Genealogy Chat

Hi Everyone

Glad to have you back Anne,I don't think I would know what to do if they did that to me ,I would have been very angry too.

You are really having some bad weather in the UK from our news at night,my uncle tells me it was -12 the other night where he is.
I would gladly swap places with you all for a few days .
Hot and humid here with no sign of as change anytime soon.

I have not done any of my tree for a while to many dead ends at present,I hoping some new entries to Ancestry records come on soon.

I have a housefull at the moment so I had better get back to getting dinner on.

Be back tonight .
Love to everyone .
Thinking of you Evelyn <3

Suex <3 <3 <3

Have just received the Family History research I commisioned - sounds grand but not really.

I wanted to know more about my mother's side of the family. Lots to read, but one fact I learnt was my grandmother's father died before she was born. She was the sixth and last child, Her grandfather wrote devotional poetry and the researcher found the book he published in 1834 - "Paraphrases and Hymns" by Thomas Dickson.

The following verse illustrates his work -

"Psalm 1
Thrice happy he who never strays
In paths where fools repair
Nor stands in sinners' crooked ways
Nor fills the scoffer's chair"

His work was reviewed in the Minstrelsy of the Merse: the poets and poetry of Berwickshire: a country anthology. Rev. W S Crockett said

"Thomas Dickson was a schoolmaster of Chirnside, and a man of wide knowledge, great kind heartedness, and deep piety."

I hope to uncover many more nuggets like this in the large package I received. This will take time as I am currently busy on other projects that have a deadline within the next 10 days.

:-) :-D :-)

What a find Arthur! You must be delighted. I envy you having a large parcel of research to go through - sounds great! :-D



Anne, was your sub due for renewal? That happened to me at the beginning of the year. Most unsettling.... :-|



I had a mishap this morning and broke an oriental ornament I had inherited from my parents...... :-( Some of it can be put together but the lid may be beyond repair.... :-(



I took my friend out this afternoon and we had a nice coffee and cake at a garden centre. I must be getting old - these wheelchairs seem heavier than they did 12 years ago....... :-D



Sounds as though Sue is keeping busy............wouldn't mind some of her warm weather...... :-D



Sending love to missing friends........ <3


Cx.

hi all
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we're in a rainy warm spell


means the grass is growing!


I watched the gardener at the church across the street liming all the grass last week :-0 .... that's a wee bit earlier than usual!



Arthur ..... that sounds exciting. I wonder what else you will unearth in the package?




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Yes my subs were due - seems to be a regular occurance

Anyway i am back

Arthur - was it expensive? Good find though

Cynthia - how sad - at least you could repair yours.

When the inlaws downsized - she was going to throw away a large oval picture. Its heavy and wooden I liked it - so I said i would have it.

Our stair case is the whole height of the house (if you know what I mean) - massive wall - full of plaster plaques and pictures.

So we get it home & OH gets the ladder out & hangs it at the top.

Six months or so later - one very quiet evening - OH & I sitting cuddling on the sofa watching TV - very interesting programme & all hell breaks lose.

Such a noise - thought the house was falling down - went out in the hall. At the bottom of the stairs is the Black flower picture - fully intact except the string on the back, which is broken. Also on the stairs are a few of the Plaster plaques in various stages of distress :-( :-( :-( :-( - OH devistated as they were his pride & Joy - he moans a lot as its the horrid black thing that caused all the trouble.

I moan as he should have put it lower down. Then we go & get the glue.

OH puts a stronger bit of string/wire on the heavy painting - I gather all the bits of plaster and start on sorting out the bits and preparing it to be glued back. Well some of the plaques look a little worse for wear but they are still alive.

Two years later - everything is still in place & touch wood hanging quite happily :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Well thats the end of the tale of woe - still munching my way through a sarnie.

Still no Overtime - will go back to the workhouse now - at home this weeekend.

Will pop in when i can

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

Anne

It was £175 per family line - so £350 to research both my mother's lines.

One the Dickson line that originated in Scotland, Naomi went back to about 1784 plus the name of the father one generation back.
On the Freeman line she went back to 1809 plus knowledge of the father one generation back.

Where females married the spouse were shown - always a difficult area unless you are lucky with wills or censuses.

Hi Everyone

Cynthia you are correct I have not stopped all week .

I go into Hos tomorrow to have my first eye done ,cataract removed and lens put in so I will not have to wear glasses again if all goes to plan second eye is done 19th March.

My vision has slowly gotten worse over the years ,I find it hard to look at the computer screen at times so my time on here is limited but after tomorrow I hope it fixes the problem.

Arthur that is a very good news about your Mothers line but I don't think I can afford to pay someone to find my rellies ....I am hoping I can spend more time looking on the Internet once my eyes are fixed.

