I kept going back till I coudlnt' go back anymore and I found Kings in Egypt and something of Troy (not Helen) so I kept going and added it into my family tree on Ancestry.com. I found it interesting even if it maybe wasn't my family. I started with the name of Johnson and it changed many times to where it didnt' even sound like Johnson. Has anyone done this?
2007-09-08 12:56:41 · 5 answers · asked by JBWPLGCSE 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
The one absolute point to genealogy is to VERIFY by quality records, how persons are related. Few reliable records exist back that far.
Do people "do" this? yeah.. but it is not very good genealogy. it's misleading to others, especially gullible persons who think that if they found it online, it *must* be accurate.
We try to warn new researchers about files online that are not always accurate. Sorry if I am hurting your feelings.. but you deserve an honest answer.
2007-09-08 13:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by wendy c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a fellow Johnson, my aunts on my Dad's side said , a bit jokingly, they could trace the family back to Adam and Eve, but can't find a marriage license . LOL In reality, though, I did see my Aunt's listing of just her immediate family (she, her husband and sons) back to the biblical Abraham and had such noted people in it as Charlemagne (last king of the Holy Roman Empire), both Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt , and others.
Which Johnson is your family tree on ancestry.com?? Maybe we are related somehow. =]
I also know my mother's maiden name traces as far back (so far that I've seen) as William the Conqueror's "Domesday Book" census in England in 1086--one county there (Shropshire) has a town called Coston , which is mom's maiden name. I just have to figure out the links between the 1086 and before dates with the 1662 that I have it to now.
2007-09-09 02:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, people do these things. Some of the pages in ancestry.com go all the way back to Adam and Eve. How accurate is the record? Who knows; there is no way to verify. People always say "verify"; official records being made today are not always reliable or accurate. Kings, queens, bishops, etc., had official records kept; their accuracy is questionable.
In the meantime, it IS fun! Yes, mine goes back to Troy, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel...
At least it is fun!
2007-09-08 22:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once got my back -- through online-published family trees -- to Yorkshire, 1444, and a certain man called Hargraves, who would be my g7 grandfather, I think, if all the links fit, but I think you've got me beat for speculative genealogy!
I redid everything and only included those with links from at least two sources (I still haven't gotten around to tracing through actual PAPER records, but that's the NEXT step). Now my Hargraves only go back to about 1645 or so.
Next time I bet I won't break the 18th century!
2007-09-08 20:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by Bryce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have heard that certain people do this, yeh.
2007-09-08 20:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by deva 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