tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post9191921866975816257..comments2024-03-22T23:04:53.937+00:00Comments on Black Raven Genealogy: Genealogy Arbor Day ~ A typical Irish family treeDara http://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-27022645128099516232015-06-01T22:35:14.361+01:002015-06-01T22:35:14.361+01:00I agree Claire, getting back to the 1770s is very ...I agree Claire, getting back to the 1770s is very impressive - well done! All my identified ancestors lived on the east coast, where earlier church records are available. Many records for parishes in the west only start in the 1840s, or even later. Thank you for leaving a comment.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-91453139458878440102015-06-01T21:25:29.052+01:002015-06-01T21:25:29.052+01:00Very interesting! You prompted me to look at my s...Very interesting! You prompted me to look at my stats (I'm an American of almost entirely Irish background). My father's lines peter out in the 5th generation (3 generations in Tyrone), while my mother's are fairly complete through the 6th generation (Tyrone and Donegal), with a few making it to 7th generation. None make it to 8th generation, and I don't think they ever will, so congratulations! I prefer to look at them because years rather than generations, though: my father's 5 generations get me to births in the c 1810s, while I don't get to that time frame in my mother's lines until the 6th generation. In the few that make it to the 7th generation, I have no maiden names, but I do have one woman born in the 1790s and another born in the 1770s. Pretty impressive for Irish Catholic research, IMHO. :-). ClaireUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07816901978078927070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-86104062228523482862015-04-28T08:49:25.792+01:002015-04-28T08:49:25.792+01:00Thank you, Colleen, and thanks also for organising...Thank you, Colleen, and thanks also for organising the meme.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-75193074860548134652015-04-27T21:13:00.753+01:002015-04-27T21:13:00.753+01:00Dara, thanks for linking up here! I love your char...Dara, thanks for linking up here! I love your chart of ancestors. I'd rather see a "smaller" tree that is well researched than an overwhelming tree that has been copied and pasted in place. Keep up the great work!Colleen G. Brown Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402783115333431440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-26565006485982622102015-04-26T08:58:43.517+01:002015-04-26T08:58:43.517+01:00Thanks a million, Jo, much appreciated.Thanks a million, Jo, much appreciated.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-89467724777905533992015-04-26T08:57:33.059+01:002015-04-26T08:57:33.059+01:00Thank you, Ellie, I know only too well ;-)Thank you, Ellie, I know only too well ;-)Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-36054385658431521402015-04-26T08:56:32.945+01:002015-04-26T08:56:32.945+01:00Agreed, Jennifer. My 'family' today very m...Agreed, Jennifer. My 'family' today very much includes my first cousins, as I'm sure it was in the past. Still, if only we could experience, just a little more often, the joy and excitement of pushing back another generation!Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-6177581557378060602015-04-26T07:10:04.845+01:002015-04-26T07:10:04.845+01:00Hi Dara, I like your fuller (width-wise}, more col...Hi Dara, I like your fuller (width-wise}, more colorful tree, better than a tall straight tree. Its so much more interesting! I wanted to tell you that I’ve included your post in my NoteWorthy Reads post for this week: http://jahcmft.blogspot.com/2015/04/noteworthy-reads-11.htmlJo Hennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566276500934815959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-62788930609739720642015-04-25T18:48:09.365+01:002015-04-25T18:48:09.365+01:00I think you've done a wonderful job Dara. Iri...I think you've done a wonderful job Dara. Irish records are so lacking the further back you go, you have to work with what's available as I'm sure you already know (smile).<br />Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597553254090967849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-71662479233620859262015-04-25T18:34:19.222+01:002015-04-25T18:34:19.222+01:00Dara,
Thank you for this very interesting post. ...Dara, <br /><br />Thank you for this very interesting post. I feel the same way as you: ‘researching the whole family…helps to build a more colourful picture of our ancestors’ lives’. As far as numbers go, I’m glad to know I have something in common with the eminent John Grenham.<br /><br />Although I have always been intrigued by those family trees that number in the thousands, in truth, I have often wondered if it is possible for the researchers who assembled them to provide details about each person among those thousands beyond his/her name and BMD vitals. In some of the largest family trees I have viewed, often even the BMD details are missing. <br /><br />I think this raises interesting questions about the ways in which we (family history/genealogy researchers) delineate the noun 'family'.<br />Éire Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588116386284997687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-72316246289181417032015-04-25T08:52:17.841+01:002015-04-25T08:52:17.841+01:00Thanks Jacqi, I'm not complaining really, the ...Thanks Jacqi, I'm not complaining really, the corollary is I can spend the time examining each leaf in more detail. Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-88034396216677967752015-04-24T22:26:22.265+01:002015-04-24T22:26:22.265+01:00Don't despair over that overall percentage, Da...Don't despair over that overall percentage, Dara. Cut yourself some slack. After all, as you mentioned, with each step back a generation, that cumulative number <i>doubles</i>, making it doubly hard to keep up the pace. More than that, you can't compare yourself with researchers who have access to records kept for well over three hundred years. You are doing well to break into that fifth great grandparent range!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.com