Been barking up the wrong tree

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:42 am

I don't know how I managed it but I have just found out that I must have literally wasted £100's of pounds over the years tracing the wrong family. I just happened to notice recently that I hadn't got a DC for my OH's great grandfather and when I got it I discovered I had connected him to the wrong family.

A family, parts of which I had traced to London and the U.S. I think I was really going by where his grandmother had said she came from but it was a village nearby. Now I find both sides of the family came from Ireland

which probably means yet another brick wall. At least this lot are from N Ireland so it may not be so hard to make some headway
I just can't believe I did that !!! Oh well another lesson learned the hard way

Post by **Anne H** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:55 am

Oh dear, Mallog! Don't beat yourself up.

Maybe you'll get lucky and eventuallyfind that they are somehow connected afterall. Give it time (that's what I do!

)

Regards,
Anne H

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:59 am

Anne H wrote: Maybe you'll get lucky and eventuallyfind that they are somehow connected afterall. Give it time (that's what I do! )

Regards,
Anne H

I had that thought in mind so I havn't deleted them but started a new version of the tree.

Ann In the UK · Post by **Ann In the UK** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:35 am

I met a 'long lost cousin' in America via Ancestry that way! She'd traced her Carrick line all the way back to Bute; we'd made contact, started up a cyber friendship, swapped photos, family info, etc. Then she discovered she'd been following the wrong line all along. Her Carrick came from Ireland! But we still chat frequently, we're mates now, and I haven't deleted her stuff - I haven't gone back past the 1800s yet and you never know, this may have been fate giving us a helping hand!

Post by **emanday** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:26 pm

I know how you feel Mallog

Early on in my research I spent months and lots of money following a Stewart family in Inverurie, only to discover they had absolutely nothing to do with my lot

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:48 pm

Aw thanks, that makes me feel a bit better

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:03 am

As Mary said you are not alone, I too was searching down the wrong tree when I first started this addiction. Mine was a Stewart too (Alexander) but fortunately I got put on the right track by some KS's on the old SP forum

brendaannc · Post by **brendaannc** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:57 am

Two Walter Dell's born Paddington, same year, I followed the wrong one, can't remember why now. Went right back to abt 1565, brought Certs, Wills, land documents, etc. Visited villages, Towns and churches, over a period around 5 years. Then I found my error, horror.

Brenda

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:17 pm

How awful !!! The thing is I've got quite attached to my other family and still think about them

Miss Poohs · Post by **Miss Poohs** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:56 pm

That's a right scunner - wise to keep a hold of their info though, because you just never know.

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