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I take your point. It's a running joke between hubby and I that my ancestors are predominantly engineers, tradespeople, businesspeople, etc, and his are nearly all labourers, cotton pickers, or even one unfortunate soul whose occupation was simply listed as "poor". :p ROTFLMAO I tease him...

Actually, not really. People think that if only, say, 1 in a million people were noteworthy 300 years ago, then only 1 in a million people today should have a noteworthy ancestor, but this simply isn't true. The number of descendants of a particular person increases exponentially with time...

Yes, it's fascinating. There's also an Australian version that I think aired on ABC. Cathy Freeman's was really interesting. Her Mum is Aboriginal and was married to a white man. As recently as 1962 (I think it was 1962), she had to write to the Aboriginal Protectorate in order to get permission...

Thanks, ani. Fortunately I only have one Irish ancestor, so far back that I'm about 1/32 Irish. As you probably know, Irish ancestry is one of the most difficult to trace, due to all the pre-1901 Census records having been destroyed (many by a fire in 1922, the rest by government order for...

Vic BDM charge you; I thought the other states did, too. :eek: Me too! The Frasers of Lovat! We'll have to compare family trees. :D

I keep my online tree on www.ancestry.com.au because I like the way it looks for matches with other trees and allows you to combine others' data into your own, in a controlled way. But I also keep my own "cleaner" version offline, and manipulate the data, using Family Historian.

UC, it'd definitely be worthwhile paying for a subscription to Scotland's People if you're interested in genealogy. They have much better records, and better search ability, than any other genealogical site that I've used. You're fortunate to have Scottish ancestry - I'd say it's the nation with...

Not necessarily. I have no US connection but found plenty of Scottish and English ancestors via familysearch. :)

Victoria's Public Records Office has a wealth of online indexes.

Scottish ancestry is fortunate with regards to records, there are amazingly comprehensive records at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Other great resources include www.familysearch.org (Latter Day Saints; free) and www.ancestry.com.au. Both of these are global.