Results: Ancestry Hunt
Published on 03/01/2016
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1.
1.
Have you traced your ancestry? Yes
23%
511 votes
No
63%
1422 votes
Not interested in my family ancestry
8%
170 votes
N/A
7%
162 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
31 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.13% | 3 | |
My aunt did | 0.09% | 2 |
I have tried but didn't get very far. | 0.04% | 1 |
My brother and father did. | 0.04% | 1 |
Not yet, plan to. | 0.04% | 1 |
a late relative on my mother's side did so I know more about her side. I would like to know more though. I know hardly anything about my late dad's side and would love to know more. | 0.04% | 1 |
Aunt did..back to England 1600's. | 0.04% | 1 |
my mother has | 0.04% | 1 |
Partially | 0.04% | 1 |
I have back 3 generations on both sides of family | 0.04% | 1 |
just started | 0.04% | 1 |
Other family members did | 0.04% | 1 |
started but not finished | 0.04% | 1 |
I've tried with NO luck | 0.04% | 1 |
No, but another member of my Mom's family has | 0.04% | 1 |
Some of it. | 0.04% | 1 |
Kind of | 0.04% | 1 |
a little, hard to do as am adopted | 0.04% | 1 |
my dad has | 0.04% | 1 |
my aunt did - does not interest me | 0.04% | 1 |
My dad did it | 0.04% | 1 |
Someone else in family already has | 0.04% | 1 |
A little | 0.04% | 1 |
Not far enough | 0.04% | 1 |
very little | 0.04% | 1 |
Am working on it. | 0.04% | 1 |
some of it | 0.04% | 1 |
Adopted | 0.04% | 1 |
2.
2.
Did you trace your ancestry yourself, hire an expert or do DNA testing through a genealogy website? Myself
20%
457 votes
Hired an expert
3%
66 votes
DNA testing
3%
73 votes
N/A
72%
1616 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
73 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.35% | 8 | |
aunt | 0.13% | 3 |
ancestry.com | 0.09% | 2 |
other family members | 0.09% | 2 |
family member | 0.09% | 2 |
other family member | 0.09% | 2 |
My great uncle in Germany did | 0.04% | 1 |
My sister | 0.04% | 1 |
Another Family Member | 0.04% | 1 |
a relative did so & published a book as a result | 0.04% | 1 |
Parents | 0.04% | 1 |
Father | 0.04% | 1 |
My brother did it | 0.04% | 1 |
DNA testing and my daughter's doing the searching | 0.04% | 1 |
sibling and other relatives did the work | 0.04% | 1 |
Other family member did it | 0.04% | 1 |
an aunt did it | 0.04% | 1 |
My sister did it for our family | 0.04% | 1 |
Other family member did it. | 0.04% | 1 |
combination of my own and others | 0.04% | 1 |
Another family member did it | 0.04% | 1 |
Other relatives | 0.04% | 1 |
talked with family | 0.04% | 1 |
Nephew did it | 0.04% | 1 |
my grandma did it | 0.04% | 1 |
Talked to family and researched online. | 0.04% | 1 |
a relative did it for me | 0.04% | 1 |
Auntie | 0.04% | 1 |
late relative did | 0.04% | 1 |
Uncle did research. | 0.04% | 1 |
relative did so | 0.04% | 1 |
Brother and father | 0.04% | 1 |
my aunt did it | 0.04% | 1 |
relative did it | 0.04% | 1 |
my brother-in-law did it | 0.04% | 1 |
LDS | 0.04% | 1 |
my father has done it for me | 0.04% | 1 |
Through family. | 0.04% | 1 |
family member did it | 0.04% | 1 |
with the help of relatives | 0.04% | 1 |
my sister did it | 0.04% | 1 |
Mother and I are investigating | 0.04% | 1 |
just some looking around on websites, until they hit me up for cash | 0.04% | 1 |
My mother did it | 0.04% | 1 |
Aunt did it | 0.04% | 1 |
husband | 0.04% | 1 |
we have an expert in the family who did the work | 0.04% | 1 |
Some one did it for us | 0.04% | 1 |
Just back to 3 -4 generations | 0.04% | 1 |
Inherited a family tree needing upkeep | 0.04% | 1 |
not done it | 0.04% | 1 |
Someone else traced--no DNA testing | 0.04% | 1 |
My father | 0.04% | 1 |
my family member did extensive research himself | 0.04% | 1 |
My sister and I did it ourselves but through the whole process of research we made vital connections with some distant cousins, | 0.04% | 1 |
Other family member did | 0.04% | 1 |
dad: geneology website | 0.04% | 1 |
Another family member traced our ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
my family | 0.04% | 1 |
A cousin took the time to do it for me. | 0.04% | 1 |
3.
3.
