The best genealogy album in the world..... Ever

[JimM]

Obviously the first track would be "Living in the past".... by Jethro Tull

But how about some others k

Poor House (in the middle of our street)... Madness
Census working overtime .... XTC
My ancestors a dustman..... Lonnie Donegan
Clan McCann .... Suzi Quatro
Stuck on "Hughes" .... Lionel Richie

Jim

[nelmit]

Oh ye canny find great granny oan SP..........Trad
It's fun to search on The I..G..I............Village People

Annette M

[LesleyB]

IGI, IGI Baby ......Vanilla Ice
Father and Son ......Cat Stevens
My Perfect Cousin ......The Undertones
Seventh Son ......Sting
She’s Gone (from the 1851 census) ......Hall and Oates
(I’ve looked at this death entry from) Both Sides Now (and I still can’t read the writing…) ......Joni Mitchell
Nine Million Credits on SP ( That’s a wish..) ......Katie Melua
IGI ......Steely Dan
The Lunatics have taken over the Asylum ......Fun Boy Three

Lesley

[JustJean]

A few more contenders......

The Wanderer (aka 3xGrGrandfather) - Dion
Wasted Time (and credits!) - Eagles
Twelth of Never(when the databases will be online!) - Johnny Mathis
In The Midnight Hour (when the most genealogy research is done!) - Wilson Pickett
My Generation - Who
It Don't Come Easy(This crazy hobbie of mine) - Ringo Starr
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

Best wishes
Jean

[grannysrock]

A couple of rousing numbers to start?:
"A Scottish Soldier " - Andy Stewart
"letter from America" - Proclaimers

Songs for my 'names':
"The Hunter and the Hunted" Simple Minds
"For auld man syme"

When I'm looking at maps:
"Where the streets have no name" U2

Cause of death:
"Killing an aglab" - The Cure

Searching for the missing documents:
"Banns on the run" Wings
Been around the world, but I can't find ma .... gggggranny" Lisa stansfield

Hoping for some extra info:
"Sasines n the son" - Terry Jacks
"Poor relief me, let me go" - ?

Breakthroughs:
" I G I Contact" Edwin Starr

Response to the other half when he starts making comments...:
"I'm a genealogist with a bottle baby" , Christian Aguilera

I guess JeanJeanie listens to David Bowie ?

Sally

[paddyscar]

(They're) Comin' to America - Neil Diamond
Quarter to 3, no one on TS 'cept you and me - Sinatra et al.
I belang tae Glesca - trad.

For the 'other-half' who sees it as
Wasted days (and wasted nights) - Freddie Fender

And for newly discovered cousin Tusker
Where, tell me where (has my lowland grannie gone?)

Frances

[JayPee]

"Break On Through, to the other side [of my brick wall]" - The Doors
"Dancing in the Street ['cause I found a long-lost]" - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
"Get Back" - The Beatles
"Would I Lie To You [the registrar or census-taker]" - Eurythmics
"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
"Ramblin' Man" - The Allman Brothers

- JayPee

[Merlot]

Little Lies--------------------Fleetwood Mac
She's Gone------------------Matthew Marsden
Hopelessly Addicted--------The Corrs
If I could turn back time---Cher
Searching--------------------China Black
Motherless Child-------------Eric Clapton
If only I knew----------------Tom Jones

Merlot

[AnneM]

Hi

How about

"The Wild Rover" my elusive great grandfather

"My Grannie's Heilan Hame" Trad

"I'm Nobody's Child" The Alexander Brothers

"Scots Wha Hae" not bothered to get married or have their children baptised Robert Burns

or the old music hall song

"Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, They go together like a horse and carriage" except where it concerns my rellies

"If you were the only girl in the World" I still wouldn't be able to find you on SP

As Time Goes By

The possibilities are endless

Anne

[joette]

"If you go to NRH can you look up a RCE for me"-apologies to The Proclaimers.
"It's raining men& theyre all called Alexander Young"-One hundred ton & a feather.
"The bairnies cuddle doan at nicht(but not at their own house) on Census night."Alexander Anderson
"Must be an Angel-cos I cannae find a birth for him"-Annie Lennox.