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peter said:
Best to focus on entering relatives from 1881 - you're far more likely to get matches from that census. But the best way to find relatives in 1881 is to start in 1841 (or earlier if you can), then track each branch and twig through the censuses.
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That is what I am doing now but have had to start in 1761 as when I traced all I could from my 3xGreat-Grandfather born in 1819 (he had 8 children) most lines die out. My Grandfather did a lot of work and I have redone what he did from scratch and compared results finding very few and very minor differences. The Indian Mutiny, The Boer War ,WW1 and WW2 brought so many lines to a sudden halt. My Grandfather concentrated on the male line so most of my work has been tracing female line descendants.

I have written up my findings so far and had it printed up using a small commercial printer in Gloucester that specialises in small print runs. When I find a cousin I send a copy of the book (all 250 pages of it!) in the hope that my relative can add to the story. I have only included people who I know are dead or who are named on The 1939 Register as I am worried about fraud etc.

What I have found is that our much loved family scroll is wrong - my 5xGreatgrandfather did not have the parents attributed as such on the scroll - and even worse not only can I prove it but so can the descendants of the "wrong" parents - again only a single line of that family survive and we exchange letters and emails. It is so easy to make assumptions when there are unusual names in small hamlets and the possibility of two (or more) men with the same name in the same place at almost the same time isn't considered. My findings about the scroll have not been welcomed, and I thought I had been diplomatic when showing my evidence :(
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 35 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 1,621 new entries have been added and
  • 134 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. New Members and New Matches are up this week, with a decrease in New Entries.
There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home and social distancing. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 23 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 1,175 new entries have been added and
  • 88 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers down this week, but not too surprising for this time of year, but the numbers are up compared to this time last year.
There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home and social distancing. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 35 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 3,984 new entries have been added and
  • 132 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are up this week, which is always good news.
There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home and social distancing. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 20 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 3,122 new entries have been added and
  • 158 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are down this week, except Relatives Matched. But it's still a good set of numbers.
There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home and social distancing. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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This week's figures will be affected by an account closure resulting from DNA telling a very different story from the records. The member concerned is reconstructing their tree, having found their true ancestors, and has opened a new account, but it will take a while to build up a similar number of entries (there were many thousand).
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 45 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • -530 new entries have been added and
  • -5671 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. Only New Members up this week.
As Peter has just mentioned, an account closure has caused a drop in New Entries and Relatives Matched. This does show how important it is to take a DNA test to confirm your paper trails. The Ancestry DNA test is recommended by Peter and is also the one I have done, it's also on sale at the moment and there are links in Peter's Newsletter that will help support Lost Cousins.

There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home and social distancing. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 34 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 8,878 new entries have been added and
  • 345 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. Only New Members down this week but New Entries and Relatives Matched are both up which we needed after last weeks numbers.
Did you manage to grab a bargain DNA test kit from Ancestry on Cyber Monday? I'm looking forward to all the new shared matches that I'm hoping for.
There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home and social distancing. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Red Dragon said:
Did you manage to grab a bargain DNA test kit from Ancestry on Cyber Monday?
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But if you didn't the price is still discounted, just not by quite as much: £59 in the UK, $89 in Australia. Please click the relevant banner in my latest newsletter so that you can support LostCousins when you place your order..
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 24 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 1,661 new entries have been added and
  • 75 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are down this week, but they're all up compared to this time last year.
Bargain DNA test kits from Ancestry are still available, see Peter's post above and click on the banner at the top of the Ancestry page after following the link from the newsletter.
There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home, social distancing and wear masks. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Red Dragon said:
Bargain DNA test kits from Ancestry are still available, see Peter's post above and click on the banner at the top of the Ancestry page after following the link from the newsletter.
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Not sure this will benefit LostCousins. Best to log-out from your Ancestry account before clicking the link, then you'll go straight to the offer.
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 35 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 6,805 new entries have been added and
  • 598 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are up this week, but that's no real surprise. Peter's announced the end of year competition, with some pretty amazing prizes.
But the best prize is making those new matches with other members researching your ancestors.
Good Luck everyone!

There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home, social distancing and wear masks. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Merry Christmas.

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 32 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 9,989 new entries have been added and
  • 1,120 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are up this week apart from New Members. Peter's announcement of the end of year competition always brings in some extra effort.
Let's face it, those prizes are worth winning!

But the best prize is making those new matches with other members researching your ancestors.
Good Luck everyone!

There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home, social distancing and wear masks. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Happy New Year!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 89 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 10,253 new entries have been added and
  • -830 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are up this week apart from Relatives Matched. Unfortunately a member has left which has impacted the numbers so they would have been a lot higher.
Peter's end of year competition is still running and a number of new prizes were announced in the Newsletter. Who will be the lucky winners?

But the best prize is making those new matches with other members researching your ancestors.
Good Luck everyone!

There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home, social distancing and wear masks. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 53 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 10,490 new entries have been added and
  • 980 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers except New Members are up this week, but 53 new members is still above the 6 month average. Peter's end of year competition is still running, with some pretty amazing prizes.
But the best prize is making those new matches with other members researching your ancestors.
Good Luck everyone!

I've been busy adding some ancestors I've found, and I've also made a match, how have you been doing? The ratio of new entries to relatives matched stands at just over 10. This means that on average every tenth person added made a match.

There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home, social distancing and wear masks. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 73 new members joined the LostCousins site
  • 15,458 new entries have been added and
  • 1,234 relatives have been matched.
Always good to see New Members joining. All numbers are up this week, so well done to everyone contributing to the project. Peter's end of year competition is still running, with some pretty amazing prizes.
But the best prize is making those new matches with other members researching your ancestors.
Good Luck everyone!

My match potential has increased over this period, how has yours been doing?

There's never been such a good time to stay safe and enter your relatives over at Lost Cousins. It's simple and quick, so enter those relatives and match with your cousins.

Thoughts go out to families who have lost loved ones too early. Remember to stay at home, social distancing and wear masks. #Staysafe

New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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One of my lockdown activities has been making use of my Blue Ray DVD player to watch a lot of British films . Despite the stringent distancing conditions I can still visit the public library entrance and have my books and other items brought to me. One of the series I've really enjoyed is "Grantchester" and as a result I was encouraged to go back and look at me Grandfather Stubbing 's family connections to Cambridgeshire. I've never felt a real connection to my roots in that county and the Stubbing name is a nightmare of spelling variations but in the 10 years or so since I worked on that part of my tree there are a lot more records to consult. I've been adding some to my ancestors page and as a result I have three new contacts in the last month. Nothing very close but encouraging.
 
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