General Chat

yep Ann,thought it was about time the xmas name went,

Karen x

My family didnt go far at all - and I am still there. My mums side are all from Ilkeston Derbyshire, Eastwood Nottinghamshire, Kimberley Nottinghamshire - all miners and farmers all the way back to 1695 which is as far as I have got.. And I am still here - smack bang in the middle of all of them places lol. Not a very adventurous family it seems.

On the other hand, my dads side are from Newcastle and birmingham - dont know if they stayed or not as I havent got that far on the records.

Emma x

I was born in London but now live in Somerset - not far from the village where my mother was born. Her ancestors have strong Somerset roots so I am lucky now to be able to visit their villages.

My father's ancestors are mainly Yorkshire, but he moved to Devon as a child, then London after he married. Unfortunately it is unlikely I will ever get up to Yorkshire for a visit, and it is quite probable that the areas his family lived in have now all been demolished.

McAnne

I had that feeling with Wells Next the Sea a few years ago & then discovered my gr gr grandparents & family lived there for decades

I am in Gloucestershire, my roots on my Father's side are in Derbyshire, Hampshire and Dorset. And on my Mother's side in Somerset, Hampshire and Staffordshire. (I grew up in Hampshire).


Karen, you've lost your castle!!!
Ann
Glos

Morning,

I live 75 miles from where I was born, in Derbyshire.
Maternal ancestors were all from Gloucs until late 1800's when my ggrandfather moved up to Derbyshire.Paternal ancestors all from Scotland until 1940's, when Dad met Mum.
Hubbys paternal side, all from the next village to where I was born (wierd, as I never knew them when I was growing up) traced them back to 1700's, his maternal side Warwickshire & Leics and Scotland, still tracking them :)
I'm sort of half way between my roots, geographically.

They say theres no place like 'home', I felt at 'home' in Perth :)

Sally - I have been to parts of the UK where I have instantly felt 'at home' without realising why - for example Edinburgh - then i found out my maternal roots are there ..............

i'm from Portsmouth and have been on one side for generations....another side is from Cornwall and others from Ireland and some from Surrey but then they came to Portsmouth too,

Karen x

Morning Sally,

I live 5 miles from were i was born 7 miles from were mom and dad were born and 20 miles were my 3x grandfather born and back to 5 miles 4x gfather on my fathers side some have move to Australia.

Still working on my moms side.

Joan G

You aren't too far away then McAnne.
My side started mainly in Wales and Ireland, and came via Australia and Canada to Cornwall. Now being in Norfolk I'm way away, but strangely feel very at home here.

Now that is an interesting question, and something i think we don't always take into account..............

I live in Kent - obviously lol - and I discovered that one of my GGt G'Father's ancestors lived about 2 miles from where I live.

Other than that I am kind of surround by 'home' as they all came in from Dorset; Sussex; Oxfordshire; Norfolk and London - so as the crow flies i guess i am right at the heart of my roots :O))

I expect you're all sitting there thinking 'What is she on about? I live at home!' :D
I'm talking though about your roots and ancestral home. I thought it would be interesting to see how far families have travelled. No locations necessary though if you don't want to.
For example:
We live about 4 miles from where my Hubby's family on his father's side lived in the 1700s. We also live only about 6 miles from his Mother's side back to the 1700s as well.
Whereas I live several hundred miles from any of my ancestral roots.
His family stayed close to 'home' until the mid 1800s on when a few of them moved not just a little way away but from Norfolk to Northumberland and then onto Australia, and also from Suffolk to Cambridgeshire and onto the Portsmouth area and beyond.

So how far is everyone else from their roots?