Many people moved in or out of the Forest and we will certainly help you with your research for these people as long as they have a core connection to the Forest and you tell us of the connection.

To give you an example, I will relate to my own great grand-mother Elizabeth Mills who lived the majority of her life in Ruardean but with the help I got in the forum it was discovered that her family came from Clifton, Bristol and then going further back that I had direct ancestors from West Knoyle, Wilshire. You will notice by reading the various posts in the forum that we have helped many people in the same way who had direct line ancestors from other areas.

Here is what I would not find as an acceptable type of post in the forum, it is again an example of my own family. My father Harold Watkins and his family moved from Ruardean in the 1930s to Manchester. Dad later married my Mum, Cecilia Thornton who was a Manchester girl. In would be inappropriate for me to post a message in the forum seeking information on my Thornton line. If I want to get help on my Thornton line I need to join a Manchester mailing list or forum which covers the Manchester area as there is no core connection to the Forest of Dean with the Thornton family.