how far have you traced back into your ancestors?

Question

early 1800's is as far back i have got and the oldest picture i have of my ancestors is twin brothers in uniform's in fromt of a tent in in the war of 1812,being decendants of the irish blood and cherokee bloodlines
the farther back one gets ,the harder the records are to come by

Answer 1

On my mother's side to Carloman, Mayor of the palace of Austrasia °ca. 550 (via Charlemagne and some bastard sons of the counts of Flanders)
On my fathers side to 1525

Answer 2

To the American Civil War era. There were soldiers in the Civil War on both my Mom & Dad's side. We would like to trace further back into Ireland, which is on both sides. But it's difficult, especially on my Dad's side, because good records weren't kept. Plus, there seems to be a few families that could be the right leads, but all the members have the same first names and in the same time period, same ages. We just know that most of my Irish roots come out of County Tipperary.

Answer 3

Back into the early 1800's, both sides of my family. It really is difficult to track back further unless you go to where they came from, because so many records, all of the world, have been destroyed by disasters, both man-made and natural (war being one really big man-made one!)
Good luck on your search. Just remember, now that we have the www it makes finding people that you're related to now so much easier than it used to be.

Answer 4

All the way back to the 10 something. I think it was a crusader. History is my worst subject, I'm not sure if the dates line up, but I definately remember a crusader and the year 1017, I think.

Answer 5

1570

Answer 6

My relatives have been a royal relatives, like a barron of a few form in the swedish empire. From what my grandparents and different family members have informed me lol. We had 2 branches in our relatives one went to germany the different Remained in sweden. Our relatives wasone of the noble families who hid and supported Martin luther from the catholic church. My great great grandfather although broke off from the relatives to marry a pesent lady and ran away to minnesota, of all places. the different part of my relatives got here around on the mayflower lol from england. Then my mums part of the relatives are uncomplicated persons from Yorkshire England. :) one love

Answer 7

1687, Alscace-Lorriane, some petty nobility or some other useless occupation. The rest of my ancestors were horse thieves & lawyers.

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Answer 8

all the way back to 1482 one of my ancestors lived in Italy just north of Turin

Answer 9

On my father's side we can go all they way back to Massachusetts in the 1670's.

Answer 10

Only by to my great-grandfather, he was from Bavaria.