How far back?

[kittysbecute]

(Mom's side)... my gr-ma did her side clear back to the Mayflower... nobody has done anything from then, on back. we have a family book of it all.

(dad's side)....just gotten to the early 1800's.

I think we know my mom's side since the Mayflower... I know my mom has it, so I should ask to look at it sometime.

On my dad's side I know who my great great grandparents were (they immigrated from the Azores)... they raised my grandmother (my father's mother), she's the one who told me about them, when I was doing a report for school on Portugal and wanted to mention my family.
And my dad has researched his dad's side but I don't know how far back he got... probably only a few generations.

 

[kittysbecute]

I asked my mom if I could see the family tree she has. So she showed it to me. It goes back to the mayflower.
It's funny because one of my great great grandfathers has the same name I used when I made a fictional character for a story I write.

 

[wyattmtthws]

Wow Cool!!! Only few has reached that far...! Well, good for you..you're good!

 

[Mike85]

I've managed to trace my family back to approximately the year 1003 in Scotland on my father's side.

 

[Dragons87]

1273 on my father's side (which is the side that really matters anyway).

 

[Darkhorse]

I have been able to trace some of my dad's ancestors back to the 800s A. D., but only through one source; I'm looking for more sources to confirm the information.

 

[pdudgeon]

I've been able to trace fairly far back as well. also another Mayflower descendent here. my line comes from Gov. William Bradford and includes the brother and father of Noah Webster (of dictionary fame).
beyond that i've been able to trace back on one line to the 1500's. on another line we have yet to fill in some gaps betwen the 1200's to the 1700's, but have a line that came over with William the Conquorer from Normandy, France.
I've had lots of help from relatives on both sides of my family, some of whom have many family pics dating back to the early 1900's. I love seeing the fashions back then.

 

[meader]

Norman invasion of 1066 under William the conquerer on my dad's side and the first voyage of the mayflower on my moms side. My mom has done all the research and confirmed the mayflower passanger list with the Mayflower society.

Its interesting that there are so many mayflower decendants on here.

 

[cobweb]

Norman invasion of 1066 under William the conquerer on my dad's side

Me too. Traced to a man named Sassfrid.

I need more documentation though. Right now in my mind it is still more like speculation. The dates don't seem right and that makes me wonder what others researching that line may have "fudged".

I'm certain of all family lines back to 1800. Any farther back than that I am relying on other people's work. Hopefully some day I will have the time and the money to fix that.

 

[Pòl]

Wow some of the lineages go quite far back. I've only managed to reach the late 1700's

 

[Shephatiah]

What's the farthest back you've been able to go in your family tree? I won't make you give me sources, but let me know if it's mostly speculation, or if you're sure.

So far, I've gone back to the 1600's, and I'm pretty sure everything's correct. I still have a lot of work to do, though.

-I can go back to William Brewster of the Mayflower. But have not become a member of the Mayflower Society yet.
-My "direct" line goes back to 1500's Germany. The Lutheran Churches kept very good records and the Allies took good care of my Church during the War.
-Most of my lines with a true verifiable history go back to the 1500's. Once you find Royalty who knows where it will lead.

 

[PROUD2LOVEJESUS]

What's the farthest back you've been able to go in your family tree? I won't make you give me sources, but let me know if it's mostly speculation, or if you're sure.

So far, I've gone back to the 1600's, and I'm pretty sure everything's correct. I still have a lot of work to do, though.

I've gone as far back as the 1300s but I had MAJOR help and couldn't have done it alone. One of my ancestors was also a first cousin of James Monroe, and his side had been done back while he was President, so I've gotten it. I've also gone to the Munro castle in Scotland and verified as much of it as I can.

 

[xSilverPhinx]

My genealogy was traced for me, but I don't know the details. I'm lucky enough to have descended from people whose anscestors were thoroughly documented from one moment in time, so it goes far back.
I just know some of the Houses some of them belonged to, but not sure about the individuals, except for Pepin the Short...

Maybe I should attempt the research myself, the people holding the information are quite selfish. It would be interesting to find and read about them, their thoughts and their lives, makes them seem sort of alive.

 

[PROUD2LOVEJESUS]

My genealogy was traced for me, but I don't know the details. I'm lucky enough to have descended from people whose anscestors were thoroughly documented from one moment in time, so it goes far back.
I just know some of the Houses some of them belonged to, but not sure about the individuals, except for Pepin the Short...

Maybe I should attempt the research myself, the people holding the information are quite selfish. It would be interesting to find and read about them, their thoughts and their lives, makes them seem sort of alive.

Your local genealogical library might actually have the book where this information is held. When people do genealogy, they often publish it. It's worth a try. And if you are a descendant of Pepin, most likely you are from Charlemagne, too (as Pepin was his father).
Good luck!

 

[xSilverPhinx]

Your local genealogical library might actually have the book where this information is held. When people do genealogy, they often publish it. It's worth a try. And if you are a descendant of Pepin, most likely you are from Charlemagne, too (as Pepin was his father).
Good luck!

Thanks! Yeah, it's quite a gap to bridge, and my certainty ends with Pepin, but not with which of his sons or daughters. I can also know which individuals would be direct ancestors based on their being the first or founders of the House but they're still far off (about 500 years ago or more).

 

[Wolvrin704]

One of my cousins did some deeper research than I ever did (I was able to get back to the 1700's) and he was able to trace our lineage back to the 1000's, although I know for a fact it can go back further as it went back to an earl of Orkney, knowing a lot about Scottish history I know that family's history can be traced much further back to possibly the 800's.
I was amazed by some of the people who we were descended from since I know so much of Scottish and English medieval history some of them were familiar names to me.

 

[SoccerCoach]

What's the farthest back you've been able to go in your family tree? I won't make you give me sources, but let me know if it's mostly speculation, or if you're sure.

So far, I've gone back to the 1600's, and I'm pretty sure everything's correct. I still have a lot of work to do, though.

We have family that goes back to Columbus and the founding of the USA. That was sort of cool.

 

[Maxwell511]

I'm a direct descendent of this guy; Maurice de Prendergast.

 

[Jazer]

We go back to 800 ad when the founding father at the time converted to Christianity. He had 12 sons and they had to go out into the world to find their own land to grow food. The usually way was to join a military and they often paid you with land. Or you got a good political job. Before 800 they destoryed the records so they no longer exist before that date.

 

[VintageDon]

Managed to get back to the Plantagenet line in the 1600s, but still trying to flesh out some stuff on this side of the pond before I hit that side.

Unfortunately, I'm adopted (by my grandparents, however), and can't find my original biological mother, so that leg of the family makes a quick stop. Fleshed out dad's side really nice, however.