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"a snivelling snufflebuster" - I love it:-))

Linda - OH has a hundred million William Williams and a million Thomas Williams in his tree:-))

I had a conversation with my OH's sister who was talking to their horrible brother about some info. I had given her the other day. She's not really into the family tree but is always interested in what I've found as is my brother in law in England. The horrible brother here told her that I have no right to delve into THEIR family. When she pointed out that I am family he said that half the time I don't know what I'm talking about and that I insist that their mother was born in Stockton and not in Wales. I have darned birth certificates and he still doesn't believe me that the Morris side of the family originate in Kent not Wales. It is the Williams' that come from Wales.....grrrrrr.

Sue xx

Hi, Berona!!!

Linda Portmeirion gets very busy with the tourists in the summer.
please don't bang your head on my tree - it's fragile.

Tec

I am not number 6 - I am a free man!

Tec

I can understand your frustration Sue

One of my contacts - and I only decided to make contact because he would add peoples names willy nilly and have them born every which way but the right place. I now have just discovered that he has a male by the same first name and surname as one of mine - and they both married an Emma - and he has been in the BMD here - which does not give mother's surname - so you have to have the knowledge and he has only got my five relatives (Emma's and William's children) in with his three. I have given him a smack. I thought it better to work with him than to winge about him.

Perse

Hello Berona, I hope that you slept well,

My siblings are interested in the tree Sue, well they want a copy when i have finished it!

Sue I also have a brother exactly like that, needless to say, we don't get on.

grrrrrrrrr

Tec

Ha ha Tec.

Hello Berona

I have been listening on our National Radio program each evening where they have been discussing the MI6 and the interviewer was taken to a secret location just outside of London where there is records of all the comings and goings etc of KGB.
There was a Belgian woman assisting MI6 during the first world war and she used to watch the trains from her window and it was knit two for ordinary trains, drop one for others and purl 3 for artillery trains.
This gives a whole new meaning to your knitting Berona.

Pxx

It's so annoying Tec - and rather insulting. My sister once told me that I'm more interested in the dead than the living. I have to admit they are often much easier to get on with and they don't argue back:-))

Persey - I've given up trying to correct a tree on Ancestry that has an incredible amount of information - unfortunately a lot of it is wrong. The tree's owner has corrected one or two dates but absolutely refuses to change anything else because he says it's been researched thoroughly. I have the documentation and he admits he doesn't.

Sue xx

I will say goodnight to everyone. Time to snuggle down in the warm

Goodnight Linda,

I do hope my ancestors don't keep you awake,
sleep well - keep warm,

Tec

Sweet dreams, our lass:-)

Here's a relationship chart site that you may find useful.

http://bluett.com/peter/relationship.html

It was posted on General.

Sue xx

Good Morning Berona,
How are you feeling today? well I hope hope. Can your kick those legs above your shoulder yet? Try that, and then see if you can do the splits.
It's all good practice for our tango...................

Perse I heard about that lady knitting a code - how bizarre!

I also have relatives that have expressed interest in the family tree when it's finished - the only person that will get it will be my daughter.

Tec

I had this problem doing my OH's tree. Asked his sisters for info and all I got was "Ooer, I don't know!" to everything! One sister didn't like the idea because she was afraid I would 'dig up dirt' that they didn't know about - and they all did nothing to help but occasionally would ask if it's finished yet, because they were waiting for their copy! I might add that they all have computers - why couldn't they do their own?

I liked it where they interviewed a friend of Kim Philby's and this friend had very fond memories of Philby and thought very highly of him and the interviewer asked well what did you think when you found he was working for the KGB. The interviewee said well Philby was very intelligent and we were very stupid. Apparently Philby used to receive pots of marmalade from UK - got to keep up with some British traditions.

Well it is lunch time here and it has been a case of musical chairs in the office, but now I must go.

Sleep well Tec and Linda who is in bed.

See you Sue and Berona

Bye to the rest and hope you are recovering Alison?

Persey
xx

Berona,
One of my siblings sia to me, about the family tree,
"Oh I wouldn't where to start"
well I didn't know where to start either in the beginning, but it's trial and error, and learn as you go along.
Also people don't seem to realise that it costs money, in subs, certs, etc etc.
Patience is also a factor, and not everyone has that.

Tec

Bye Perse, Enjoy your day,

No 6

Who hasn't been a free man since his wedding day

You're spot on Tec - time, money and patience. But oh the rewards when it all falls into place. I'm lucky because my brother helps me and also shares the cost of my Ancestry subscription and certificates.

My brother came over yesterday evening and handed me a folder saying that he thought now was the time to give me a copy of my father's death certificate. The thing that made me feel so sad was that his place of residence was the nursing home he passed away in. He lived for 50 years in his house with mum and I would've liked that address to be on his certificate. He only lived in the nursing home for 2 months.

Sue xx

Bye Persey - although I'm sure you've already gone:-))

I must be off too - the phone calls have begun. Take care in the cold Poms and a good day to the Aussies.

Sue xx

Sue,
It was the same when my father died, he suffered from dementia for the last three years of his life. Mum managed to look after him for two and half years of that, reluctant to let him go even though she herself was ill, and he became increasingly more difficult. Six months before he died, things became impossible, and she had to let him go into a home, where he was sedated most of the time.
The death cert gave the home as his residence. My mother was most perturbed by that, but it is the law here, so there was no option.

Tec

I caught this just before I log off, Tec. Sounds the same as the situation with dad. It became impossible for mum to look after him and it was a dreadful decision to have to make although it was the right one.

Sleep well.

Sue xx