I second that. I've been subscribed to the Ancestry site now for a couple of years. Several people whom I don't know but who are relatives albeit some distant have contacted me via the site with information and photos. What did intrigue me is that in the 1830s I had a relative who pleaded guilty to highway robbery and was sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to transportation to life and he arrived in NSW a year later. Four years later he received a conditional pardon and so was a free man but not allowed to return to England. I'd never have known that. OH loves it when Adam Ant comes on the radio with his Stand & Deliver there's a lot of thigh slapping that goes on in the kitchen (should say if I dare admit it that we did go to several of Adam Ant's concerts
Memories - or lack of
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With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.........The Corpse Bride
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I've also belonged to Ancestry for several years and been able to find all sorts of interesting info and photos. Lots of ancestors went from Scotland to Australia and NZ, but none were transported. One was last seen coming out of a bank but never been heard of since
I've also belonged to Ancestry for several years and been able to find all sorts of interesting info and photos. Lots of ancestors went from Scotland to Australia and NZ, but none were transported. One was last seen coming out of a bank but never been heard of since
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I wish I had a highwayman in my tree! Mind you, maybe I have as there are numerous politicians there.
Like most folk, I curse the fact that I started the research so late (20 years ago) after all the people with the answers were dead.
Like most folk, I curse the fact that I started the research so late (20 years ago) after all the people with the answers were dead.
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A few I can remember, my parents liked the Norfolk Broads so twice a year, one week in late April and then two weeks mid September. Once one of the dykes we was moored in lost its water, we fell out of bed
I remember all the other people helping us out, I think we was the only kids, we was put on a small private boat and tucked in for the night, it was a shallow draft one so was still afloat, also remember the torches and when shone into the water all the small fish seemed to glow, still been back a few times with my wife and kids.
Talking of Ancestry, our daughter is very oriental looking
and at work she was asked about her parents, both Yorkshire born and bred she said, then she remembered that I was adopted from birth, had done some tracing in the early days of computers, but didn't find much. She persuaded me to take a DNA test the result surprised us all. My birth mum was from the east coast of Yorkshire, a fishing town, she had an affair at sixteen
I was the result. It seems that I am 64% Scandinavian
so a quick fling with a fisherman.
Talking of Ancestry, our daughter is very oriental looking
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aren't politicians robbers of sorts
With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.........The Corpse Bride
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I've been seen going into a bank wearing a mask and demanding money from a cashier in the last year or soBlaze wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:13 am @Sparkle![]()
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I've also belonged to Ancestry for several years and been able to find all sorts of interesting info and photos. Lots of ancestors went from Scotland to Australia and NZ, but none were transported. One was last seen coming out of a bank but never been heard of since![]()
With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.........The Corpse Bride
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We went through the French police checkpoint on our way to Jersey last Friday and I asked (just in fun) how they recognised people with their masks. He winked and said they had other means
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Whooa, dangerous stuff, joking with policemen. 'Guess what I've got in my bag officer'
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Not at all, it probably makes a change for them to hear someone 'normal'
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