLER, JONES >> (1840-1940s); pre 1840 in Shrops. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robyn Shaw" <shawforsure@gmail.com> >> To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants >> >> >> > Hi Michael, we ALL know that feeling of trawling through many records >> > trying to find someone, and we end up finding that their birth was not >> > registered or their mum died and the neighbour took them in.....in one >> > mad >> > moment, trying to find my Spiers in Scotland, I printed all of them out >> > and >> > went through them one by one...pages and pages it took...days and days >> > it >> > took....eventually found them and not where I was told either. Do not >> > give >> > up. many more records are coming on line and sometimes you just have to >> > wait a bit for a new census or parish records to be available. All the >> > best. Robyn Shaw, Qld, Australia >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Thanks for giving me some hope. Last night was fairly depressing. I >> >> spent about three hours trying to look for one of my ancestors' >> >> husband >> >> with no luck. George MOSS and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth, >> >> and >> >> we >> >> know nothing of who she married, or if she died. >> <snip> >> >> ****************************** >> ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not >> apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of >> ARCHIVED MATERIALS. >> ------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message