Results: Ancestry Hunt
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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