Why and when did you start on family history? (General)

by Barbara Lloyd , Monday, January 12, 2009, 08:06 (5866 days ago) @ admin

My interest in family history was developed through my youth with phrases from my Father who casually said Your G.G.Grandfather came from Little Dean, Westbury on Severn, I never met this GG Grandfather he died in 1943 and I did not come home from India until 1944. My father never spoke about this side of the family, his Mother died when he was young and he left home and joined the Army, when I got married my Husband threw away a comment of course I have relatives that come from the "Forest" - but we never knew anything about them, these phrases were implanted in my brain and niggled away so when computers, retirement, Ancestry and the Forest of Dean Message Board came to my notice I had to search, and my goodness what I have found, I wished my family had kept in touch, they would have been able to answer so many questions, but I have managed through the site to find out about their background, Iron Masters, family moving to America, coming back home again, linking in with Cousins that I never new existed finding relatives, much further down the line living in Australia, and still plenty more to keep me occupied.

I think I fit the profile of your feedback perfectly.

Barbara Lloyd