Alona Tester gave us The Ancestral Places Geneameme challenge for this years Family History Month so I thought I should squeeze into my busy life having a go at this.
The bulk of my ancestors and relatives come from the New Zealand and the United Kingdom. I could not find a few places for some letters. So I took the liberty to use a few places with the letter in the place name or even a few streets.
The Ancestral Places Geneameme
A – Auckland Hill, West Norwood, London (Gibson, Nelson).
B – Budock, Cornwall, England (Kitto).
C – Chelmsford, Essex, England (Dawson, Shepherd).
D – Depwade, Norfolk, England (Myhill).
E – Esmeralda Street, Bermondsey, London, England (Edmonds, Shepherd).
F – Finchingfield, Essex, England (Clark).
G – Great Dunmow, Essex, England (Grout).
H – Halstead, Essex, England (Harrington, Rice).
I – Ipswich, Suffolk, England (Gibson).
J – Jersey, Channel Islands (Bretel).
K – Karori Cemetary, Wellington, New Zealand (Austin, Dawson, Ireland, Kitto).
L – Leicestershire, England (Edmonds).
M – Marton, New Zealand (Harper).
N – Nelson, New Zealand (McDonald, MacDonald).
O – Oakdene, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England ( Gibson, Start).
P – Paddington, London, England (Boutcher, Dawson).
Q – Quebec, Canada (Kitto for passenger records).
R – Rayleigh, Essex, England (Gibson).
S – Sudbury, Suffolk, England (Collis, Dawson, Rice).
T – Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand (Bretel, Kitto).
U – Upper Hutt, New Zealand (Kitto, Reade).
V – Grateley, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England (Boutcher, Wild).
W – Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Rose, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England (Kitto).
X – Mexico (Byron-Barhydt).
Y – Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Ireland).
Z – Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England (Kitto).
So that my quick version of the Ancestral Places Geneameme as sources in my genealogy software.
Using your DNA and tree places to progress your family history.
Have you taken an Ancestry DNA test? Then you can look for location matches in family trees of your DNA matches as a way of progressing your family history research.
Looks like our ancestors didn’t cross paths Fran. I wonder if I’ll see any Bretels when I’m in Jersey next month.
Jill, If you find any I’m looking for siblings called Amelia, Eugene and Aldolphus born in the 1850’s. I’m sure if they had other siblings their descendants would love to do a DNA test!! I wish I was going there. One day.