Would you say that tracing your ancestry is: Easy
5%
109 votes
Hard
18%
397 votes
Time consuming
24%
540 votes
All of the above
12%
278 votes
N/A
53%
1195 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
19 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.16% | 4 | |
expensive | 0.08% | 2 |
Don't know | 0.08% | 2 |
hard to trace Irish ancestry with so many people having the same name | 0.04% | 1 |
Someone else in my family did it | 0.04% | 1 |
a waste of time and resources | 0.04% | 1 |
Too boring for words. | 0.04% | 1 |
Fun, I love the detective work although it can be costly. | 0.04% | 1 |
fun and intersting | 0.04% | 1 |
boring | 0.04% | 1 |
Did try a couple of times but kept taking me to USA, I'm from Ontario, Canada | 0.04% | 1 |
well worth the time | 0.04% | 1 |
but so interesting and fun! | 0.04% | 1 |
expensiive | 0.04% | 1 |
4.
4.
Did you discover interesting facts/things about your ancestors? If yes, feel free to share in the comment box. Yes
18%
396 votes
No
13%
283 votes
N/A
70%
1574 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
11 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.31% | 7 | |
some look picture of my grandmother | 0.04% | 1 |
I don' know he never said | 0.04% | 1 |
dID NOT TRACE THEM YET | 0.04% | 1 |
on some but not all | 0.04% | 1 |
5.
5.
How far back did you trace your ancestry? Cherokee War
5%
115 votes
American Revolution
7%
157 votes
War of 1812
4%
95 votes
Creek War
3%
59 votes
Mexican-American War
2%
43 votes
U.S. Civil War
6%
131 votes
Spanish-American War
2%
51 votes
World War I
9%
191 votes
World War II
13%
289 votes
Other (please specify)
56%
1246 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
na | 14.43% | 343 |
n/a | 13.08% | 311 |
5.68% | 135 | |
None | 2.94% | 70 |
didn't | 0.76% | 18 |
Did not trace | 0.63% | 15 |
did not | 0.46% | 11 |
Not Applicable | 0.42% | 10 |
mayflower | 0.25% | 6 |
1600's | 0.25% | 6 |
not sure | 0.25% | 6 |
did not do | 0.25% | 6 |
none of the above | 0.21% | 5 |
1600 | 0.21% | 5 |
i didn't | 0.21% | 5 |
i didnt | 0.13% | 3 |
1700's | 0.13% | 3 |
1700s | 0.13% | 3 |
no | 0.13% | 3 |
Didn't do it | 0.13% | 3 |
did not trace. | 0.13% | 3 |
Didn't trace | 0.13% | 3 |
1900 | 0.08% | 2 |
f | 0.08% | 2 |
0 | 0.08% | 2 |
Don't care | 0.08% | 2 |
never traced | 0.08% | 2 |
not | 0.08% | 2 |
did not do this | 0.08% | 2 |
don't know | 0.08% | 2 |
nil | 0.08% | 2 |
I DID NOT | 0.08% | 2 |
1600s | 0.08% | 2 |
N\A | 0.08% | 2 |
non | 0.08% | 2 |
I didn't. | 0.08% | 2 |
didnt | 0.08% | 2 |
Not interested | 0.08% | 2 |
have not done this | 0.08% | 2 |
adam and eve | 0.08% | 2 |
have not traced ancestry | 0.08% | 2 |
Canadian | 0.08% | 2 |
not that far | 0.08% | 2 |
didn't look | 0.04% | 1 |
Great grandmother. | 0.04% | 1 |
late 1700s | 0.04% | 1 |
back to year 1492 | 0.04% | 1 |
i havent done this | 0.04% | 1 |
1756 | 0.04% | 1 |
Pre Norman invasion | 0.04% | 1 |
Family has traced back to Europe, Caribbean, and parts of the Americas, but no specific wars or events have been seen in our research so far. (other than Spanish imperialism) | 0.04% | 1 |
you're stupid | 0.04% | 1 |
i never have | 0.04% | 1 |
, | 0.04% | 1 |
je n'ai pas retracé. | 0.04% | 1 |
Only as far back a great grandparents | 0.04% | 1 |
The signing of the Magna Carta | 0.04% | 1 |
mid 1800's | 0.04% | 1 |
I'm adopted; only interested in medical history | 0.04% | 1 |
other | 0.04% | 1 |
1600 england | 0.04% | 1 |
NA!! | 0.04% | 1 |
Why is it only about war? | 0.04% | 1 |
Th beginning | 0.04% | 1 |
Great Great Grandparents | 0.04% | 1 |
1645 Europe | 0.04% | 1 |
I have no American ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
European history | 0.04% | 1 |
Did not trace back my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
