Forum: General Chatter

It has been a lovely day here today and so I have been out mowing my lawn for the first time this season. Despite having an electric mower it took a great deal of effort, as the grass was long and damp underneath, and even with a grass box I had to rake up what seemed to amount to a hayfield. I sat...

An***try has it's 14 day free trial. There are several deaths I'd like to look up. for instance. Name: Alfred Pressdee Birth: year Death: dd mm 1940 - city, Shropshire, England If I sign up for the 14 day free trial, do I have to cancel it before the 14 days are up?

I am sorry to have to pass on the sad news that our friend, Vanessa, passed away early this moring ( February, 29th) in the hospital in Red Deer, Alberta. At this time our thoughts are with her son, daughter and others close to her. Rest in peace, Vanessa Sue

I don't know about anyone else but before I started on this genealogy lark I would read books on history and see pictures of people in 19th, 18th and 17th century dress and to me it was another world separate from me. It was almost as if I were an alien visitor observing a different species when I...

But fastideous has only been mentioned once. When I took umbrage at the implication I was quite young and a fairly 'chunky' teenager. My tormentor at the time had quite a chuckle when I explained why I was angry with her - I told her "i may not be fast, but I don't think I'm ideous". Her...

Was there an update on BG this morning that I didn't know off? I tried to access the site at 5.30 am and kept getting an error message of site not found. this kept happening until I had to give up at 7 am when I had to get ready for work. Did anyone else have a problem or were you...

Looking at a 1911 census of a family with limited education, the exercise of completing the census must have been daunting. Both had been previously married, had children with their respective prior spouse and were each widowed when they married. They had been married 15 years and had 6 children...

This morning at 2 am... or was it 3, in the U.S. we move our clocks forward an hour (Spring Forward, Fall Back). I was wondering if this habit occurs in other countries. Hubby is still asleep, so I'm waiting to change the bedroom clock until it's light enough or he wakes up, whichever comes...

At last, I now have a brand spanking new laptop. Specification is quite technical, 1. It's Blue, 2. It has an on/off button. Think that's all I need to know for now :shocked: So pleased to be back. Oh it's got Skype too, now all I need are some friends :blush2:. Although, I've tried the...

Keep smiling, eh? 1] Yesterday's tomorrow is today!! So a fresh start today for tomorrow's yesterday. 2] Will we look back upon today tomorrow with pride and joy or with plans to improve upon tomorrow for tomorrow - now tomorrow's tomorrow? Colin

Many thanks to the person in another forum who spotted this howler. Believe it or not, this is meant to advertise Ancestry's wonderful new viewer. Look at the image, not the writing. If it doesn't make you laugh, look at it again :biggrin: Look quickly before they put it right! http://www....

I just found this article in the news online. A completely unexpected (to me) result of the flooding in Wagga, NSW. :yikes: Personally, if I was in Wagga I'd have to pack up and leave. I can cope with a lot of things, but this part of mother nature's work just gives me awful feelings in the...

For anyone who has ever sought to find an ancestor in one of our many "tidied" churchyards I give you this poem by Thomas Hardy "O passenger, pray list and catch Our sighs and piteous groans, Half stifled in this jumbled patch Of wrenched memorial stones! "We...

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this as I'm new (to the forum that is, I'm very old really:smile:) I'm still trying to find my way around all of the forums. If it's better somewhere else please can the moderators move it. My local BBC station are requesting info from people who...

Folks, I have recently bought microfiche copies of parish registers for transcription however i find that some images are irregularly aligned,upside down and printed on the wrong side of the fiche making it very difficult to scroll through months and years in order.Had this been $20 worth i would...

There is a reunion tour starting in, I think, the USA on June 25. There is also a 45th Anniversary tour planned in the UK. without Michael Nesmith, planned for May 2011. Does anyone know if they're landing in or near Toronto? Colin

I wasn't able to get to the show this year:cryin: How was it??? Anything new catch your eye???

For the last few months, I feel that, given the responses by both private messages and replies to my threads, that I am not as 'welcome' as I once was. Until I know how I've been 'awkward' I cannot make an effort to amend my ways.|help| Colin

First off, mother and child are doing fine and will come home from the hospital tomorrow. Some future genealogists will no doubt be gnashing their teeth: Kynley Aleyse My family has a long tradition of naming children to honor past relations. I'm named for both my grandmothers. My...