Genealogy Chat

No Tabitha,

It will have to be of me, but then at my age I've got so many to choose from in so many different guises.

Hi all


Happy Mother's Day everyone


I have a bouquet of flowers from my daughter, and an email card. She will phone later this afternoon





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Susan - Pop into google images - find one you like - right click on mouse - save picture as - give it a name & save to MY PICTURES on your computer. the click on your profile as per Franks wise words & your cjosen cartoon will apprear as if by magic.

I like my little fortune telling elfin

We had a good weekend with the family - just got home around 5:30 tired now - working at 7am tomorrow.

Loved seeing everyone back -

Come on Evelyn & Sue - Robert what about a picture of Sebastian & hos shell - easy to fiond on Google.

Take care all - will pop in tomorrow Yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hi Susan,

Unfortunately you require a computer to tell the GR computer where your picture, photo etc is situated.
I have just checked and you can send a picture from a USB stick, a CD, or even your CAMERA.
The above options will only appear if you have either a CD in the drive, a USB stick plugged into the USB port or your CAMERA connected to your computer via a USB port.

*** UPDATE..... Just tried camera and it doesn't read the card on mine but USB or CD does work fine so if you can get a CD or USB stick with the photo, it goes fine.
You could always try your camera to see if it works for you.****

1. Click on UPDATE PROFILE.
2. Enter your password and click SUBMIT.
3. On your personal details page, click on CHANGE in the Profile Picture.
4. In the "add a photo" box which opens, click on FIND FILES.
5. A box will open asking you to "Select files to upload to Genes Reunited"

This will allow you to browse for the photo which you wish to use by opening document or picture files which hold that photo.

6. in the "Select files to upload to Genes Reunited" box, click on the top arrowed drop down menu or the side menu where you can choose COMPUTER.
This will bring up the menu options which run from hard drive to USB stick or CD or even your CAMERA

Once again you can go through your pictures from any of the above methods by clicking on either USB, CD, or CAMERA and finding the picture you wish to use..

7. Left click once to select the required photo then click on open and the file name of the photo will appear in the "Add a photo" box.

8. Click "Send files" ........... job done.

Come back on again if you need any more computer advice for numpties.

:-) ;-) :S

Hi Everyone

Happy mothers day to anyone who has it this time of the year ,I had a wonderfull day.

My kids came over with the Grandchildren all grown up now ,then we went to see the OH's mum she is 92 and going well still .
She always likes me to bring her a bunch of Roses from my garden so I did ,with winter coming we still had a few on the bushes but it won't be long before they are bare again.

Frank I did have a go but we dont have any photos that we keep on the computer,I was thinking of something abit like Anne posted can I do that instead and how .

You are good for trying to help out I feel so dumb even asking for help but that is how I have learnt the computer ...a little bit at a time.

Having a chat with my sister tonight on Skype so will try to get back later,waiting for rain we are supposed to get some tonight.

A trailor was seen being brought into nextdoor today so hoping they are moving out sometime soon....yippy !!!

Suex

Hello All,
We have had very heavy rain overnight and strong winds, rain has now stopped but its still windy.
Not going out today, it will be nice to relax and as the youngsters say,chill out.
Reece I notice you are researching the name Tizzard, where I grew up in Franchise Street, Weymouth Dorset there was an elderly couple named Tizzard, I am talking 1940s,in the 1950s a grandaughter of theirs whose name I do not know married a lad from Weymouth, his name was John Watch, his sister was a great friend of mine, John came from a large family, I think there were 12 children all very nicely brought up.
Well its V E Day today, oh what fun I had on that actual day in 1945 dancing on Weymouth seafront, tomorrow what is known as Liberation day will be celebrated in Guernsey, it is a bank holiday there.
Coffee time now , anyone want to join us.
Love to all
Evelyn XX

Hi all


Lovely to see everyone on here.

Reece ......... I had a similar experience to you.


We were back in the UK in September 2001 ....... just after 9/11 (in fact, that event delayed our arrival by 2 days as we had to wait until they allowed planes to fly again).

Anyway, we were driving from A to B, when I looked at the map, and realised we were only about 10 miles from the small village where my father's ancestors lived from at least 1720 until the 1940s. There probably are some distant rellies still living there.

OH drove the 10 miles ..... took a bit longer than we thought 'cos they were all teeny tiny country lanes! We walked round the centre of the village, the church was on a little rise with a smallish graveyard around it.

Unfortunately the headstones on the raves were all unreadable, adn the church was locked so that we couldn't go inside.

That village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and the church dates back to at least the 16th century. The first vicar recorded was in the 13th century.

We only had a little time there (about 30 minutes), and I would love to go back.





