Genealogy Chat

Hello - hello - is there anyone out there :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-P

I would be very concerned if someone answered back ;-)

Oh well talking to myself again - nothing unusual.

Will wander off again & see if anyone is around on the other threads.

Take care all

Hello Anne,

Yes, I'm here - just waiting for a friend to bring her grand daughter's wedding photos to show me!

Please don't start talking to yourself! I try to resist the temptation! My keyboard is talking to itself and adding lots of letters that I haven't typed (I'm sure)and leaving out others that I have.

Did you ever find your Bourn(e) relative or was she really a Brown(e). My Jones family are elusive still but I have a Will of grandfather's which adds a bit more to the puzzle but also sets up even more!

It is so hot - I would like to go into the garden but feel cooler (!) indoors with the fan on.

I'll bet Robert is cool up there in his shell and Frank cannot be enjoying the climate in Scotland. Even though Susan is enjoying that rain it sounds a bit wild to me, Susan - any hail?

Love and best wishes to Evelyn and Ron - thinking of you.

Good to hear from Josie, Sylvia, Cynthia and hoping all is going well.

Family have gone off to the south of France to visit relatives and then to Italy for a camping holiday. I won't see them until September now.

I'm losing enthusiasm for doing my family history - is it the weather?


<3 from Reece

Anne, I talk to myself a lot! Well, at least I get a sensible conversation
:-D



Sorry you lost your internet connection Sue......we had a power cut last week and I felt as though my arm had been cut off......lol



Hasn't it been stuffy today Reece? So humid. We had a sharp shower for about 10 mins and that was it. It cleared the air a little bit but has gone warm again.


As for losing interest in your tree, I think that happens to us all now and again. We get to the stage where we can't find anything else to add so we leave it and then, suddenly, we have a bright idea and off we go again. I have just been adding some photos to my tree which has been quite interesting.


Had an exciting event on my shift at the hospital today.......a baby was born in a consulting room because the mum couldn't make it to the delivery suite in time!!

The birth took place in the eye care centre and all the staff were rushing around looking for pillowcases etc.etc. It was a little boy and I saw him and his mum and dad about 15 minutes after he was born.

It was a lovely start to the day I must admit.


Love to all. Cx

Hi all


what a lovely experience C!


Reece ............ I think we all lose interest in our trees. That's one reason why I help others so much! I hope your family enjoy their holdiays


It seems strange that summer is almost over! Schools etc go back here no later than the first Tuesday in September .......... the first Monday is Labour Day, and that is traditionally the end of "summer". Some schools in certain areas even go back in mid-August!


I was only saying to OH this morning that I still think in terms of the "school" year ........... September is the beginning of the "new year" as far as I am concerned!


Take care everyone




Anne ..... Like C, I find I get sensible replies (or replies that I want) when I tlak to myself :-D




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Hi Everyone

Well I seem to be having a really bad time of it lately.

I woke up yesterday morning with terrible pains in the top half of my back and it radiated through to my chest .
Dr is three doors away so I got in to see him straight away ,already on antibiotics and I had a chest x ray this morning.

Dr thinks with this cold I have had for about three weeks has either given me a touch of pneumonia or I have pleurisy.
Only the results of my chest x rays will tell me ...I must admit though I already feel a bit better today,antibiotics must be already doing there thing.

Anne I talk to myself all the time I don;t let it worry me I am mad anyway.

Reece I loose interest in my tree from time to time ...with more records coming on all the time I get back to my brick walls to check if anything has come out about them and sometimes there is ....more so with Ancestry.

Cynthia what a lovely thing to happen to you ...I love babies and can't wait to be a Great Grandmother.

Weather here is still terrible but I won't complain because we need the rain so badly to see us through next Summer.
Doing a Curry tonight that should warm us up.

Love to everyone .
Suex :-)

Welcome back everyone - its nice to have friends around.

Cynthia - what an exciting start to the day

Sue - sounds silly to say wrap up well & stay in the warm at this time of year.

Its very hot & humid here around 29 degrees today - its the humidity that seems to kill us off.

We have just been offered free health checks - very tempted - but I know they will tell me to lose weight (which I already know) & a eat a healthier diet (if they give me the money to buy the food)

We tried a healthy eating week & my shopping bill went up over £25 UK pounds for those outside & thats a lot of money - even with fresh fruit juices & bio yogurt its expensive.

