Genealogy Chat

Our Goal -

The  groups in our genealogy network provide worldwide genealogy resources, weblinks & discussions to make tracing your family history online easier.

We provide active, caring genealogy chat room in which all with an interest in genealogy feel at home for sharing knowledge, ideas, resources & making of friendships.

Please be sure you drop into Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat

As a group the chatters in Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat have a wide range of genealogical resources, with which we may be able to offer a lookup, or a suggestion on what to try next in tracing your family tree. The helpers and chatters in our genealogy chatroom are worldwide, we have a wide range of genealogy experience.

We would love to have you join with your expertize or questions.

Looking 4 Kin Chat Rules

The following will not be allowed:

- Obscene language or profanity, be it full words or abbreviations.

- Constant disruption of the chat.

- Gossip

- Discussion of other chat rooms - good or bad.

- Asking personal questions of chatters - example: age, sex.

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William Hepner, Alexandrabeecher, leovb and 1 more joined Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network & Chat 1 hour ago
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Sally Nelson replied to Sally Nelson's discussion 'Looking for Sarah Marie Morris' in the group Staffordshire Genealogy
The information came from my Grandmother.  I am just starting to into the possibilities over…
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I am looking for a marriage date for my ggggrandfather Fen Moore born about 1799 England,died April…See More
Hill added a discussion to the group Ontario Genealogy 13 hours ago
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Eliz replied to Geri Chubb's discussion 'William Charles Beaudry called Charles, and his first family.' in the group Ontario Genealogy
Well now.. grrr.. they are listed  here, but pretty much what we already…
16 hours ago
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Eliz replied to Geri Chubb's discussion 'William Charles Beaudry called Charles, and his first family.' in the group Ontario Genealogy
so now we have another entirely different spelling of last names, I tracked down MARY ELLEN'S…
17 hours ago
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Jeanyalogy replied to Geri Chubb's discussion 'William Charles Beaudry called Charles Wife Elizabeth Lizzie McDonald' in the group Québec (Quebec) Genealogy / Québec Généalogie
Just to avoid duplication, just noted that this information is being chased down in an Ontario…
18 hours ago
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Connie B. updated their profile 18 hours ago
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Just M replied to john armstrong (firefox)'s discussion 'William Muir & Elizabeth Dyer in Simcoe County' in the group Ontario Genealogy
Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 Name: Esther Moffatt Death Date:…
19 hours ago
 
Hello and Welcome
Here are a few things you can do right now…

  • Join and post a message in one of the many groups listed just below this box- simply click the link to the country or group.
  • Join us in the Genealogy Chat Room
  • Invite your family and friends to join the network.
  • Visit your profile page and manage your personal information and settings.

If you tweet please tell others about us and ask the genealogy world to pass our url on.

Welcome to Looking 4 Kin Genealogy and Family History Network & Genealogy Chat

Here you will find the genealogy links and the regional and special interest groups in which you can post your genealogy queries.
 
Click the group below for the country or area you are interested in.

 

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Hello & Welcome to Looking 4 Kin

To Join Looking 4 Kin
New members must be approved before accessing the site. You must now answer the questions, provide a verification email address, fill out the captua and wait to be approved to join.
Sadly we are aware that this is an instant society and this wait time is going to deter people from joining but hopefully it will help stop Looking 4 Kin from being the target of spammers.

Editing Or Adding To Your Profile Page:
Click on the Profile Tab at the top of this page. Here you can Manage Your Profile (change your name, change your privacy settings, change your email address, add your photo, put more information on the names you are researching). It is your page to alter however you want as long as it is kept genealogy related. When done here head on over to the groups and start joining and posting.

To Search For & Join Groups:
Click on the Country and Special Intrest Group in the list above, this will take you to the different areas of the site. Or click on the the Groups tab at the top of this page. On the left you will see a search box, from here you can search for a group type or name.
On the right you also have the option of sorting the groups by most active, latest activity, most members, most active from the drop down box on the right of the groups area.
Once you find a group you wish to join simply click the join button.

To Post A Message:
Please join a group in the area you are researching and click on start a discussion. There are also specialty groups you can post in or you can start a group of your own for your area or family name.

To Search For A Member:
Click on the Members Tab at the top of this page. On the left you will see a simple search box from which you can search a name. There is also an advanced search box where you can search names people are researching or an area.

