Comments on: Genealogy in the Papers

By: Merron Riddiford

Merron Riddiford — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:16:45 +0000

Thank you Jill, that means a lot. It really was interesting reading the articles from 100+ years ago about the subject.

By: Tanya Honey

Tanya Honey — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:09:52 +0000

Utterly fascinating Merron! I love this post and am going to try it out now.

By: Celia Lewis

Celia Lewis — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:12:10 +0000

This is simply fabulous! So amusing and ummm, highly instructive!

By: cassmob

cassmob — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:03:17 +0000

This was an intriguing post Merron! It was interesting that people were interested in doing their ancestry even 100 years ago. The “instructions” were interesting too: a mix of what we know to be true -follow back from our parents. But their warning that people at the grassroots level wouldn’t be in the records was pessimistic. Some of the heraldry etc reminded me of the “tree slurpers” of today’s internet genealogy.

By: ausgenjourneys

ausgenjourneys — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:44:58 +0000

Great post Merron!

By: geniaus

geniaus — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:50:56 +0000

One of the most original posts I have read in a long time, thanks, Merron.
I’ll take up your challenge for sure.