I've been using Ancestry.co.uk for a couple of years now and I had started to become a little disheartened that nobody on there seemed to be researching any of my ancestors. Shared information and research is a real gift when looking into your family tree. So I slogged on alone.
A couple of weeks ago, however, I was contacted by an individual through Ancestry who is related to the Lockwood branch of my family. I now have names for certain unknown photographs and I've also managed to fill out the life story of one of the Lockwoods.
I've spoken of William Lockwood before on this blog. From census information, I found out that he and his sons worked as gardeners on the estate of a merchant called James Taylor. In the current day, the Lockwoods garden nurseries are located on the same site. From servant/tenants to land and business owners is a wonderful story of family progress.
Fingers crossed I can make more links through photographs and documents I have.
I is always sooo exciting when we make these connections. I have also had exceptionally good luck with posting my gedcom on Rootsweb worldconnect - It is a free site so non-ancestry people visit there. Plus you can force a cutoff date to keep control of privacy regarding living or recently deceased individuals.
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Theresa (Tangled Trees)
Thanks for the comment. Will look into that.
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