Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

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Jayneh
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Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:39 am
Primary Surname Interests: Barker, Baker, Homer, Hingley/Ingley, Willetts, Grice
Primary Geographical Research Areas: The Black Country: Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Dudley
Location: North Yorkshire

Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

Post by Jayneh »

Hi, my name is Jayne and I'm from North Yorkshire and my parents (now deceased) were from the Barnsley area in Yorkshire. I’ve been researching my family history for the last nine month and discovered that my grandfather was born in the Black Country - so I’m not as Yorkshire as I thought I was! My Ancestry DNA test confirms that I’m part West Yorkshire and part West Midlands. During this time I’ve been learning about the history of the Black Country: I’d recommend both the book ‘Tracing your Black Country Ancestors’ by Michael Pearson and a visit to Black Country Living Museum in Dudley to anyone else who knows little about the history of the area and wishes to know more.
I’ve been building my family tree on Ancestry and buying certificates from GRO along the way to try to provide evidence to link up families, especially when I suspected recording or transcript errors or use of different first names. Recently I’ve tracked my ancestors on old detailed maps of the area bought from Midland Ancestors online shop; using sticky notes I could see they hadn’t move far for a few generations at least. I’ve also found the website Black Country Connections useful and I believe my ancestors link to some of the people listed on there. I can provide information on how I believe I’m linked to them and information from the documents to back it up, though I’ll start a new thread on the Black Country section for that. Hopefully I might get some help from other members of the site on some of my objectives too. :-)
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peterd
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Primary Surname Interests: Dorricott. Watterson. Evans. Bracegirdle. Quinn. Mcloughlin
Primary Geographical Research Areas: Shropshire. Cheshire. Lancashire. Black Country. Co Durham
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Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

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Hi Jayne welcome to the forum
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rockyfowler
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Primary Surname Interests: Hill James Street
Primary Geographical Research Areas: Rowley Regis Quarry Bank Birmingham

Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

Post by rockyfowler »

Welcome Jayne to the forum good luck in your search kind regards RF
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SRD
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Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

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Welcome to the forum Image
Currently investigating the Hillmans of Sussex.
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Northern Lass
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Primary Surname Interests: Hinett, Rose, Round, Shakespear, Wilkins,
Primary Geographical Research Areas: Black Country, Wiltshire, Newcastle upon Tyne

Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

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Welcome
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Jayneh
Posts: 69
Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:39 am
Primary Surname Interests: Barker, Baker, Homer, Hingley/Ingley, Willetts, Grice
Primary Geographical Research Areas: The Black Country: Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Dudley
Location: North Yorkshire

Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

Post by Jayneh »

Good morning and thank you for the welcome.
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mallosa
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Primary Surname Interests: Rollason, Henley/Hendley, Evans, Taylor, Brookes, Lenton, Wilson and Mallon
Primary Geographical Research Areas: Dudley, Rowley Regis, Oldbury, Birmingham and Ireland
Location: Yardley, Birmingham

Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

Post by mallosa »

Hiya Jayne welcome to the forum :wave:
If you would like to have your ancestors photo's included in our Gallery, please send me a pm.

Researching: Evans, Rollason, Henley/Hendley, Brookes, Taylor (Wilson - Birmingham)
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grangers14
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Primary Surname Interests: Shaw, Round, Lawrence, Wain
Primary Geographical Research Areas: Midlands, North East
Location: North East

Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

Post by grangers14 »

Hello Jayneh,
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company! Glad you joined us. Almost North Yorkshire myself. :)
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Jayneh
Posts: 69
Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:39 am
Primary Surname Interests: Barker, Baker, Homer, Hingley/Ingley, Willetts, Grice
Primary Geographical Research Areas: The Black Country: Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Dudley
Location: North Yorkshire

Re: Hello from North Yorkshire, with West Midlands Ancestors

Post by Jayneh »

Hi there and thank you
Jayne :wave:
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