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Thu, Mar 22nd 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Family Trees - Jonathan White


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22 March 2018    Genealogy - Jonathan White

Jonathan visited our Rotary club for an interesting talk about genealogy or more commonly known as ‘Family Trees’

It was surprising for me to discover how many people in our club had already looked into their own family trees, with at least 12 Rotarians responding when asked the question.

Jonathan had been researching his ancestors for many years, with 3026vpeople and 751 marriages, going back to 1370. He gave plenty of excellent suggestions as how to proceed, ranging from the many census, births, christenings, marriages, deaths, wills, probate and military records. Although 90% of his own research was derived from the internet he suggested that we should question “internet certainties”, don’t trust everything you see and have lots of patience and perseverance. There was a cost to the research in joining a group and for copies of certificates (£9.25), however Jonathan offered to assist any member who would like some help at NO COST, as it is his hobby and he enjoys it so much.

One can only think that it takes time, lots of it, to find out your roots but it must be satisfying.     SB 

 

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