Hello
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:27 am
Hello,
my name is Dean Shakespeare.
I am researching my family history and in the usual way of surfing the net found this site (it was recommended to me).
I have tried over the years to put together my tree with various levels of success.
When I started I only had my birth certificate - no other information and no relatives - I was adopted. I never knew my mum or saw her, she sadly passed away in 2005. I found that out quite by accident.
As far as I knew she was still alive when I began, so I 'started' to plot my ancestors and discover my roots by jumping back to her grandparents so she never had to know. But by chance or fate I made contact with a living relative who told me about my mum.
I went back as far as I could in a straight line to gain an identity and discover what my ancestors did and who they were.
My next mammoth and quite impossible challenge is to trace my roots down my fathers line - but I don't even have a name. So that is not likely to happen, but it would put the icing on the cake.
I don't want to meet him or want anything from him. I just need a name to start me off.
So that's me, I hope I haven't bored you with the intro. I have put together a website, feel free to have a look.
Any feedback or tips would be appreciated.
Kind regards
Dean Shakespeare
http://deanshakespeare.tribalpages.com/ ... =818450533
my name is Dean Shakespeare.
I am researching my family history and in the usual way of surfing the net found this site (it was recommended to me).
I have tried over the years to put together my tree with various levels of success.
When I started I only had my birth certificate - no other information and no relatives - I was adopted. I never knew my mum or saw her, she sadly passed away in 2005. I found that out quite by accident.
As far as I knew she was still alive when I began, so I 'started' to plot my ancestors and discover my roots by jumping back to her grandparents so she never had to know. But by chance or fate I made contact with a living relative who told me about my mum.
I went back as far as I could in a straight line to gain an identity and discover what my ancestors did and who they were.
My next mammoth and quite impossible challenge is to trace my roots down my fathers line - but I don't even have a name. So that is not likely to happen, but it would put the icing on the cake.
I don't want to meet him or want anything from him. I just need a name to start me off.
So that's me, I hope I haven't bored you with the intro. I have put together a website, feel free to have a look.
Any feedback or tips would be appreciated.
Kind regards
Dean Shakespeare
http://deanshakespeare.tribalpages.com/ ... =818450533