I'm experimenting with posting some random bits of my genealogy research here. This individual was born circa 1254 which is definitely going pretty far back. The key to getting this far back in your family tree is finding one or more relatives that are related to royalty, no matter how distantly. If you are of European descent this isn't as difficult as it might sound. Chances are there is royalty in your genealogy somewhere, it's just a matter of getting far enough back to link. In the U.S., records are pretty good going back to the mid 1800s and even further depending on location (for instance, Boston was very good at record keeping going much further back). That's probably not far enough to find a link to royalty for most people. You'll need to get back another 100-200 years, give or take, and that is probably the most difficult part. Then, if you do find that royal link, chances are their ancestry is reasonably well documented going back a few hundred years further or even more.
Gramps calculates this person to be my 21st Great Grandmother. Or at least that't the closest relationship. The other thing you will find if you make it this far back is that you are probably related in multiple ways. Let's face it, you could marry a distant cousin and never know. Prior to the industrial revolution, it was quite common for people to marry to relations as close as 4th cousins. Until the 1860s it was actually pretty common for first cousins to marry. In fact, according to this article, marriage to 1st or 2nd cousins make up 80% of all the marriages in human history and still account for at least 10% of marriages worldwide today.
Sources:
Research comes from a variety of online sources, original documents and personal knowledge. Generally, if the source was from another researcher online, their original sources are used. More information and details about the sources can sometimes be found by clicking on the associated link at the bottom in the "Source References" section.
The information below is an extract from a report I generated via the Gramps genealogy software from a family tree I originally created with GenoPro and then modified to look reasonable here (as much as I could anyway).
The Skaggs-Files
de Crawcumbe, Alienore 1
| Birth Name | de Crawcumbe, Alienore |
| Gender | female |
| Age at Death | 44 years |
Narrative
Alienore, daughter of Joan (widow of Stephen de Somery; died c1240) and a subsequent husband of Joan's perhaps Godfrey de Crawcumbe. [Burke's Peerage]
Note: Magna Charta Sureties has her as "Allenore de Someri" (no parents given).
---
Sources:
1. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 2506
2. Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
Page: 137-4
3. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Page: 249-32
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | 1254 | Ellesmere, Shropshire, England | 1 | |
|
|
||||
| Death | 1298 | Knockyn, Shropshire, England | 2a | |
|
Age: 44y |
Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Father | de Crawcumbe, Godfrey | 1220 | ||
| Mother | de Beche, Joan | 1220 | 1282 | |
| de Crawcumbe, Alienore | 1254 | 1298 |
Families
Family of le Strange, John V and de Crawcumbe, Alienore |
|||||||||||
| Unknown | Partner | le Strange, John V ( * 1253 + 1309-08-08 ) | |||||||||
| Children |
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
|---|---|---|
| Strange, Catherine | ||
| le Strange, John VI | 1282 | 1311-02-06 |
Pedigree
-
de Crawcumbe, Godfrey
-
de Beche, Joan
- de Crawcumbe, Alienore
-
de Beche, Joan
Source References
- http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I6640
-
Heather Eden: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2414534&id=I515549685 Lumberjack
-
-
Source text:
# ID: I515549685
# Name: Alienore De CRAWCUMBE
# Given Name: Alienore De
# Surname: Crawcumbe
# Sex: F
# Birth: Abt 1254 in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England
# Death: Bef 1298 in Knockyn, Shropshire, England
# LDS Baptism: 17 Sep 1938
# Endowment: 22 Mar 1939
# Change Date: 3 Sep 2002 1 2 3
# Note:REFN: ems-jw
1 NAME Maud De /Walton/
2 GIVN Maud De
2 SURN Walton
1 NAME Allenore De /Someri/
2 GIVN Allenore De
2 SURN SomeriAlienore, daughter of Joan (widow of Stephen de Somery; died c1240) and a subsequent husband of Joan's perhaps Godfrey de Crawcumbe. [Burke's Peerage]
Note: Magna Charta Sureties has her as "Allenore de Someri" (no parents given).
Father: Godfrey De CRAWCUMBE b: Abt 1220 in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England
Mother: Joan De BECHE b: Abt 1220 in EnglandMarriage 1 John V 1St Baron Le STRANGE b: Bef 1254 in Knockyn, Shropshire, England
* Married: in 1st Wife 2
* Note: _UIDE3C3B548668BB7419FB3939C0FE2E243239FChildren
1. Has Children John VI 2Nd Baron Le STRANGE b: 18 May 1282 in Knockyn, Shropshire, England
2. Has No Children Catherine STRANGESources:
1. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 2506
2. Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
Page: 137-4
3. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Page: 249-32 -
Citation:
e-mail: heathereden@yahoo.com
-
Source text:
-