skliss Posted July 27, 2016 #26 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Ancestry.com, my library has a library version....with my card I can go and research there for free. U.K.'s version is findmypast.com with records from that area of the world...I think it's a pay site. I also found free info on Geneanet about my French/german ancestors as they have many people with family trees you can e-mail. Family search.org is another free search site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingoLingo Posted July 27, 2016 #27 Share Posted July 27, 2016 On 26/07/2016 at 2:01 AM, ailill said: I looked up my surname once, "ó cuilliaéan", and only conspiracy websites seemed to show up. I love conspiracies, but I don't exactly understand the apparent "history" of my surname or what people seem to believe. My family doesn't talk too much about my ancestry so what I try to dig up on the internet is all I really know, and If anyone can tell me about the supposed history, whether mythical or real, would be greatly appreciated. Also, there seems to be a lot of ties between "demonisms" and my surname? which doesn't make sense as I was raised fairly Christian, (though my Mother confesses to a belief in the occult and metaphysical, though nothing with demons. Oujia boards strictly forbidden in the house.) I am grateful for any responses. this would make you a distant cousin of mine on my mums side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted July 27, 2016 #28 Share Posted July 27, 2016 In order to avoid the silly conspiracy crap that is abundant when you search the ancient Irish spelling of the name, why not try just sticking to the more modern variations. I bet that would help. To do things accurately, you have to really start with yourself. Find a decent program you can use to plug in information and enter everything you know about your family without going anywhere, without searching online, etc. Fill in your parents, grandparents, etc. as far back as you know. Talk to family members and when you can't go back farther just on what people in your family can tell you, then pick a thread and follow it back using what you can find online. There are a multitude of means at your disposal that don't have to involve hokey conspiracy theories. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted July 27, 2016 #29 Share Posted July 27, 2016 2 hours ago, skliss said: Ancestry.com, my library has a library version....with my card I can go and research there for free. U.K.'s version is findmypast.com with records from that area of the world...I think it's a pay site. I also found free info on Geneanet about my French/german ancestors as they have many people with family trees you can e-mail. Family search.org is another free search site. My library has Ancestry too but I find I can get a lot of the same records through Familysearch. Only thing to watch out for on both sites is pedigrees. There's no fact checking and people actually submit contrived lineages like the one being discussed as legitimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormac mac airt Posted July 27, 2016 #30 Share Posted July 27, 2016 50 minutes ago, Child of Bast said: In order to avoid the silly conspiracy crap that is abundant when you search the ancient Irish spelling of the name, why not try just sticking to the more modern variations. I bet that would help. To do things accurately, you have to really start with yourself. Find a decent program you can use to plug in information and enter everything you know about your family without going anywhere, without searching online, etc. Fill in your parents, grandparents, etc. as far back as you know. Talk to family members and when you can't go back farther just on what people in your family can tell you, then pick a thread and follow it back using what you can find online. There are a multitude of means at your disposal that don't have to involve hokey conspiracy theories. The above is sound advise. Ailill should also watch for the possibility of multiple variant spellings of his surname, sometimes within the same generation, that might occur. cormac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted July 27, 2016 #31 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Thank you cormac. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ailill Posted July 27, 2016 Author #32 Share Posted July 27, 2016 10 hours ago, DingoLingo said: this would make you a distant cousin of mine on my mums side haha! do you live in ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ailill Posted July 27, 2016 Author #33 Share Posted July 27, 2016 9 hours ago, Child of Bast said: In order to avoid the silly conspiracy crap that is abundant when you search the ancient Irish spelling of the name, why not try just sticking to the more modern variations. I bet that would help. To do things accurately, you have to really start with yourself. Find a decent program you can use to plug in information and enter everything you know about your family without going anywhere, without searching online, etc. Fill in your parents, grandparents, etc. as far back as you know. Talk to family members and when you can't go back farther just on what people in your family can tell you, then pick a thread and follow it back using what you can find online. There are a multitude of means at your disposal that don't have to involve hokey conspiracy theories. I dont take the conspiracies seriously, lol. I think Its an interesting thing to think about, as Ive said above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingoLingo Posted July 29, 2016 #34 Share Posted July 29, 2016 On 28/07/2016 at 9:19 AM, ailill said: haha! do you live in ireland? nah mate. I'm a aussie though one of my first cousins moved there gods.. 30 odd years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted July 31, 2016 #35 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Irish mythology which is exactly that myth still being made up by monks in the 15th century and fact have become so entwined over the last 30 years it's almost impossible to find the truth though that appears to be irrelevant these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanslune Posted July 31, 2016 #36 Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 7/27/2016 at 7:57 AM, cormac mac airt said: The above is sound advise. Ailill should also watch for the possibility of multiple variant spellings of his surname, sometimes within the same generation, that might occur. cormac Yep I married into an Irish family and within her sibling's four have dropped the O' and three kept it and while two dropped the ' between the O and the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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