To Invite Friends:
Click on the Invite Friends Tab at the top of this page and take it from there.
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To Visit Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat:
Click the Cenealogy Chat Room tab at the top of this page.

To Leave Looking 4 Kin Network:
1. Sign in to the Ning Network.
2. Click on the "Settings" link in the right hand column of the Main page.
3. On the My Settings page, you'll see a link to remove yourself and all of your content from the Network on the bottom of that page.

Can You Help Moderate
We would like at least one moderator for each group. Can you help out? Send me a message if so
What does being a admin or moderator mean?
1. You will keep an eye on the group making sure there are no non genealogy postings that should not be here, deleting them if you find one.
2. Ask for further information is the postings are vauge.
3. You will work towards making the group grow and active.
4. Helping us keep the page associated with this group on Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat up to date with broken and new sites sent to me.
Thanks

Lets all work together to get this Genealogy Network active and interactive and where helping hands really do help one another with our family history.

This site created, maintained and paid for by Just M. All sections of Looking 4 Kin are free and will always remain that way. All we ask is that you participate if you join.

Blog Posts - ****Please do not use blog for queries as we have set the groups up for that purpose.***

Just M

Rules For Genealogy - A bit of Humor

Posted by Just M on January 24, 2012 at 8:40am 0 Comments

Rules For Genealogy - A bit of Humor

1. Treat the brothers and sisters of your ancestors as equals ... even if some of them were in jail.

2. Death certificates are rarely filled in by the person who died.

3. When visiting a funeral home, wear old clothes, no make-up, and look like you have about a week to live ... the funeral director will give you anything you ask if he thinks you may be a customer soon.

4. The cemetery where your ancestor was…

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Just M

1940 USA Federal Population Census

Posted by Just M on January 23, 2012 at 9:00am 0 Comments

1940 USA Federal Population Census

The National Archives will release the 1940 Census on April 2, 2012. It will be available for online searching free of charge. The 1940 Census will not have a name index when it opens on April 2, 2012. In order to locate someone, you will need to know his or her address and the Census enumeration district in which that address was located.

What can you do now in preparation for the opening of the 1940 Census?

The …

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Just M

A Brief History of the Mennonites

Posted by Just M on January 22, 2012 at 9:00am 0 Comments

A Brief History of the Mennonites

Mennonites are a branch of the Christian church, with roots in the radical wing of the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Part of the group known as Anabaptists (because they rebaptized adult believers), the Mennonites took their name from Menno Simons (ca. 1496-1561), a Dutch priest who converted to the Anabaptist faith and helped lead it to prominence in Holland by the mid-16th century. His followers became known as Mennonites…

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Just M

Guidelines For Using Message Boards & Submitting Queries

Posted by Just M on January 20, 2012 at 11:30am 0 Comments

Guidelines For Using Message Boards & Submitting Queries

Posts to message boards, mailing lists, and newsgroups are great ways to connect with researchers with similar interests, to seek information, or to locate family members and can yield great results if they are written to gain the attention of potential cousins, or someone in a position to help you.

Resist impulse posting. Taking a few moments and care in writing a query will give your request…

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Important Stuff


Privacy & The Living

Please refrain from posting questions or sharing information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers etc of family members you believe to be alive.

Any postings that contain information on living people will be removed.

Genealogy Chats

We all know others exist and many frequent several of them but they are not to be mentioned either here on our social network or in our chatroom. This is due to problems in the past and for our mutual protection. Sorta like "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas".

Business Sites

If your site generates revenue for you are not allowed to post it here without prior permission.

If your site refers to any of the above please refrain form listing it either in postings on the network or in your profile information. Thanks.

Help Us Grow

There are some small things you can all help with:

1. The 1st and most important part is for you to get active. Please join the groups in the areas you are researching and start posting.

2. Read the postings in the areas you know about and offer help where you can.

3. Tell your friends and fellow genealogists about us and invite them to join us in the Chat and Network.

4. Add Looking 4 Kin to your signature on outgoing email.

5. Add a link on your genealogy website.

6. Add a link to us on link sites if you don't see Looking 4 Kin listed.

7. Send invitations to mailing lists and groups you belong to (with permission granted to do so from owner 1st).

8. Word of mouth is the best advertising we can get, so please tell people about Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat,  & Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network

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