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Here comes the king's
well i have expressed interest in my heritage...finally haha.
My grandmothers last name is much more interesting of a name then my own. which is Pierce and to what i believe is scotish. My Grandmothers father was a King. MUCH more interesting lol. so i decided to start with my irish side as far as geneology goes.
first off i am new to this as of this week hehe. a scots friend of mine told me to come here, though i do not know if he is registered. anywho. how do i go about finding which clan i fall under. I am aware, if not mistaken, that King is of irish decent.
any help would be amazing. and also how do i go about actually trying to do a geneology on my family.
King
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The goal to Genealogical research is an unbroken paper trail.
You start with your parents. Find their marriage license. This will give you information like full names, dates and places of birth, etc.
Then you go back, one piece of paper at a time. You find your mother and fathers birth certificates which give you your four grandparents names.
Back another generation. You look for birth, death, marriage certificates, Census records, draft registrations, Parish or church records.
It is a long and exhausting process to even work your family back just four or five generations. But what fun. It's like the ultimate treasure hunt or mystery story. One clue leads to another, and another.
One good source is Ancestry.com which is a subscription site. They publish things like census records for N. America, Draft Registration and voter registration records. They are beginning to post ship passenger logs too.
Family records like old bibles are a good starting point, but please if Grandma has a memory, that's great, but without a piece of paper to back it up it didn't happen.
Steve Ashton
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Skype (webcam enabled) thewizardofbc
I wear the kilt because: Swish + Swagger = Swoon.
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thanks m8's for the quick reply's i will keep you updated with whats going on i have just found out that my mothers side of the family may be a waste of time since shes adopted....hmph i just started and already have found me a wall. hehe
but my dads side is full of information im sure its just when looking for these records i just dont know how to go about it like do i search on google?
also about my clan symbol i was hoping to maybe find it i have two names im gonna be doing geneology reports on.
King
and
Pierce
are the last names im searching does anyone know how to find out what clan im from.
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 Originally Posted by King-cormis
thanks m8's for the quick reply's i will keep you updated with whats going on i have just found out that my mothers side of the family may be a waste of time since shes adopted....hmph i just started and already have found me a wall.
Hang in there....one line of my family (my maternal grandfather's) we've had a hard time tracing. We get to my great-grandfather & the trail goes cold. Why?
Back in the post-Civil War days (& up to early 1920's) my grandpa's people back in the Missouri Ozarks & West Kentucky were associated in activities like train & bank robbery, Bald Knobbers, & other less than legal activities.
Loose lips could lead to real problems for kin on the run, so you just didn't talk about family.
My grandpa kept his lips sealed, though what little slipped out made me feel that he knew more than he let on. Now he's gone (3 yrs) and the trail is colder.
I'm not giving up though
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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 Originally Posted by King-cormis
King and Pierce are the last names im searching, does anyone know how to find out what clan im from.
What you are looking for is something called a sept see this link: http://www.electricscotland.com/webc...lies_septs.htm
King and Pierce are not known as Scottish clans. That doesn't mean your ancestor were not Scottish. They could have pledged their loyalty to one of the other larger clans in the lands they lived. To get a real sense of where to go, would be to find out what part of Scotland your ancestors came from. Then find out who the major clans were in that region.
I did see that Clan Colquhoun (pronouned "Col-Hoon") lists King as one of their septs. Does this mean that your King ancestor were loyal to the Colquhouns? Not necessarily. But I would do much research before dropping loads of cash on clan items that you may or may not have a kinship towards.
Good Luck!
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 Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC
The goal to Genealogical research is an unbroken paper trail.
You start with your parents. Find their marriage license. This will give you information like full names, dates and places of birth, etc.
Then you go back, one piece of paper at a time. You find your mother and fathers birth certificates which give you your four grandparents names.
Back another generation. You look for birth, death, marriage certificates, Census records, draft registrations, Parish or church records.
It is a long and exhausting process to even work your family back just four or five generations. But what fun. It's like the ultimate treasure hunt or mystery story. One clue leads to another, and another.
One good source is Ancestry.com which is a subscription site. They publish things like census records for N. America, Draft Registration and voter registration records. They are beginning to post ship passenger logs too.
Family records like old bibles are a good starting point, but please if Grandma has a memory, that's great, but without a piece of paper to back it up it didn't happen.
And don't forget the genealogy department of your local public library or historical society! Many offer free classes and assistance with research.
T.
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 Originally Posted by HeathBar
What you are looking for is something called a sept see this link: http://www.electricscotland.com/webc...lies_septs.htm
King and Pierce are not known as Scottish clans. That doesn't mean your ancestor were not Scottish. They could have pledged their loyalty to one of the other larger clans in the lands they lived. To get a real sense of where to go, would be to find out what part of Scotland your ancestors came from. Then find out who the major clans were in that region.
I did see that Clan Colquhoun (pronouned "Col-Hoon") lists King as one of their septs. Does this mean that your King ancestor were loyal to the Colquhouns? Not necessarily. But I would do much research before dropping loads of cash on clan items that you may or may not have a kinship towards.
Good Luck!
Thanks so how do i prove kinship? just through research and hope i see that name in my family tree?
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28th May 10, 12:39 PM
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[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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