Anybody here do Ancestry.com or one of those?

[tlynn78]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

[Bob Juch]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I do all of them.

[bazodee]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

[tlynn78]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

That's kind of the problem; the info I have is contained in an old Will that was probated back in 1930, so I need to work forward. The guy appears to have been someone 'of substance' so I've got a little bit to go on, and some avenues to pursue when I've got the time. Maybe the Ancestry angle is the wrong one for this type of thing? What's your opinion, having worked with Ancestry, BobJ?

[Spock]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

You do realize that by sending in your DNA to any of those services that you might as well have sent it directly to the Chinese Communist Party for their work on bio-weapons and such.

[Bob Juch]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

That's kind of the problem; the info I have is contained in an old Will that was probated back in 1930, so I need to work forward. The guy appears to have been someone 'of substance' so I've got a little bit to go on, and some avenues to pursue when I've got the time. Maybe the Ancestry angle is the wrong one for this type of thing? What's your opinion, having worked with Ancestry, BobJ?

It's very likely Ancestry has your subject. You have the will, does it list the children's names? If so, I can probably find them without going to a genealogy site as those privatize the data for living people.

[Bob Juch]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

You do realize that by sending in your DNA to any of those services that you might as well have sent it directly to the Chinese Communist Party for their work on bio-weapons and such.

[tlynn78]

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

That's kind of the problem; the info I have is contained in an old Will that was probated back in 1930, so I need to work forward. The guy appears to have been someone 'of substance' so I've got a little bit to go on, and some avenues to pursue when I've got the time. Maybe the Ancestry angle is the wrong one for this type of thing? What's your opinion, having worked with Ancestry, BobJ?

It's very likely Ancestry has your subject. You have the will, does it list the children's names? If so, I can probably find them without going to a genealogy site as those privatize the data for living people.

Shoot, I'm on the road so don't have it in front of me, but I don't recall seeing children named, just siblings, in-laws, and the like, though I could be mistaken. I believe the will was written in the early nineteen-teens, and probated in1930, and I recall a codicil. Back in town Friday, I'll check then.

[tlynn78]

I'm interested in trying to trace descendants of an individual from England, but not so much I want to fall into the briar patch myself. I'm in possession of (what I find to be) an interesting will executed in 1930, and if it were my ancestor, I'd love to have it.

I have a tree on ancestry.com and I've submitted DNA. I haven't purchased access to the international database.
I'm no expert in the research tools. It would certainly be helpful if you knew any contemporary descendants of said person. It's easier to work back through time if you have a current member (preferably US).

You do realize that by sending in your DNA to any of those services that you might as well have sent it directly to the Chinese Communist Party for their work on bio-weapons and such.

I haven't, and have no plans to. I don't want to have to be surprised by any unknown children I may have scattered about.