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Old 15-01-10, 09:23
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Default Take one 2xGreat-Grandparent week 1 15 Jan -21 Jan 2010

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

If you want to take part, just start a new thread on this board and put your 2x-great-grandmother's name in the Title. If you don't know her name then put whatever you like in the title! (If you've been taking part in "Take one Great-Grandparent", this should be the mother of your week 8 ancestor.)

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-grandmother 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 - 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.

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.
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Old 15-01-10, 23:13
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Don't think I will take part in this - her name was Jones and she was Welsh.
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Old 16-01-10, 10:14
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Don't think I will take part in this - her name was Jones and she was Welsh.
Oh go on Len

Michael has loads of Jones' in Wales.

One of mine is a Smith and I fully intend to post her details when the time comes.
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Old 16-01-10, 14:10
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Can you ask people when they list what they know about their ancestor to include the county. I haven't heard of some of the places and this country is well know for having places of the same name in different counties.
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Old 16-01-10, 16:01
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And I don't know who my father's, fathers, father was, so that counts me out
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Kate

Can you ask people when they list what they know about their ancestor to include the county. I haven't heard of some of the places and this country is well know for having places of the same name in different counties.
Good idea, Margaret, although of course not all our ancestors come from this country!
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Old 16-01-10, 16:50
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Good idea, Margaret, although of course not all our ancestors come from this country!
LOL

Mine do, except for one who was born in India
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Old 16-01-10, 19:52
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Since I've just found out that my father's father's father wasn't who I thought he was, I don't know who his mother was!
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Old 16-01-10, 21:04
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Since I've just found out that my father's father's father wasn't who I thought he was, I don't know who his mother was!
oops,

had a similar problem with OH's grandfather
Still don't know.
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Old 16-01-10, 22:21
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Oh go on Len

Michael has loads of Jones' in Wales.

One of mine is a Smith and I fully intend to post her details when the time comes.
Oh, alright then - but there are dozens of them
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