Most of my ancestors came to the US in the mid to late 1800s -- and I've traced them to prior to the American Revolution, but they were not in the US | 0.04% | 1 |
1530 | 0.04% | 1 |
n.a. | 0.04% | 1 |
I did not trace it | 0.04% | 1 |
I did not. i thought i made that statement clear earlier. | 0.04% | 1 |
today | 0.04% | 1 |
4 generations | 0.04% | 1 |
yesterday | 0.04% | 1 |
Colonist from England 1600 | 0.04% | 1 |
my grandma was born in the era of the manchus | 0.04% | 1 |
see above | 0.04% | 1 |
french nobility | 0.04% | 1 |
1749 | 0.04% | 1 |
medieval | 0.04% | 1 |
4th generation | 0.04% | 1 |
Am Canadian , but back to 1769 | 0.04% | 1 |
have not done | 0.04% | 1 |
i said i didnt | 0.04% | 1 |
not an American | 0.04% | 1 |
1500s | 0.04% | 1 |
only got to grandparents | 0.04% | 1 |
fuck you | 0.04% | 1 |
turn of the 20th century | 0.04% | 1 |
Reign of Olaf II Haraldsson | 0.04% | 1 |
1762 Scotland | 0.04% | 1 |
the stuart kings | 0.04% | 1 |
2800 | 0.04% | 1 |
n/a missing | 0.04% | 1 |
did not do so | 0.04% | 1 |
didnt trace it | 0.04% | 1 |
to the Mayflower | 0.04% | 1 |
I haven't | 0.04% | 1 |
haven't done it | 0.04% | 1 |
4 generations (not far enough) | 0.04% | 1 |
n/a due to adoptions and foreign records, haven't been able to get past grandparents | 0.04% | 1 |
Have no interest | 0.04% | 1 |
All the way | 0.04% | 1 |
N/A I HAVE NOT TRACED MY ANCESTRY. PLEASE INCLUDE N/A OPTIONS WHEN NEEDED. | 0.04% | 1 |
1623 in the US and 1632 in Canada | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't trace my ancestary. | 0.04% | 1 |
happy with NOW | 0.04% | 1 |
did not try to find my ancestry. | 0.04% | 1 |
have not done so yet | 0.04% | 1 |
300 years | 0.04% | 1 |
Haven't checked | 0.04% | 1 |
WAYYY back.....DNA.... | 0.04% | 1 |
17th Century Britain | 0.04% | 1 |
never traced my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
not done it | 0.04% | 1 |
my sister traced them back to Europe and to early America | 0.04% | 1 |
did't trace my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
Genes | 0.04% | 1 |
1750 | 0.04% | 1 |
Didn't do an ancestory search. | 0.04% | 1 |
When my ancestry arrived in America near of 1600 | 0.04% | 1 |
have not started | 0.04% | 1 |
Back to Brian Boru (AD 900's) | 0.04% | 1 |
Did not trace ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
have not done this yet | 0.04% | 1 |
m | 0.04% | 1 |
have not done it | 0.04% | 1 |
no trace done | 0.04% | 1 |
The late 18th century on Dad's side and the 17th century on Dads mom's side. Not so lucky with mom's side. | 0.04% | 1 |
great grandparents only | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't. None of the above would apply anyway. | 0.04% | 1 |
I don't know | 0.04% | 1 |
didnt look for it | 0.04% | 1 |
all 4 of my grandparents came from poland in 1912 | 0.04% | 1 |
England 1090 CE | 0.04% | 1 |
n a | 0.04% | 1 |
I do not know i did not get to do it | 0.04% | 1 |
I think we did 5 generations, we had a family union and sold them to family members | 0.04% | 1 |
I have not did it | 0.04% | 1 |
haven't done trace | 0.04% | 1 |
Gypsy | 0.04% | 1 |
none do not care | 0.04% | 1 |
Pre-American Revolution | 0.04% | 1 |
Never thought of it that way, went back as far as they could go. | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't trace my family ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't do that. | 0.04% | 1 |
not applicable. | 0.04% | 1 |
n/ap | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't trace the wars. | 0.04% | 1 |
............ | 0.04% | 1 |
far back-forgot, and want to do it again sometime soon | 0.04% | 1 |
not done | 0.04% | 1 |
n \a | 0.04% | 1 |
7 GENERATIONS | 0.04% | 1 |
country | 0.04% | 1 |
we have traced it back over 5 generations | 0.04% | 1 |
gh | 0.04% | 1 |
Approx 100 years | 0.04% | 1 |
Back to 1750 | 0.04% | 1 |
1412 | 0.04% | 1 |
none did not use this site. | 0.04% | 1 |
