Welcome to the endless search! I live near Seattle, but it it would be easier to live in England, assuming you know how to decipher the old documents, can read old Latin as well as know the abbreviations used, and know heraldry. There is a huge learning curve which I am only a tiny bit into (hobby) after a decade. However, there are many excellent scholars who post on line, especially on Gen-Medieval. Contact me off-list for urls and tips.
CE ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Vary<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 3:45 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file I’m also a descendant of 9th and 10th century historical figures from England and France. I’ve recently started getting into sources such as the ones you mention. Do you live in England? And if so, does that still make it easier now that so many resources are online? Bob From: CE WOOD [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file One reason is that some of us have the good fortune to be direct descendants historical people living in the 9th and 10th centuries. Primary sources are parish registers, court documents, IPMs, Close Rolls, Feet of Fines, et alia. If the ancestors are from England, a lifetime is not long enough to peruse all the primary documents that are preserved by the government. Reliable secondary sources are constantly being tweaked as researchers now have access to more and more documents. These include the Cockayne's Complete Peerage, Europaiche Stammtafeln, Baronetage of England, Scottish Peerage, et alia. CE Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