No trouble with Genes re; renewals but the site is so slow to load ...none of my other sites load that Genes does .

Well my friends I will sign off until Tuesday as that is the day they say I will be right to use my computer again and I still have lots to do before tomorrow......don't want to come home to a mess.

Wish me luck as I wave you all goodbye for a while .

Very excited not to wear glasses again I hope!

Love to you all <3

Suex :-D :-D

Good Luck Sue - Beleive me the pain does go away - just a little uncomfortable for a day or so - you will feel so much better once its all over & done with - wish I was like you - no glasses or contacts would be a dream come true.

Arthur - thank you for letting me know - I wish I could get a little help on the brick walls - that will have to wait till we get our finances sorted.

Meanwhile I do like the fun of the chase & we both (OH & I) get very excited when we find something.

Will pop back later if I can as lunch calls to me.

Take care all <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I agree that finding out the facts yourself is what is is really all about, but I decided that I would give my searches on my mother's side a little boost.

I found out the my mother's paternal grandfather has no death record. How is it possible that records can go missing. Has anyone encountered this before, and if yes, how did you resolve it..

Sun is shing and I must get in the garden before settling down to watch the football.

Good luck, Sue,

Be very interested to hear how it goes as my eyes are on the "verge" and may have to be done soon.

Hope all goes well Sue - look forward to seeing you back here as soon as you are able to type again.



Robert, you do realise that you will have to come out of your little shell if you are going to get your eyes seen to don't you?? :-D



Have you asked anyone on GR to look for that missing death record Arthur? There have been some wonderful 'finds' over the years on here.



Bet you thought you were being broken into when those plaques came crashing down didn't you Anne? What a fright and what a mess...... :-( Glad things have stayed in place since......



It's been a beautifully bright and sunny day here today but the wind has been really cold..........brrrrrrrrr Just settling down for a couple of hours play on the internet having just seen a visitor off.


Take care all and love to Reece, Sallie, Sally and Evelyn ... <3 Cx

Hi all

been very wet here ....... gale force winds and pouring rain Friday afternoon through to early Saturday afternoon.


Sue ....... good luck tomorrow.


If you look in here again .......... do please remember to take a pair of sunglasses with you. You will need them when you come out from the clinic.


You will probably have eye drops to put in for several days .............. I had 2 different kinds, and they had to be put in at specific times. I ended up having to keep a record in a little notebook, to make sure I'd done each one at the correct time!



Robert ................... I had both eyes done back in 2001. I went from extremely short sighted to needing only reading/computer glasses. It was fantastic!


....... and I am a person who absolutely hates anyone coming near my eyes! But the clinic staff were fantastic.




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Cynthia

Did as you suggested and added Edwin Freeman - Death Record in the Find Ancestors threads.

Lots of response and even more puzzling results. :-) :-S :-)

Hi Cynthia,

Hadn't thought of that - silly me. Well I'll just have to go blind!!

Oh Robert - you have to come out of the shell sometime - thats a silly thing to say

Call the Midwife finsied sunday - Can't wait for it to come back

I have recorded Upstairs Downstairs - will try & see if I can watch it tonight as OH is out - he likes the old version & hates the new one. I have heard its not very good.

Bit grey & cloudy here today - the news is we are already in a drought situation & its only February - they were talking about standpipes already.

Who wants to take bets that its going to be a very wet summer this year?

Will pop by later if I can

Take care all <3 <3 <3

Arthur - does that mean that you are now more confused than when you started? Keep an eye on your thread for more replies........you will get there in the end I'm sure. So many of the helpers are really experienced. Our Sylvia is quite good actually....... ;-)




Hope Sue has gone on okay. Eyesight is very precious. Robert, you just come out of that shell right now!!!! Tuts.....




I have mixed feelings about the new Upstairs Downstairs. I adored the old one and watched the new one to see what I thought. To be honest, I can't even remember it much now and it's less than 48 hours. Guess it didn't have that much of an effect on me..... :-(



Pancake Day and am hoping my OH has enough energy to get the pancakes started. The grandchildren just love grandad's pancakes and so do I? Lots of lemon and sugar please. :-D



Quite mild and spring is on it's way.........wonderful!


Love to all. Cx. <3

Yes Folks, it probably was a silly thing to say.

It's not that I don't know anything about blindness - my Father was blind having been blinded in the first World War and I know that most blind people can live a very full life.

Aren't you glad we care about you Ven. Robert? :-D

hello

love to you all

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sally w <3

Hi Everyone

Just a short one as i can't see too well at the moment using a magniefying glass to do this .

Op went well just have to wait for my eye to get clear again .

Thankyou all for your kind wishes and i will be back ASAP.

Suex <3