I've been doing a lot of genealogy research recently. I signed up for Ancestry again after finally getting a computer that can actually handle research again. I've been rebuilding the trees I had. Unfortunately, the gedcoms didn't survive the virus that hit the last computer and I guess the back-ups I did must have saved the corrupted files. Amazingly, I've found the birthplace in England of the ancestress who came here only a year after she was born. We knew she had been born in England, but I wasn't expecting to find her maternal grandparents in the same place. Even better, her grandfather was listed in the 1851 census as a blind pauper. I wonder how they survived? Did my ancestress' father have to support five people; his wife and daughter, plus his wife's elderly parents, for they were in their 60s when the census was taken? Is that why he packed up and left England? He and the others had already left Ireland, presumably to find work. What happened to his in-laws? Did they come with their daughter, her husband, and granddaughter? I haven't found any of their ship records yet. Wading through all the common Irish names is a pure pain in the ass. But I refuse to give up. I will find those stubborn Irish yet.
I found a page that people have listed their genealogy frustrations. It's fun to read.
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