Take one 2xGreat-Grandparent (again) week 16 22 - 28 Oct 2010 - Genealogists' Forum

kiterunner · #1 22-10-10, 07:17

This week, we are focussing on your father's father's mother's father.

If you want to take part, just start a new thread on this board and put your 2x-great-grandfather's name in the Title. If you don't know his name then put whatever you like in the title!

Copy the following form and fill in the answers that you already have, then over the course of the next week you try to fill in the blanks and everyone else helps you. If you're lucky enough to have all the information already, then you can still post it up if you want, so that search engines can pick it up. Or use your partner's 2x-great-grandfather instead.

Can you fill in all of the following information about that person:

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Date and place of birth
Names of parents
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Occupation(s) - if any
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
Date, place and cause of death
Date and place of burial / cremation.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

Adoptive or step-2x-great-grandparents welcome!
Can each person please just post up one thread - either your own 2x-great-grandparent or your partner's.

Margaret in Burton · #2 22-10-10, 07:23

Can't do this one, we don't have a clue about OH's grandfather's parentage.

Is this the last one on Take one 2xGreat-Grandparent (again)?

What are we doing from next week? Are we going back a further generation?

kiterunner · #3 22-10-10, 07:25

Yes, that's right, Marg, we're going to start on Take One 3xG-Grandparent.

ElizabethHerts · #4 22-10-10, 07:33

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

Yes, that's right, Marg, we're going to start on Take One 3xG-Grandparent.

Oh, fab! Although I think we will all have some gaps - otherwise I shall be very jealous of those with no gaps!

#5 22-10-10, 08:16

I'll have plenty of gaps don't you worry

In fact perhaps all gaps...

ElizabethHerts · #6 22-10-10, 08:28

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Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

I'll have plenty of gaps don't you worry

In fact perhaps all gaps...

Not many of mine will appear on censuses! Mostly too old.

Margaret in Burton · #7 22-10-10, 09:38

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

Yes, that's right, Marg, we're going to start on Take One 3xG-Grandparent.

Oooh brilliant

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Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

Oh, fab! Although I think we will all have some gaps - otherwise I shall be very jealous of those with no gaps!

Yes, will be good to do

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Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

Not many of mine will appear on censuses! Mostly too old.

Same here

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Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

I'll have plenty of gaps don't you worry

In fact perhaps all gaps...

Probably, especially when we go through it a 2nd time for OH's lot.

kiterunner · #8 22-10-10, 09:57

We're going to let people post up to two threads per week for TO3G, so they can do their own and their OH's at the same time, because we're not expecting so many threads altogether as we had for TOGG or TO2G.

Margaret in Burton · #9 22-10-10, 10:01

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

We're going to let people post up to two threads per week for TO3G, so they can do their own and their OH's at the same time, because we're not expecting so many threads altogether as we had for TOGG or TO2G.

Oh brilliant, look forward to that.