General Chat

Hello all-

I'm based in Sheffield, and have just caught the bug of family research.

I bought "Macfamilytree" for my mac, and started to transcribe the work of my uncle and my father into it. I've got about 1000 names, and I'm now starting to find the stories that go with them.

I never realised how addictive it would become!

I've found that I'm a direct descendant of the Randells of Clovelly, and have been fascinated by the work already done by Brian Randell on the family.

I've quickly realised that just adding names to the tree, although fun enough, is like a jigsaw with an infinite number of pieces. I'm going to do some more detailed work on my direct ancestors I think..

Well enough for now - I hopefully will be directing some questions on the various forums - I've uploaded my family tree - including surnames: Powell, Plummer, Lloyd, Barker, Randell, Williams, Holliday, Blow, Griffiths, Evan, Tolhurst, Hewitt, Moxon and Morgan.. the list goes on..

Regards

John Powell

Welcome John, nice to see another man about - the others will be glad of your company. It is addictive - 20 years on and I am still trying to solve puzzles and put flesh on the bones!

Hi John, welcolm to the Genes Family. Yes, very addictive, shame work gets in the way of my hobby. Lots of help on here if you are stuck.
Good luck.
Hilary

My very next job is to raid the archives of my father - he's got huge amounts of old photos of the family - so want to make some sense of them.

My daughter is already tutting at me..

Welcome John and good luck ...

By the way this place is a nut house and often we stray of the family tree chatter but its all good fun

Yes its very addicitive and can consume hours and a lot of your well earnt money but you cant take it with you and you may find it doesnt go the right way anyway .....

Any help you need just ask .....we cant solve everything but we love to try

Hi John,

Best wishes in your search.

My Daughter tuts all the time but she is 19!

I tell her she will thank me for all the research in later years:)

Teresa

My daughter's 17 - I reckon it's about the age when their dad is the most "uncool" possible..

She wasn't impressed when I told her she was a direct descendant of "Thomazin Pugsley"!!

Hi John, welcome to the site, once you've started on your family tree - you're hooked for life. The more you find, the more you want to find.

Good luck with your search.

Welcome to the boards John. You are now hooked and will probably never get away from your new obsession lol.

Good luck with your father's photos, they can be a huge help.

Hi John welcome from another Sheffielder, it is a madhouse on here but we all love it.

Happy hunting,Nina.

Welcome, John. If you will occasionally contribute to a thread that interests you you will be very welcome. We dont have many men who have time to chat. Good luck with the family tree. the feeling of triumph when you find out something is great.