General Chat

Well Pat, that's because of the cabbage stuffed in my bra (see on the old cures on tips board) Lol Christine

Christine Not half as much as you will 'cause you have that genealogy thingy too, and your Mum is going to put you in a bath of something nasty soon too!!! LOL> Pat x

Marjorie, if your not a teacher you've definitely missed your calling. Loved the lesson and can't wait for the next one. P.S. I'm not sitting next to that Pat, she stinks!! Christine

Pat - this really will NOT do. You were obviously not paying attention in class otherwise you would have known that a note from your mother MUST be a primary source document. Photocopies are not acceptable in this situation( as they can be fraudulently altered,) nor can a secondhand report of what your mother allegedly said. It is to be hoped that you will have thoroughly scrubbed yourself by next class time, we dont want the classroom reeking of cabbage leaves and garlic do we.

Dear Miss Peak, Mum says I have to miss school for at least a week as I have all the symptoms, nausea, dizziness etc., she says its spreading like wildfire, almost everyone in our Road is affected by now, its even spreading to people on the TV. She says I need to be soaked in a bath with loads of Garlic, cabbage and lettuce leafs and some of those other remedies found on the tips board. PLEASE can I be excused.... PS She says I am over worrying about all the classes we have to do, especially the Genealogy class.LOL> Thanks Marjorie, really enjoyed that. Pat x

David - Genealogy is the study of myth and legend, crop circles and the like. Write out 100 times GENEALOGY. Christine - I have looked through the Parish Register myself - twice - the first film was so poorly photographed tht it was utterly unreadable. The second copy was a bit better, but the baptism, which so many people have ALLEGEDLY seen, was not there, not on the date it was supposed to be, nor for five years before and after. I appealed, both on this site and on another, for anyone who had actually SEEN this baptism on a primary source document, that is, on a Baptismal Register. I got plenty of replies - the world and his dog had seen it - on the IGI. Then had a phone call from someone who had REALLY seen it, yes, on the Baptismal register and promised to send me a photocopy of the entry. It was a copy of the IGI entries. This baptism concerns someone who supposedly founded a "dynasty" and many thousands of people think they are descended from him. They arent - not as far as Im concerned anyway. Dee - "A pile of crop" is what we call a mistranscription. We will be discussing this in a further lesson. Well done for spotting it, you can be milk monitor next week. Everyone else - sickness, nausea, dizziness and vomiting are all symptoms of genealogy. Though unpleasant, the symptoms are harmless but incurable. There are many self-help groups you can join, or you could phone the Samaritans, but please do not bother your Doctor as the NHS has more important quotas to reach. Thankyou class. We will meet again soon. Your homework assignment is an essay entitled "My ancestors: did they really exist". Marks out of 100, 20 for content, 20 for mistranscriptions, 20 for idiocy, 20 for bragging, 20 for genealogical handwriting.

I too find that looking at a film reader gives me a sick headache and I put it down to my varifocal glasses making me hold my head at an unatural angle. Ann Glos

And Miss...Miss! What's "a pile of crop?" ;-)) Dee x

Hi Marjorie, You must have been disappointed. Looks like you'll have to order the film yourself and sit and go through the reel. I've done it for my husband's Scottish side but haven't got around to doing my side. It gives me a headache - actually makes me feel physically sick looking at the old film - don't know why. Good luck - hope it does match up when you finally get there.

I think an hours detention is needed here at the very least.

Marjorie, Loved your first lesson with illustration. Can't wait for the next. Jean x.

good lesson, it has made me laugh lol sandra

Good Evening class. Sit up and pay attention please. Tonight we are going to discuss "Primary Source" Documents. Hands up anyone who knows what that is? Yes, you at the back. No dear, the IGI is NOT a primary source document. A primary source document means the original, the first document on which the information appears. Can anyone give me an example? Thankyou James, yes you are quite correct, a Baptismal Register is usually a Primary Source document. And yes, for the purposes of genealogical research, a photocopy of that Register can be acceptable where it is not possible to view the actual document for yourself. So, class, can anyone explain to me why I have just spent a very excited five days waiting for a photocopy of the Parish Register, which my informant SWORE BLIND was a Primary Source Document - I explained that I had seen ALL the entries on the IGI but needed to see the PSD to convince myself it was true. It came this morning, its a photocopy of the IGI. Well class, you may all go for a fag break now. When we come back we will discuss the correct etiquette required to tell a well-intentioned informant that they have sent you a pile of crop.