butterflymum
09-01-2005, 12:35 PM
....I'm addicted to this hobby (hence reason for not being on site much over past few months) ;) .
Have dabbled in it for over a year or so but it all took off a few months back when I had a run of good success (my interest being triggered again by hubby interrupting me on computer one night to say he was watching a really good programme on BBC2 about Family Trees of celebrities....Who Do You Think You Are?....and just wondered what I had found on our own trees of late...needless to say I too started sitting in front of TV every Tuesday at 9pm to watch same) and my tree/history started expanding fairly rapidly. It is a fascinating pastime and involves a great deal of 'detective' work which appeals to me and adds to the enjoyment. There can be periods where you find out little then other times when you get so much it is hard to keep up with. The history side of it all especially interests me and I love trying to track down info about places our ancestors lived, living/working conditions etc. At the moment, I am in the process of gathering old photos and trying to tie them into my research and eventually copy and edit parts of them for use in the family website I am (slowly) putting together (I also enjoy photography, so this is an added bonus that I can combine it with this hobby). Some people concentrate on one family name only, but I am trying my best to cover maternal/paternal sides of mine and hubby's families, so there are loads of branches and even more twigs (at moment I have over 250 names and 70 surnames...with loads more still to find/add.......oldest so far goes back to late 1600's)! It is also great making contac with others also researching names in your tree as they are often able to share info and vice/versa (not to mention, of course, they are usually a distant cousin or other relative that you have previously not known or lost contact with....my best connection to-date has been with a lovely woman in Switzerland who shares a great,great, grandfather with me and we have since been keeping in touch by email).
So, that's a bit about my hobby (albeit a very small bit).
Look forward to hearing about everyone else's hobbies/crafts on other posts (and would love to know how you keep them going as well as spending so much time on computer...lol).
:D
Have dabbled in it for over a year or so but it all took off a few months back when I had a run of good success (my interest being triggered again by hubby interrupting me on computer one night to say he was watching a really good programme on BBC2 about Family Trees of celebrities....Who Do You Think You Are?....and just wondered what I had found on our own trees of late...needless to say I too started sitting in front of TV every Tuesday at 9pm to watch same) and my tree/history started expanding fairly rapidly. It is a fascinating pastime and involves a great deal of 'detective' work which appeals to me and adds to the enjoyment. There can be periods where you find out little then other times when you get so much it is hard to keep up with. The history side of it all especially interests me and I love trying to track down info about places our ancestors lived, living/working conditions etc. At the moment, I am in the process of gathering old photos and trying to tie them into my research and eventually copy and edit parts of them for use in the family website I am (slowly) putting together (I also enjoy photography, so this is an added bonus that I can combine it with this hobby). Some people concentrate on one family name only, but I am trying my best to cover maternal/paternal sides of mine and hubby's families, so there are loads of branches and even more twigs (at moment I have over 250 names and 70 surnames...with loads more still to find/add.......oldest so far goes back to late 1600's)! It is also great making contac with others also researching names in your tree as they are often able to share info and vice/versa (not to mention, of course, they are usually a distant cousin or other relative that you have previously not known or lost contact with....my best connection to-date has been with a lovely woman in Switzerland who shares a great,great, grandfather with me and we have since been keeping in touch by email).
So, that's a bit about my hobby (albeit a very small bit).
Look forward to hearing about everyone else's hobbies/crafts on other posts (and would love to know how you keep them going as well as spending so much time on computer...lol).
:D