Talking of healthy eating - we have jsut been offered a Krispy Kreme doughnut each (twice) well i was very good you will be pleased to hear.

BOTH OF MINE HAD A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE so less calories. he he

excuse the typing - nibbling on my Krispy Kreme

Reece I do get despondent over my tree from time to time - so I leave it & work on th Oh's & when it happens there I go back to mine & sometimes I leave it all for a couple of months. There are lots of other places to have a mooch trough - If you ahve anythign in Kent let me know - i am off to Canturbury records office on Saturday.

The good thing with Ancestry, Family Search & Gr is that things are being added all the time - so its woth leaving things for a bit sometimes - OH was feeling fed up so gave him a Brickwall project on ancestry - kept him amused for weeks. He was so chuffed when he found things - kept us busy for weeks getting the records out & adding or checking details.

Didn't like to tell him i already had some of it - but it never hurst rechecking things.

He is going back to looking at his tree now - then I will get hi on Roots magic - he can check all the info from the paper records have made it on to the computer - that will keep him busy for a long time - only wish he got paid for it.

I can talk - my roots magic & GR trees are very out of date

On the subject of the Bourn's Reece - no still a brick wall - but now I may have her parents (nothing certain) and they are a brick wall as well now.

I have no idea how people can go through life and leave no paper trail or an idea of a place of Birth - its a very big mystery.

Well finished the doughnut (very nice it was too) I will start my diet & excercise regime next week when we are back from the outlaws - my exercise machine is still in its box. Must be nearly 2 months now - how bad.

Back to work see whats on the horizon.

Take care all <3 ;-) <3

Poor Sue, it sounds as though you really are having a bad time - do take care of yourself. I've heard that pleurisy can be very painful indeed.


Krispy Kreme doughnut......yummmmm. My favourite doughnuts are the sugary ones which squirt jam out all over you! Messy but nice. :-D


I have quite a glut of runner beans at the moment but am not complaining. They are so nice compared with the supermarket variety!


Which reminds me that we are having some with our meal tonight - had better stagger out to the kitchen again. Wish I enjoyed cooking
:-\


Hope everyone in the UK is coping with this humid weather....can be a bit sticky and uncomfortable at times.


Love to all. Cx

Hi


it is warm here, but not too humid


Nova Scotia was terribly humid! I hated it.


I washed my hair, blow dried it, and within 10 minutes it was almost as wet as when I started!

Then I got this wonderful wave on one side. The next day, there were 2 waves on that side.

I complained to J that the humidity was making a mess of my hair

"MUM! You have the most wonderful marcelled waves! People pay large amounts of money to have those doen, and you're complaining about them!"


Only parents will know the tone of voice of that "MUM" :-D



take care everyone




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I love Fresh Runners lovely - i don't mind cooking - but really have to be in the right frame of mind - not when i get home after a long day at work.


Sylvia - I am sure your hair look lovely


I love it when my hair curls when its wet - wish it stayed like that when dry

Well its been raining since around 5:30 this morning

Must go have to go to a meeting - will check in again tomorrow

Take care all

Hi Everyone

I would like curls of any description ,my hair is dead strait.

Every time I wash it I have to blow dry it into my style ...it is a very time consuming thing to have to do every four or so days.

Feeling a bit better today slowly recovering ,I must admit antibiotics don't go down well with me at any time...they make me feel sick in themselves.

Anne we have rain coming again tonight it has been sunny the last two days...cold but sunny,it has not bothered me because I have stayed indoors.
I am very board now ,as I have not ridden my bike for a good week,I hate staying inside .

Still not having any luck helping my friend find her real father...all the agencies I have contacted want information she does not have so where do we go from hear, they all want money in some shape or form before they will help,that's a sad state of affairs in itself as the records are there and belong to the participants in my mind anyway.

I am putting it into the too hard basket until she can give me more info to go on.

We have just had our census form delivered today,every five years over here but no records are released to the public and all the older records are not kept either ,they are destroyed so god help the people in 100 years doing Genealogy there will be nothing to look up in OZ except BDM.

Off to catch up with some housework...it has got away from me lately.

