rootschat.com

Description: Chat about your British and Irish genealogy UK family history around England , Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Newest Review: ... board, which is where our shared ancestors originate from, and we embarked on a little discussion and joint research. Soon ... more

... another forum member posted, and we found he was also a distant cousin of ours, so we all worked together on putting the pieces of our family puzzle together. Rootschat can seem quite a vast and complicated forum to the uninitiated, especially if you are not net savvy. However, there are boards for beginners, who aren't sure how to start off their research. There is a common room for general genealogy discussion, and a lighter side board where you can talk about pretty much anything you like! I quite often post on ...more

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rootschat.com: Rootschatting to find where you came from (556 words)
by - written on 07/05/09 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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I've been doing family history (genealogy) for over five years now, and it is a hobby which has become increasingly popular since the start of the tv show Who Do You Think You Are? As shown on the BBC. There are lots of ways to do your family tree online, but a lot are costly and time consuming. Rootschat is a forum which I came upon completely randomly, and which I am very glad I found. By looking for relatives on GenesReunited, another website aimed at those doing genealogy, I came across a lady who was also looking for ancestors of mine. I discovered she is my second cousin and she introduced me to the wonderful Rootschat forum! My new cousin ... Read the complete review

Courageous Past, Excellent Present, Outstanding Futures - Th ... (1871 words)
by - written on 15/11/06 (Very useful, 252 readings)
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When I decided to start researching my family tree over 12 months ago I had no idea where to start, what to do or how to do it. If you type subject matter of Genealogy into Google it will bring up 42.6000.000 items and 4.8 million if restricting the research to the UK alone. So starting out is quite a scary prospect unless you know someone who is already researching their family tree and can point you in the right direction, which luckily for me I did know someone and I can now share these options with you. The internet it seems evolves at an astonishing rate and over the 12 months that I have been looking into my family tree the amount of source data and ... Read the complete review

rootschat.com: Find your ancestors (1113 words)
by - written on 10/11/06 (Very useful, 263 readings)
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Rootschat.com This is an easy to use (well so they say) messaging forum for everyone researching their family history or local history. The focus is on Ireland and the British Isles. Local historians and family historians have a great deal of knowledge to share. This service is absolutly free and very benefitting. A newly wed couple started up this site they are called Tristan and Sarah. Tristan has a great knowledge of computers and sarah has a big interest in Genealogy and History, so they combined their hobbies and made this site which was launched in December 2003. With Rootschat you can share images and files with other members to help them search ... Read the complete review

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