i did not trace my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
have not looked into it yet | 0.04% | 1 |
did not check | 0.04% | 1 |
? | 0.04% | 1 |
no where | 0.04% | 1 |
Civil war | 0.04% | 1 |
Didn't trace it to any specific war. | 0.04% | 1 |
1400s | 0.04% | 1 |
Never have tried to trace my ancestory history. | 0.04% | 1 |
NOTHING | 0.04% | 1 |
NO TRACING | 0.04% | 1 |
British 1400's | 0.04% | 1 |
Haven't traced ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
havent traced it | 0.04% | 1 |
To the 1790s | 0.04% | 1 |
1850 | 0.04% | 1 |
Didn | 0.04% | 1 |
Not yet | 0.04% | 1 |
1400 | 0.04% | 1 |
Pre-immigration1800s | 0.04% | 1 |
didn't trace back | 0.04% | 1 |
None of these. Did not get this far. | 0.04% | 1 |
mayflower ancester | 0.04% | 1 |
n?A | 0.04% | 1 |
NA HAVEN'T TRACED MY ANCESTRY | 0.04% | 1 |
Not sure, but dates back to pre 1812, maybe the 15th century | 0.04% | 1 |
221 BC | 0.04% | 1 |
further | 0.04% | 1 |
did not use this service | 0.04% | 1 |
ancestors came from Europe, turn of the century 1900 | 0.04% | 1 |
1815 | 0.04% | 1 |
don/t know | 0.04% | 1 |
No interest in searching | 0.04% | 1 |
N/ a | 0.04% | 1 |
none of the above because non of the methods worked | 0.04% | 1 |
Imigration to North America | 0.04% | 1 |
No luck | 0.04% | 1 |
v | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't trace my ancestors | 0.04% | 1 |
Didn't trace my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
didn't track | 0.04% | 1 |
cold war | 0.04% | 1 |
Have not traced | 0.04% | 1 |
800 AD | 0.04% | 1 |
1700 | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't Trace it | 0.04% | 1 |
one generation | 0.04% | 1 |
Wales 1200 | 0.04% | 1 |
I did not do it | 0.04% | 1 |
never | 0.04% | 1 |
did not find | 0.04% | 1 |
Black Plague | 0.04% | 1 |
France 1800 | 0.04% | 1 |
,kk | 0.04% | 1 |
it's different on each line and it grows, the furthest i have gone on any of them is the crusades | 0.04% | 1 |
Didn't time it by wars. | 0.04% | 1 |
no trace | 0.04% | 1 |
1300 | 0.04% | 1 |
unknow n | 0.04% | 1 |
n.a | 0.04% | 1 |
far | 0.04% | 1 |
1512 he was a scottish politician | 0.04% | 1 |
didn,t | 0.04% | 1 |
never did it | 0.04% | 1 |
back to Scotland | 0.04% | 1 |
Fna | 0.04% | 1 |
1700's Europe | 0.04% | 1 |
n/a!!! | 0.04% | 1 |
not at all | 0.04% | 1 |
Slavery | 0.04% | 1 |
i'm adopted no history | 0.04% | 1 |
River nymphs in Egypt | 0.04% | 1 |
N/A-haven't traced my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
just barely started | 0.04% | 1 |
1000 AD | 0.04% | 1 |
back to 10 ad | 0.04% | 1 |
Only know 3 generations back. | 0.04% | 1 |
up to 3 generations | 0.04% | 1 |
I didn't trace it back, it was too expensive to try | 0.04% | 1 |
Don' remember | 0.04% | 1 |
Back ti 1555 | 0.04% | 1 |
haven't don't so | 0.04% | 1 |
Norman Invasion of Britain | 0.04% | 1 |
n'a | 0.04% | 1 |
havent traced my family history yet | 0.04% | 1 |
back to 1600's | 0.04% | 1 |
1066 | 0.04% | 1 |
1600's Scotland | 0.04% | 1 |
Late 1800s in Italy | 0.04% | 1 |
X | 0.04% | 1 |
1800's | 0.04% | 1 |
in the 1800's | 0.04% | 1 |
Just until my family came to Canada. | 0.04% | 1 |
I only know what my family told me so not that far | 0.04% | 1 |
NA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 0.04% | 1 |
Never done this | 0.04% | 1 |
Ireland 400 years ago | 0.04% | 1 |
their debut in America | 0.04% | 1 |
10th century | 0.04% | 1 |
Naaa | 0.04% | 1 |
europe | 0.04% | 1 |
1600's back to England | 0.04% | 1 |
medievel times | 0.04% | 1 |
i haven't traced my ancestry | 0.04% | 1 |
ns | 0.04% | 1 |
700BC due to the fact that there was Royalty on my dad's side | 0.04% | 1 |
not sure, I'd have to go back and look. | 0.04% | 1 |
. | 0.04% | 1 |
13 century | 0.04% | 1 |
MAFIA | 0.04% | 1 |
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