| My late father first suggested the idea
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| | and finished up at home without any firm
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| that he wanted to trace his family
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| | conclusions by the medical staff. It has
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| sometime in the early to mid 1990s. I was
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| | subsequently been decided that I may have
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| `between jobs` at the time, and felt that
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| | very brief seizures, a matter of seconds
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| maybe it would be a welcome distraction
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| | only at a time, but enough to prevent me
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| from the soul destroying search for work;
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| | from driving again.
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| unemployment under the Tories was near to
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| | So, here I was, likely to be permanently
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| 3500000 officially, and in reality many
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| | `signed off` sick. What would I do? After
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| more!
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| | the initial shock, I decided to tidy up
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| I had been told that the best place to
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| | the house, and it was then that I found
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| start was at the local library, so I
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| | the notebook. It was fascinating reading
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| found that my nearest library was in a
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| | all those scribbled note, andpoignant
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| place called New Mills, Derbyshire, near
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| | seeing my father`s writing next to some
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| to where I lived in Disley. What I found
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| | of the names. In that instant,I decided
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| there was the beginning of a long and
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| | to resurrect `The Search`! One massive
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| tortuous journey to unearth those elusive
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| | change had taken place since those days
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| ancestors. I did have a stoke of amazing
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| | back in the mid 1990s; the internet! I
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| luck. The lady in charge mentioned that
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| | was already quite adept atusing the
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| their library was one of only a very few
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| | internet for just about everything in my
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| that had a complete set of the Latter Day
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| | life, so why not this. What I found was
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| Saints (known popularly in the UK as
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| | extraordinary. All those elusive records
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| Mormons) microfiche records of Births,
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| | could be found at the click of a mouse;
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| Marriages and Deaths, or BMDs as they are
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| | Census Lists; Parish Records; even other
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| knowntoday. I had to make an appointment
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| | people`s searches and partial family
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| to view the records, and make a small
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| | trees! Over a `demented` period of 3
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| donation. I took a small notebook. What I
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| | days, I found every record dating back 5
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| found were records dating back as far as
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| | generations. All the names, dates of
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| 1558 in my surname. Page after page of
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| | birth, dates of marriage, dates of death.
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| them! Over a period of a couple of weeks
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| | All the places where the relevant events
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| I filled my notebook.But now what? I had
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| | took place. I actually had records
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| all these names and dates, but they meant
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| | traceable back to 1558, incredibly, that
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| nothing to me at all! I showed my father,
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| | first entry on the Mormon microfiche all
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| and he highlighted the ones that he
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| | those years ago! Ironically, his name was
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| recognized, so that was a start. We
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| | Christopher Arnfield as well! I completed
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| decided to go to the County Records
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| | a family tree software package and
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| Offices to search the records further.
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| | produced my tree. I sent it by email to a
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| The problem was thatour family spanned
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| | UK based family tree specialist, and for
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| across three counties at that time, so we
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| | a modest fee received a beautifullyframed
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| would need to go to three separate
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| | tree to show off. What happened next is
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| Records Offices! We went to Matlock,
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| | amazing! I took the framed tree to my
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| Derbyshire which is where the records for
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| | local pub where I had arranged to meet my
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| Derbyshire were kept. Chester was where
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| | daughter to show her my efforts.
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| the Cheshire records were kept, and
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| | Everybody wanted to know what it was.
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| luckily, the Lancashire ones that
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| | Where did I get it from? Who did it for
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| applied, could be found at Manchester. We
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| | me? The interest was unbelievable. Before
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| realized after the first visit to Matlock
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| | I knew what was happening, I was
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| and Chester, what a daunting task we had
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| | inundated with requests to `do one for
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| set ourselves. We had to literally ask
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| | me`! In an effort to put people off, I
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| for every massive ledger for each record,
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| | made out that it involved too much work
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| and we had to make appointments each time
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| | and time, and that I could not devote the
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| we wanted to view anything. Fate stepped
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| | time and effort that I had spent on my
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| in, and totally out of the blue, I was
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| | own project. That having failed, I made a
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| offered and took a job. At a stroke, our
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| | statement right off the top of my head. I
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| search ground to a halt, and though I
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| | would want at least 250 pounds to work
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| occasionally looked at the little
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| | all those hours(!) for somebody else`s
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| notebook with scribbled notes everywhere,
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| | search. Guess what? Yep. You guessed. I
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| nothing more really was done. My father
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| | still had a list as long as your arm.
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| died in 2000 without ever seeing his
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| | Surely, I thought, nobody would pay me
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| family tree. Fast forward to November
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| | that sort of money to just compile a
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| 2007. I had been working as a self
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| | family tree? Well they did, and I
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| employed courier for a few years, and
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| | nowspend about a week a month doing
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| though it involved long hours and massive
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| | searches for other people. This is such a
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| mileages, it paid well enough. However,
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| | rewarding experience, that I have put
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| that was all about to change
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| | together an e-book which I have now
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| dramatically. Over the weekend of
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| | released explaining exactly how to
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| November 4-5th, I had what I thought at
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| | produce a 5 generation family tree
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| first was a stroke. I awoke in the night,
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| | forvirtually no cost. Most records are
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| with my son standing over me, asking if I
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| | freely available if you know where to
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| was alright. Every time I tried to get
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| | look, and I know them all! Then, when you
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| up, I fell over again. I had fallen out
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| | have completed your research, I have the
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| of bed, and hit my head on the dressing
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| | name and number of a little known company
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| table as I fell, and cut my eye and head
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| | who specialize in producing custom made
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| open. I went to the doctors on the
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| | family trees that will knock your
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| Monday; had tests that day at Hospital,
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| | friend`s socks off.
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