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On behalf of VR ............

Schinchia,

It'sh all in the profile.

I've posted the whole family but the quality is very poor.
.............the photo not the family :P

Hello Everyone :-)


Nice to see so many friends around again.....hope you manage to get a job soon Josie...don't forget to keep us posted.


Evelyn....you had better hold Frank's other hand whilst he is guiding lumberjack Sue through how to post a profile pic!! What a talented man he is to be sure.......(just bolstering his ego for a minute ;-)


What a lovely experience you have had Reece.....I'm quite envious. I don't live anywhere near where my ancestors came from but would love to walk in their footsteps too. I remember being taken to the village where my maternal grandfather and loads of family came from when I was a little girl. I wasn't in the least bit interested then!


Yes Frank, that is me......and I'm still as cute as ever. More will follow shortly!


If Robert looks anything like 007 Sean Connery, I will be a very happy bunny ;-)



Take care all. Cx

Alright Susan,

Hold on to my hand and we'll try to guide you through the profile update...... :-)

1. Click on UPDATE PROFILE.
2. Enter your password and click SUBMIT.
3. On your personal details page, click on CHANGE in the Profile Picture.
4. In the "add a photo" box which opens, click on FIND FILES.
5. A box will open asking you to "Select files to upload to Genes Reunited"

This will allow you to browse for the photo which you wish to use by opening document or picture files which hold that photo.

I find it is a lot simpler if you have a lot of photos to find your required photo and move or send it to your desktop (right click the photo and choose send to desktop)
Saves you having to browse down through 250 photos in a folder before finding your photo in that tiny little box.

6. in the "Select files to upload to Genes Reunited" box, click on the top arrowed drop down menu to choose DESKTOP or where-ever your photo is hiding out.

In the above case of desktop, you would be presented with everything that is on the desktop allowing you to browse down through all the contents of the desktop until you found the photo which you had left there.

7. Left click once to select the photo then click on open and the file name of the photo will appear in the "Add a photo" box.

8. Click "Send files" ........... job done.

For some reason on Vista, my screen drops off of Internet Explorer and says unable to view but when you go back into Genes, there it is.

That's the grandchildren all on their way home now and it's been lovely although the house is now sooooooo quiet ........ mmmmm.
Sophia is now walking and has a mouthful of (very sharp) teeth so our days were spent keeping an eye on where she was going and what she was doing.
Our home is totally childproofed now with cupboard catches, door gates, fireguard and all low lying ornaments removed.
I plugged the fireguard to our stone fireplace with masonry bolts and just as well as she did her best to remove it .......... yikes.
Young Nieve is just starting to crawl and has only popped two teeth so far but she's four months younger.

I think the Right Venerable Robert should retain his air of mystery by keeping his real identity secret.
He looks a bit like George Clooney or even 007 with his outline.

Is that really you Cynthia................. Awww.

P.S.

You didn't get sporrans in Central France as they can't swim or fly and are an endangered spieces

Hi Everyone


I was a bit thrown when I first looked at the new site but I am getting used to it ,why does my reply say update your Profile ....I did go to it but there is nothing I can add to it and how do I put a picture on my profile like you all did .

Sorry everyone I am still learning.

Anne the eyes are Ok but they are dry and sore at the moment so I can't wait to get the cateracts done now .
The drops are fine just a pain to remember them,always seem to forget until bedtime then it is a mad rush before I go to bed.
My eyesight is getting very bad now so I can't stay on the computer as much as I would like ...that will all change in six months I hope .

We have been out to the forest again today getting wood for winter,my little sis in the UK calls me a lumberjack,we do have a lot of fun out there with friends we go with....cakes and a thermos with coffee always does the trick when we need a break.

We did get a good load today but I do have a few sore joints tonight.,a nice hot bath did the trick and of course my trusty electric blanket tonight and I will be a new women in the morning,we try to fill up the wood heap behind the garage before the heavy rains get here ..if they ever do !.

I just heard Paul macartney is getting married again good on him I say ...that terribble women he married before Heather Mills,what a piece of work she turned out to be,only after his money I think...I liked paul when I was a mad beatles fan followed very close by John.
That does not seem so many years ago ,O well we can't stop time can we.

Thats it from me giving the eyes a rest,try to come back later.
It is lovely to see you back Reece ,I hope you are doing fine ,and Josie I hope things calm down a bit in NZ you guys have really had a tough time of it of late.

Love to eveyone
Suex

Hello friends,

Rain! I can' believe it after so many warm, sunny days. I am pleased though because I won't have to go out into the garden, "spot" watering. I am beginning to wonder if I should think about retiring into a "shell" like Ven, Robert! By the way you could put a picture on of your shell even though you don't want to put one on of your handsome self.