Have a good day everyone .
Suex
:-) <3

Morning - well I was here in the office at 5:45 - but got distracted by tidying up - we have a VP arriving today - so it tidy tidy tidy

I can't work with an empty desk - I need paper around me

Just found out i should have been claiming double time when i did the early morning shift (well at least an hour of it ) just counted up - in total they owe me 58 hours pay - which would be great this month as they have reduced all the OT at the moment. will try & get round the boss to get this worked in this month

The saying is everything happens for a purpose

I hate arriving in the office at 9am - feel as though half my morning has gone already. I like to arrive when i am all on my own & then the others join me a hour or so later.

After all that rain yesterday its a lovely day so far.

Glad you are feeling better Sue

Don't really know what to suggest about your friend without knowing some more details.

We are at the outlaws this weekend - will try & see if I can log on but forgot the paperwork last time :-( We are trying out a new restaurant this week & the menu online looks really good - hope the service is better than the last one.

Treated myself to a doner last night & very nice it was too.

My cousin on my fathers side has been in touch & reckons we are related to Grace Darling & several other lighthouse families - where from I have no idea - but gives me something to do in my lunch hour.

Waves & hugs to all the missing ones ((((((~~~~~~~~~~~~))))))

Will try & check back in a bit later

Take care all ;-) :-) <3 <3 <3

Good to know you are feeling a bit better Sue.....don't rush things though. You'll be back on your bike in no time at all hopefully.


How was the VIP visit Anne? Was it anyone famous? Enjoy your weekend. It would be very interesting to know if you are related to Grace Darling. It's funny you should mention her actually because there was a programme on on Monday night.....to do with antiques. There were three experienced antique amateurs on and one of them had no idea who Grace Darling was! And I thought I was stooopid........ :-S


Having a trauma with my oven at the moment as the ignition thingey has gone AGAIN! It fizzled out part way through cooking a meal but, being a woman, I put my brain into gear and found a short garden cane which I wedged between the cooker knob and the drawers opposite in order to keep the flames alight.

Then, last night, I did a stirfry with my hip pressed against the knob to keep the oven on for hot plates.

Where there's a will......etc :-D


With love to all friends on here ~~~~Cx

Hi Everyone

Cynthia you are very ingenious I would never have thought of that,the ignition thingy on my hot plate drives me nuts when it won't light.
so I keep a box of matches handy.

Feeling a bit better this what ever it is has has knocked me for six this time.
Still pouring down with rain ...that's good for the water storage but it stops me from being outdoors and that is where I am the happiest .

Helping a friend at the moment with an Irish rellies ...not easy I must say.

Anne Good job you finding you have been underpaid nice little pick up,I hope your trip to the Outlaw goes well.

Looking forward to my trip to Bali now ...doing nothing for 6 days appeals to me right now.

Going for a nice hot bath then into my Granny nightie.

Pop in tonight.

Suex <3 :-)

Hello My Friends,
things are not so good at the moment Ron is back in hospital as his breathing was very difficult also his chest needed to be drained again, he is in the best place as the treatment he is getting is second to none, he is on oxygen at the moment, maybe when I visit today he will be a bit brighter, ever hopeful.
Never rains but it pours both my cooker and washing machine have decided to give up, so instead of bothering with repairs I decided as both machines are getting on in years (like me ) it would be as well to replace them and both are being delivered and fitted on Tuesday morning.
Cant stop sneezing this morning, pollen count must be high
Now I am going to plug the vacuum cleaner in, I wonder will it be the 3rd thing to pack up??
My love to everyone and thank you for all your kind thoughts.
Cynthia did you ever manage to find out who lived at that address in Dafforne Road.
Well a vacuuming I shall go, cheerio all
Evelyn XX <3 <3 <3 <3

Well here i am at 5am in a very dark office - drizzling out side - the nght I needed to get some sleep we had a bit of a storm & very heavy rain - never mind.

For some strange reason I offered my services early morning & here I am at 5am - so i have a 12 & a half hour day ahead of me today & Wednesday - well you have to take what you can get. I get all 4 hours at double as they need me in tomorrow as well now.

Quite good if it stays quiet but it probably won't.

Cynthia - looks like you need a new oven as well or a little man to fix it.
Well VIP visit came & went - she didn't come to see us at all - so tidy up for nothing

Evelyn lovely to have you back with us - sorry to hear about Ron being back in hospital - but as you say he is in the best place & I am sure they will sort him out for you. I hate it whwn appliances breakdown - its never just one - we had the washing machine - closely followed by the fridge freezer. washing machine was 11 years old - fridge freezer was 15 years old - so they did a good few years service - wonder how long the newer ones will last.

