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**Barbara Dodds** · 03-01-08, 10:51

nudge - so as not to vanish in the housekeeping

Any more takers?

**Barbara Dodds** · 21-01-08, 08:04

nudge

we're still looking for volunteers, so please add if you're interested

**Lyn A** · 21-01-08, 08:53

Barbara, I have PMed you.

**Barbara Dodds** · 21-01-08, 09:02

Thanks Lyn.

You should have an answer now

**Lynn The Forest Fan** · 21-01-08, 09:43

Can I just say that I had a wonderful response when I set the challenge and have made a couple of good finds. I still have many sections still to look at.

**Barbara Dodds** · 16-02-08, 09:07

nudged so its not lost in the housekeeping

**Pippa Doll** · 16-02-08, 12:19

I have a fantastic tree that was done for the challenge. I can always give other branches but I have to say it was fantastic as there are more avenues for me to follow than before. It is also interesting that knowledge of the family is important and highlights that you do need to spend money on certificates as both teams went wrong in completely different directions due to a name change.

**Barbara Dodds** · 23-02-08, 15:15

We're still looking for challenges and would be delighted to hear form any other volunteers.

any offers????

**anniern** · 23-02-08, 21:04

Bump.

**WendyPusey** · 24-02-08, 08:20

Barbara, I have a challenge I can give you as it is not been added to my tree on the internet yet.

**garstonite** · 24-02-08, 08:42

as a slow 2 fingered typist,who doesn`t quite get the gist of this `challenge` could someone please explain what exactly you do...do you pick a name out of everyones nominated family member in the 1841 census,and then try to find their family up to 1901?....is it a race to see which team can get the most family members ,in a certain amount of time?...what night is it?....regards...allan

**Barbara Dodds** · 24-02-08, 09:24

Wendy - thank you. We may well be taking you up on that

Allan - yes that is basically the idea.

We ask you to give us two names from your tree - one on the 1841 census and one on the 1901 census and challenge us to find the link between them. Once we've found the link we will then expand the tree sidways and backwards if we can, but sticking to blood relatives only. We will include every census reference and BMD reference we can find. The winning team (of 3) is the team who has found the most names and references by the end of the challenge

The challenge finishes after a week.

The challenge usually starts on a Friday night, but that is moved to suit circumstances. For instance no-one had a challenge ready on Friday night, so Pippa set us a challenge last night - which will end next Saturday.

Any other questions - please ask

If I'm not here one of the other players will answer you

**garstonite** · 24-02-08, 09:31

thanks barbara....so if i have a direct ancestor b 1824 who marries a man b 1825 who has his surname changed from his birth name,as a child,we may find his origin...or do we only go from 1841-1901....?...thanks allan

**Barbara Dodds** · 24-02-08, 09:46

lol Allan - you might have some luck with us finding that one for you, there are some very good researchers playing the game (not me lol). We wouldn't guarantee it though.

I would expect someone born in 1825 would be on the 1841 census though - so she could be a good place to start. We'd need a name from the 1901 census to connect them to though.

**garstonite** · 24-02-08, 09:58

sorry barbara..i think i`ve misled you....the wife(my gg grandmother) i have researched back to 1700`s..all in dunham massey...but my gg grandfather b 1826 with a double barreled name(because of mothers second marriage ) changes name in most census returns..absolutely puzzled....its him i want to research, and where my gg grandparents family ended up?...so if we researched someone like him, we are split into teams of 3.what happens if (not being very good at this) someone like me ,doesn`t really have the know how to research census returns without paying for credits...am i right in saying you can only research on free sites?...

allan
added...is there a page i can view for this weeks challenge,or do you all keep your info,and show it all at the same time?

**Barbara Dodds** · 24-02-08, 10:21

We all have access to Ancestry Allan, which is something we've all paid for anyway. Other than that we only ever use the free sites.

Have you managed to find your mystery man on all the censuses - or has he just vanished because of the changing name?

Each team will send the info they've found via GEDCOM at the end of the week.

If you have a look at http://www.familytreeforum.com/gener...1st-march.html you'll be able to see the challenge set by Pippa this week, and if you have a look at http://www.familytreeforum.com/gener...-22nd-feb.html you'll see the challenge Rick set us in the first post with the solution on posts 315 and 330

**garstonite** · 24-02-08, 10:29

thanks barbara...i`ll go and have a look at those sites shortly..i have my gg grandparents marriage on familysearch(lds)..28/12/1858..his name john hartley barker...this is the name on the marriage info......his children all surnames as hartley...not hartley barker...the funny thing is(and i don`t understand this)..if i type in john hartley barker /marriage/1858...nothing comes up....if i type martha collins/marriage 1858...it shows her marrying john hartley barker at manchester cathedral.....am i doing something wrong?...thanks....allan........added...who decides who chooses the challenge...ie ricks challenge,and pippas challenge...and did rick and pippa already have all the answers beforehand?...allan

**Barbara Dodds** · 24-02-08, 12:02

Sorry Allan - sunday roast needed sorting out and eating lol

To take your last question first, one of the members of the winning team puts up a challenge. If the team haven't got anything then someone who has volunteered will be asked to set us a challenge - we've been trying to work that in order of volunteering.

Rick and Pippa had the answers already, although we will probably have found something that neither of them had previously seen.

For your search for the marriage I can't see whatsgoing wrong - your thinking does seem logical to me. Have you tried just putting John Hartley marriage in the search

**garstonite** · 24-02-08, 12:28

yes ...nothing to match....never mind...thanks for your help barbara...i`ll watch how things go for the next generation game,and see how i cope on my own before i volunteer to help in a team of three...cheers...allan:D

**anniern** · 24-02-08, 13:49

Just a quick post our team produces an ancestry tree which you can see even if you are not a member of ancestry (invitation only). It can be quite interesting to see what other people find. We do ask that the challenge is solvable using online resources. (The last one wasn't).

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