Forum: Pet Hates, Moans & Groans

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but… I have very recently succumbed to the lure of Facebook and today I came across an advert for a page/program called One Great family which seems to me to be my worst nightmare, but just wondered if anyone else has come across it and whether I am...

I have been meaning to post this thread for a while but have neglected to do so as I have had other things going on. My main concern is that this forum is very cliquey and that if your face doesn't fit then you won't get the help you need. I appreciate the help that I have received from the...

One thing I have come across in my latest round of researches is the "dodgy" sources on some A** trees. By which I mean that I see a likely tree hint seemingly on the same line of research as myself with half a dozen sources listed. "My I think somebody has done a bit of research". Ah but no, on...

Yesterday my dearest brother (yeah right) bought a new laptop. He leaves it with me and says set that up for me. See, he's nice, isn't he! NOT. What a nightmare. The new layout on Windows 8 is awful. Ok so you can switch between screens, one the normal desktop and the other for the Apps. Go...

please, please, please name your children & grandchildren lol I haven't done any research for ages as I have been ill, but today decided to see if any new Scottish records have been added. Lo and behold, Scottish wills to 1925 have been added, and available fvia credits at a fraction of the...

I have been dealing with Land Registry office for about the past month. 1st contact was 2 August 2012. The documents I wanted related to the 1st transfer in 1958, which iincluded the register of tile for a cost of 8.00 GBP. I also requeted the transfer of title upon the death of the owner also in...

Fray Bentos can's.... need I say more!!!! I have an old fashioned butterfly tin opener and it won't open the b****y thing all the way. There's always a piece's it misses. I usually end up sticking a serrated knife in and cutting the last bit. The problem is the depth of the can...

:rant: Does anyone else have a family member who has suddenly 'discovered' genealogy and not only jumped on the bandwagon, they are doing things you can only dream of? I have been researching my family history for some years now. Nobody else in my family was remotely interested. My youngest...

I was reading a British newspaper's web site and came across a research organisation offering the following service: Certificates Ordered Daily If you already know the full GRO reference: •name/names •quarter and year •registration district •volume and page number

BRITISH TELICOM are a flippin waste of space. I would love to phrase that how I really feel but I would get banned for life and then some. I have my line rental with BT but my calls and broadband are with another company. I get a good deal off this other company so it works out good for...

I recently contacted somebody on Genes Reunited. He replied quickly and allowed me access to his tree which contained a number of my direct ancestors. Two of the direct ancestors are my brick walls so I asked him what his source was for the parents, his reply was an Ancestry tree. I have come...

|soapbox|I think I shall search someone else's tree for them. My late mother-in-law's maternal grandparents are on the wrong trees. One of the people involved I have corresponded with several times, but she still has them on her tree.... the other ones I never bothered. We have had some...

It happened again today... I have an opportunity to view microfiche images online of (fragile) original documents, mostly vital records, which are usually only available as transcriptions. I'm so excited to flip through the pages, looking for one of my brickwalls in particular. Someone who has...

As I don't have access to census I've always used Family Search 'old site' to check the 1881 census - very easy and quick! Now even when using 'old site' and clicking on census it goes straight to 'new site'. Then when you've found the person you're after you are re-directed to see the original...

I am sure that everyone has come across examples of records being incorrectly transcribed, sometimes understandably and sometimes you really have to wonder what possessed the transcriber. Today I received a death certificate from the GRO for one of my great grandfathers, George Couzens. In the...

Most of the news tonight seemed to be about football managers. Are these stories really worth top billing in the national news? :mad5:

On 1st March a friend of mine had a nasty op - a knee replacement. On Friday 2nd March I posted a rather special card - not your common or garden get well card, it was a tawny owl card with a built-in recording of it hooting. (You may gather she likes owls.) On Monday 5th March she was sent home...

We decided to change our car and yesterday was the day for collection and payment. To try to make sure all went smoothly we took special pains to ensure that there were sufficient funds in the account to cover the balance. Neither we, nor the salesman, were perturbed when a security check was...

Has the word 'relevance' been redefined? Ancestry keeps insisting that folk in the US 1930 census (etc.) are more 'relevant' than my own ancestors over on the other side of the Atlantic.:incazzato: It really isn't doing my inferiority complex any good to discover that my ancestors were all...