What's your background? - Page 6

coupdy do · 31-01-2007, 03:26 PM

I'm just jelous and couldn't understand why he only ever goes to Europe (USA & Canada won't have him)

Schwinn · 31-01-2007, 03:29 PM

Get free accommodation at all the rellies in Europe..

no rellies in US or Canada...

actually planning to go to Canada in a few years, when 7mth old is a bit older..
will have to get Visa's and stand in silly Q's then i s'pose..

Tommo224 · 31-01-2007, 03:34 PM

Im half chinese half aussie..

way down the track of aussie there could be aboriginal.. someone female relation had a thing with one or something lol..

and my grandparents came over here from china with family..

coupdy do · 31-01-2007, 04:02 PM

schwin if you ever go to france make sure you let them know your Aussie as they hate Poms (someting about being saved from the germans twice buy them)

majin_andrew · 31-01-2007, 04:08 PM

Both my parents sides have been Australian-born for quite a few generations - but if you go back far enough you will find: Scottish / English (dads side) and Irish / German (mums side).

coupdy do · 31-01-2007, 05:46 PM

As my mate says we are all wogs except the aborigines

**GasoLane** · 31-01-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by coupdy do

schwin if you ever go to france make sure you let them know your Aussie as they hate Poms (someting about being saved from the germans twice buy them)

Frogs hating Poms and Poms hating Frogs is a cottage industry over there.

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Originally Posted by Ford_Boy

its really interesting seeing how far back you can find your roots.

I can trace mine back to this 19yo gir ... oh, sorry wrong definition..

Ford_Boy · 31-01-2007, 06:09 PM

all this talk got me wanting to trace my heritage back. my mum was doing this search on a website and turns out my mums side has been here since early 1800s. her grandmother also talks about a reletive inheriting a fortune but he was a drunk and lost it all. i want to see how far back i can look for my mums side and then try my dads side. its really interesting seeing how far back you can find your roots.

ReVd_uP · 31-01-2007, 06:23 PM

Im born here, mum and dad both Maltese..... Nothing pleases like MALTESES!!

Teflon Turbo · 31-01-2007, 07:38 PM

I Love It All!!

MarkAW · 31-01-2007, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford_Boy

all this talk got me wanting to trace my heritage back. my mum was doing this search on a website and turns out my mums side has been here since early 1800s. her grandmother also talks about a reletive inheriting a fortune but he was a drunk and lost it all. i want to see how far back i can look for my mums side and then try my dads side. its really interesting seeing how far back you can find your roots.

You'll have more success if you start with your fathers side of the family as the family name doesn't change.

Here in NSW we have gov. site called births deaths & marriages which basically goes back to almost first fleet and its free to use over the net. There is also Gov Archives for listing of ships entering Sydney Harbour and the accompanying immigration.

Once you leave Australian shores it becomes very difficult to match who with what and how many sisters and brothers. There are lots of web sites and they pretty well all want to take your money whether you get a result or not.

If you have relatives on the old side - start talking to them and get their memories down on paper cause once they're gone the amount of info in their head can save you years of frustration.

I started my family file about 10 years ago whilst getting over a spinal injury - nothing better to do - now I have a PC data base of over 500 members with photos for about 10% but that will get improved (photography is a hobby). I have records dating back to 1811 and from a 2nd cousin of mine (civil cannon VI) I can trace a relationship back to Louis 4th of France albeit through my grandmothers side of the family.

If you are really serious about this you can always send a PM and I give some pointers on where to start and which programmes to use.

Ford_Boy · 31-01-2007, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkAW

You'll have more success if you start with your fathers side of the family as the family name doesn't change.

Here in NSW we have gov. site called births deaths & marriages which basically goes back to almost first fleet and its free to use over the net. There is also Gov Archives for listing of ships entering Sydney Harbour and the accompanying immigration.

Once you leave Australian shores it becomes very difficult to match who with what and how many sisters and brothers. There are lots of web sites and they pretty well all want to take your money whether you get a result or not.

If you have relatives on the old side - start talking to them and get their memories down on paper cause once they're gone the amount of info in their head can save you years of frustration.

I started my family file about 10 years ago whilst getting over a spinal injury - nothing better to do - now I have a PC data base of over 500 members with photos for about 10% but that will get improved (photography is a hobby). I have records dating back to 1811 and from a 2nd cousin of mine (civil cannon VI) I can trace a relationship back to Louis 4th of France albeit through my grandmothers side of the family.

If you are really serious about this you can always send a PM and I give some pointers on where to start and which programmes to use.

wow thanks mate, my fathers side came here in the 60's so i'll have to ask my grandparents about thefamily. i'd love to look back and find out about my background. i'll ask my grand parents from both sides and maybe they might still have some living relatives. my mum was going to become a member of this site but she found out it charges. i'm not in a big hurry but its the kind of thing i'll take my time with. maybe start off with my family now and branch out by trying to find out about my ancestors. i'll deffinantly take up your offer when i start searching. thanks mate.

fast gt · 04-02-2007, 11:36 PM

im half italian and half aussie my mum was born in italy and my dad was born in loxton sa and by the way my last name is holden

EvilChief · 05-02-2007, 12:40 AM

pure bread german, lived in aussie land for 8 years, still got german citizenship, but australian permanent residency, i should go for citizenship sometime i guess

my other half is aussie, but her grandma is maltese ... plus gawd knows what else down those lines

crossingover · 05-02-2007, 08:52 AM

IM australian with a Turkish background,Mum and dad migrated to turkey from russia then moved to australia,And i was born,so id say im australian and proud to be.Oh and im also muslim with tatooes earing and yes i do get ****ed LOL

X000BOSS · 05-02-2007, 03:03 PM

does it matter? we all s h i t the same!!
but for the record, aussie born with lebanese blood pumping through my veins.

X000BOSS · 06-02-2007, 12:28 PM

out:

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Christina · 06-02-2007, 10:01 PM

Mum is German, Dad is Aussie, but he says that his Dad was Polish and mad... lol.

Olympus · 19-04-2007, 01:55 AM

100% dutch. born and raised in amsterdam. migrated to oz in 1999 and I am an australian citizen.

Bucket · 19-04-2007, 12:41 PM

Dad is From Huddersfield, Yorkshire...Mum is Australian but Welsh/British Isles background from about the 1800's back. We traced Dad's side back to the 1700's..As for me, I was born at Maitland Hosptial on the 11th May 1984....ahhh...the 80's/90's rocked

Piotr · 19-04-2007, 02:00 PM

Polish background. Got dual citizenship Polish(now EU) and Australian.

19-04-2007, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AU_Carlos88

mum - philippines
dad - australian

Fellow mestizo here.

Scott · 19-04-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by GTP006

Me......... Aussie + Aussie = Aussie. Go a little further and one family is Scottish & the other is Pommy.

Update..... swap Pommy with Irish

Redrum · 19-04-2007, 08:08 PM

Born here,

Father born in Lithuania
Mother born here. Her family is a mixture of English, Whelsh and Luxemburger. Her family can be traced back to one of the first settling families in Geelong.

'63Deluxe · 19-04-2007, 08:20 PM

English - Birmingham to be precise.
My family tree has been traced back to the time of Henry the 8th thanks to old shire records and the government digitising all existing records.

XR8Master · 19-04-2007, 08:41 PM

Germany - Behrendorff village to be precice, which is also my surname.

Ryan · 20-04-2007, 04:43 PM

Born and raised Aussie here.

mrnsx · 20-04-2007, 04:46 PM

half ford half honda

vtech 4L mid mount stright 6 civic?