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Hi all would appreciate some advice. I am very interested in tracing family members and have in the past used the site that is connected to friends reunited but found this not very good. If anyone has used ancestry instead I would be pleased to hear if you enjoyed it or not. Thankyou Melanie Love Melanie
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Hi Melanie, You need to speak with Carol ( tabbycat ). She's really in to that stuff and is a member of Ancestry.com. She can give you loads of information on what to do, where to go etc etc. She actually traced my family for me back to the 1400s I think. I lost interest when it went back to about 1850!  Stewart. A friend is someone who knows all about you but loves you anyway!
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Hi Melanie
I used Ancestry.com as well as Genes Reunited and traced my birth family. They were all impressed with the family tree I'd discovered! Ancestry.com is very useful, but I also used the censuses (or should that be censii?)
Anthea
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Dear Melanie, I have been a member of Ancestry.com and found it fabulous! I have spent countles hours on it and learned loads of stuff about my family. Really, though,I have got to the point where I am hitting "brick walls" with a couple of characters - one of whom appears not to have been born or married or died in England! I call her "my Maria" as she is my Great Great something Grandmother! Best of luck to you with your research, but be warned - it is addictive! Best wishes, Fiona 
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Hiya Mel, I love Ancestry.com!  How can I help?  Stewart could be your distant cousin Mel, his ancestors came from your neck of the woods!  Carol
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Tabbycat wrote:Stewart could be your distant cousin Mel, his ancestors came from your neck of the woods! You've got the wrong Mel, dummy!......and there's me recommending you as an expert at tracing people!!  A friend is someone who knows all about you but loves you anyway!
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I was a little frightened for a moment there as i used to live around the corner frome Stewart!! Love Melanie
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Wow, can Carol help me? I'm very interested in tracing mine, but know it will be a problem - I'm half Indian and Irish and would not know where to begin, plus I've got Portuguese, Dutch, Scottish and English ancestors on my paternal and maternal grandparents sides thanks to good old colonialism and the British Empire.
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Hi Barbara, Your ancestors sound interesting. Unfortunately, I don't have worldwide membership on Ancestry, I've relied on my overseas relatives up to now, but it is available. Good luck! Carol
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Hi Mel
Yes I belong to it and it is brilliant.
I only do a bit at a time but I have found it the best website for access- better than the geneanology one and the genes reunited.
I have been trying to find out about my adoptive childrens past family members. we had very limited knowledge about some of them but have gone back to 1900 even with the ones we know little about.
I have also ordered copies of certificates etc from there- they have passenger immigration lists etc all very handy.
I have got all the way back to 1750 with my dads family, my father in laws family which none of us knew much about we got back to about 1830.
I just pay as I go - the odd month at a time and buy the odd extra credit to check a passenger list.
It is not so good for Scottish ancestry but it has a whole section on Irish family history.
Jenni xxhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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Wow jenni you have done well. I have tried before using reunited, but have not had much luck. And I feel it is interesting and something you can do whilst on your backside!! If my mobility was bewtter I would love to go upo to London and visit the records office, maybe one day Love Melanie
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