Yes, Cynthia, a picture of Frank's sporran would add something special, too.

On a more serious note - I went to Dorset for Easter where I had a really lovely time with the family. One afternoon my son took me to the tiny hamlet in beautiful countryside where our ancestors lived,and were married and baptised in the the 13thc church during the mid to late 1700's - I found it incredibly moving to visit the church and walk around the lanes there and feel that I have walked in their footsteps.


Has anyone else had a similar experience?


I'm afraid that I'm not a fan of HRH since he built his toy town of Poundbury!

Best wishes, Rx

Hello Everyone,
Still enjoying France, raining today and I think we are in for a thunder storm, I can hear rumbling in the distance(at least I think its thunder).
Not very keen on the masculine looking image attached to our names on the thread, how does one put a photo on instead?
The managers at the campsite have a very large Newfoundland Terrier called Tisca and they now also have a new addition a Newfoundland pup, its brown and rather fluffy at the moment with enormous paws, looks a bit like a brown bear, I was wondering if I ought to offer to take it walkies, maybe not as I think it would go where it wanted to go and not the direction that I would choose, perhaps I can persuade Ron to come instead. Well the rain seems to be easing now and the sun is trying to come out so I must go and make the most of the weather, love to everyone and take care of yourselves
Evelyn XX ;-)

Hi Everyone,
got a surprise when I checked in today, all these changes to the site since I last looked in on Wednesday. Thought our thread had dissapeared again when I could only find Cynthia's one.

Finnaly found us on the bottom of page 2, I think the latest changes are really good.

I have never liked Camila and have just read that her great great grandmother was a mistress of Edward vii.
But I did like Diana so will not be joining you Robert and Anne in your Cave.

I finish work on the 14th, still have not found a job, but am keeping positive.

Catch you all later Josie

:-)

Come on Ven. Robert. Are you going to take up the challenge and put a picture on here? What about one of when you were a child? I bet you were a real cutie ;-)


Sylvia, enjoy your 'Me' time - but don't go mad :-)


Just had a thought!! I think Frank should put a picture of his sporran on here don't you? Could we stand it? I'm sure we'd cope ;-)



Love, Cx

Love the photos - thought I would put a picture of my true self on mine - much better than the actual me. Need to lose a lot of weight before you see one of those.

Go on Robert be a devil - I am sure you take a wonderful photo

Sylvia - Take care -

Cynthia - I am very impressed - you were the first one with a photo & without Franks help

Will pop back in again later on (did no one around)

hi all
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I think these changes might be good ........... one or two I'm not sure about.


Having a lovely "me" time!




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What if we put a photograph on our profile on the left? Well you can do it but I wont!!

I have been playing around on our new look site and think the changes are good. It's going to save me loads of time in messaging people which frees me up a bit.


Robert! Well, what can one say? Anne doesn't have time to turn round never mind meet up with you.........but I am sure she would make time of course.....


On the Diana/Camilla/Charles thing, I think Diana - whatever one thinks of her - was very ill-advised all the way round. Charles and Camilla are obviously a devoted couple now and have been since before his marriage to Diana. There have always been 'rumours' that he was with Camilla the night before his marriage and that he and Diana hadn't met all that often. Not a good start for a happy relationship.


Evelyn, you seem to be back to your 'old'....and I use the term lightly.....self again which is lovely.


Sylvia, you are really suffering with that chesty cold aren't you? I can hear you coughing from here!


We could do with some of that rain Sue and it sounds as though it will arrive at the weekend. The gardens are looking really dry at the mo. :-(


Well, a pile of ironing awaits............love to all Cx :D

Decided to pop in - sulk over

Thank you Robert for your proposal - Apart from being a happily married woman (well most of the time) I think we should share our time between shells - what we need now is a third one in between us, so we can break the journey. Anyone else what a shell somewhere in the Peak district for a change.

Appreciate the comments (all of them) - its a free country - lets change the subject.

Do you like the changes on GR to the threads - not sure about my silhouette - we all seem to be male - and they have changed all the thread names AGAIN - i am not opposed to change but really

At least the cost hasn't gone up yet.

Evelyn glad you are having a wonderful time

Sylvia - sorry you are feeling so down in the dumps

Sue this is what you get in the Ozzie Autumn - sounds like a good time of year for me to visit if I ever get the chance - how are the eyes and the drops?

Still manic here - thought it was 10am when it was gone 12 - good that time goes quickly - not good that i have less time to do the work than i thought.

Had a little rain here today - but sun out now - not sure what is going on .

Off to have a mooch around look at the changes - while I have a few mins spare.

Take care all