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Von

Von Report 28 Oct 2020 20:03

Night Fly <3 <3

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:04

If we were celebs, we could help them make an interesting programmes Pat :-D :-D

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:06

Years ago, we didn't have the genealogy sites to help us like we do now. When my mother was alive I didn't have a computer, and even if I did, I wouldn't have had a clue how to use it :-D

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 28 Oct 2020 20:07

Von I did it, in less than an hour I had my mother's paternal line from my grandfather to my 4th gt grandfather born about 1777 - that was 2005 when I first started - haven't been able to find a baptism to get any further back :-S

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 28 Oct 2020 20:08

Things have advanced so much, Jem :-)

Sometimes I'm surprised what I find out :-)

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 28 Oct 2020 20:08

:-D :-D :-DJem

we are celebs we are on here and on Radio Jem ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:09

It was so very exciting when you started off wasn't it?
Trouble was, I thought everyone in my family would be as amazed and excited as me :-S:-D

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:09

True, Pat, True ;-) :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 28 Oct 2020 20:10

I need to eat :-(

Nitey Nite <3 <3

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 28 Oct 2020 20:11

Night Belle, enjoy :-D :-D <3 <3


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ralphie :-D

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:12

I'll never forget my excitement when GR sent me an email with a link to my Maternal Great Grandfather's 1901 Census. He was living in The Oriental Institute, Woking and editing and managing the Asiatic Quarterly Review books. This was after they came back from Persia. It started me off with my family tree

Von

Von Report 28 Oct 2020 20:12

I like parish records the best especially when the vicar likes to tell the truth about parentage :-0 :-0 :-0

I once read some very interesting stuff about a workhouse where the master obviously thoroughly disliked a member of his staff :-0 ;-)

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:12

Night Night Belle <3 <3 ~~~~~~ Ralphie <3

Von

Von Report 28 Oct 2020 20:13

Night Belle <3 <3

Von

Von Report 28 Oct 2020 20:14

I’m off now goodnight <3 <3

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:15

I love the Parish Records too Von. Most people on here would be amazed to know that Original Wales Parish Records are more available here than on other sites. At least they were! Often, if they have them, other sites only have transcriptions.

When I upload an original to my Gallery in Ancestry I make a point of saying where it came from. I will always be grateful to GR for starting me off <3

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:15

Night Night Von <3 <3

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 28 Oct 2020 20:17

yes there are some crackers.

When I was looking for my grandfather on the 1901 census found him aged 10 with parents and 4 siblings - father Phineas - easy to find details on him - also there Phineas Snr born 1824 - easy to find his birth - father Edward and blow me down there was Edward's baptism father Phineas back to about 1777 :-D

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 28 Oct 2020 20:17

night Von :-D :-D <3 <3

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Oct 2020 20:18

It's very exciting when you find things, or solve a mystery :-)