Visit to the outlaws went without a hitch this time FinL was very quiet - hardly said a word (well alwasy a problem when SinL & MinL don't stop talking either) but he was extra quiet.

Have to say i can't see a Grace Darling link anywhere yet - but I will keep looking.

Sue glad youa re feeling beter the trip to bali will do you good.

Wonder where all the others are this weekend.

Nothing really to report today so far - will try & pop back lunchtime - see if anyone around. However they wern't - so see you all tomorrow ?

take care all <3 ;-) <3

Morning all its 04:50 on a dark tuesday morning & talking to myself again

If anyone fancies joining in - I am here for most of the 12 hour day today & tomorrow :-P ;-) :-P

I know I am mad - i need the cash & i love talking to myself most of the time.

Waves & hugs to those missing ((((((~~~~~~~~~~))))))

Take care all <3 <3 <3

Hi Everyone

Anne what are you doing at work at 4.30 in the morning,I would be still sleeping you poor thing.

I hope none of you live anywhere near London,I think it is terrible what has happened to the UK over the years and the same will happen in OZ if we don't stop the boat people that keep coming here from Afghanistan and surrounding areas.

On looking at the news last night it seems to be coloured people doing all the looting and burning,now I am not against coloured people at all but from what I can see they left there own country for a better life but they are living the same in the UK as they did in there own country.
They may as well go home to where they came from.

Sorry if I sound mean but really this is just too much ,I still have a lot of rellies who live on the outskirts of Bristol seems they are having some problems as well.

I see Nancy Wake Died,what a great human being she was,not many people around with her courage any more.

Evelyn I hope your OH is more comfortable now and is home again with you.

I have to get dinner going will come back later.
Really looking forward to my trip now.
Suex :-) <3

Sue i can do early mornings - its late nights i can't

I was awake at 2 this morning anyway

It looks like Brighton is joining in with it all - no-one seems to know why - its just an excuse for the youth of the country to fight each other & cause problems. Our shopping centre is locing the doors early & sending the staff home early - we are also getting extra police presence at the stations to stop the yobs from getting here from the london burbs.

I think we are are now on amber alert here in the office - thats the problem of working in a big city & for a Multi -National company as well. We don't have any Army anywhere near here - but it looks like a lot of the main cities are getting ready for trouble in the next day or so.

No wonder we want to leave & go somewhere else. At least i sort of lived through the mods & rockers & they only damaged a small area of the sea front in the 60's.

At least i am about 15 mins away from the shopping centre & the station & i live on the outskirts as well - but only over the hill from the major hotspot area where there is sometimes a lot of trouble - but it has been calm for a couple of years now, but scarey all the same.

Looks like things are hotting up in town already as there is a mob heading from the secondary shopping area towards the main centre as I type.

Back in the office early tomorrow - will let you know if anything goes off in Brighton tonight.

Keep safe everyone :-P ;-) :-) <3

Oh Anne

I hope you are going to Ok,it really is so stupid is'nt it ,they must be so board with life.

I don't think this multicultural thing is going to work ever we all live so different and we all different values,it is the same here in OZ,I try to be fair but when I see boatloads of middle eastern men arriving it terrifies me .

We are having alot of trouble here with them,it is how they live in there own country and it comes here with them ...not many women and children mind you so who is back home looking after them.

Bring in the Army is the best thing to do .
Stay safe everyone ,it might be a good time to visit Robert in his cave !!

Suex

Well looks like nothing came of it here - Just a whole load of people trying to frighten other people.

Well last morning of the earlies - been here since 4:45 - won't miss it - may try & get the afternoon off tomorrow.

I think the governments around the world need to sort out their immigration policies - The UK seems to have more immigrants now than the original UK population over 40 years ago - a lot of people i know have moved abroad as they don't get the same problems over there. Its sad when you have to move out of your country as other races are ruining your homeland - i do think we should tighten up on it a lot more.

However off the soapbox now

Working on saturday but get sunday free - i seem to have loads to do at home as we were out last weekend. I never seem to catch up on things at the moment. OH seems to be tired all the time - perhaps its because he hasn't a lot to keep him occupied.

Well off for a mooch around the threads & see whats going on in between calls & work.

Take care all <3 <3 <3