Yikes! I remember writing 1950 for the first time on a paper at St. Theresa's!! :-(
Happy New Week.
My OH's mother's side were called Smith - makes genealogy searches very difficult, only traced them back three generations, despite some weird first names!
Found a bit more about Uncle - now got his plot number in the cemetery. He was moved from a small burial place into the mostly Australian ADELAIDE Cemetery, near Amiens! Thought AQ might like that!
Daughter had to work late after all, but emailed to let me know when they were safely home, and found their electricity back on. She didn't mention whether they checked the cottage, and I didn't phone tonight as they will be tired after noise of last night and work today. J has arrived home safe from band practice; I think we all need to lie low tomorrow! Wind has increased again, coming from a changed direction so not rattling the same things as last night!
Stay safe, everyone.
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Evening all:
OG: Oh my - that really is a thrill. Perhaps you can search Google Earth Long Island, NY for a street with his name? Didn't AQ mention that she'd been to the French WW1 cemeteries on one of her European travels?
Seems like things have settled down in that country for now; but I wonder if there was any other way to end it without storming that market with the high probability there would be fatalities among the hostages. Still, I don't have all the facts, so no point in speculating....
Glad all are safe in Scotland.
Have a good Saturday everyone.
Unknown said:Didn't AQ mention that she'd been to the French WW1 cemeteries on one of her European travels?
No, not me. All I've seen of France is a few days in 1998 in Paris (which did not impress me at all - dirty, smoggy, graffiti, filthy streets and that was the main tourist areas).
A "chilly" 16 C here today. We've had half inch of rain in past 2 days. North of state has floods. Oodnadatta is cut off.
OG - So pleased for you with your FH success. Keep at it. I am working on last year's NY resolution. At last I've made time to tidy up & consolidate my notes on one of my families. Plus checking what's on internet. Our National Library has been digitising newspapers up to 1954. I've discovered one g-g-father one prizes for his cabbages, onions, parsnips, etc. I found he had an older brother in Liverpool England & had worked on a posh estate in Ireland (now a wedding venue). I can't believe how much stuff is now available freely online. Between OH & I there are 12 families to "tidy up". Can I do each one in a month? Hah,I see this taking 2-3 years. I'd better get on and do today's quota!
AQ: There I am, spreading misinformation again. Good grief; they've really cleaned up Paris since you were there. I could probably say the same for London and my sister was amazed at how much cleaner New York was last October than when she was there a couple of decades back. I see Rod Taylor died yesterday. He was a cutie in his younger years. I was only wondering about him the other week; had no idea he was in his 80s! Eeek. Twelve families? And an award-winning veggie grower in the woodpile no less. Good luck with your quota. Do hope the weather stabilizes; we have a hint of rain this weekend, then it's back to more sunshine....
I'm on my way to bed, but I just checked the wind speeds in Scotland and England. Looks bad in many places. I hope you all are safe tonight! Thinking of all you folks.
Hello all
AQ and OG you are whetting my dormant appetite for genealogy. I'd so like to know more about my ancestors.
It's just a wee bit wild here today, nothing much in the way of wind but lots of sleety rainy stuff. I walked to town this morning because I hadn't been there since a few days before Christmas and bought a few bits and pieces in M and S. This afternoon will visit Sheana. I got a nice surprise today, her cousin and his wife sent me a basket of hyacinths. Her nephew overpaid me what Sheana owed me for her Christmas Jumper and said to use it for chocolates for myself and OH as he was sure that Sheana would want to give me something for Christmas!!
Our new neighbour in Sheana's former house has not endeared herself to her neighbour on the other side. Said neighbours granddaughter,perhaps stupidly, parked outside new neighbours gate while she ran into her granny's house for something. New neighbour appeared and threatened to call the (f word) police. Also shouted that she was going to get the council to make the road immediately in front of her house a disabled parking area because her son can't walk very far. I hate to say this but I have seen her son (who has Down 's Syndrome) walking with no apparent problems though admittedly only from the house to the car. She has a driveway, like us---- He may get picked up sometimes to go to a day centre or similar, I don't know. What I do know is that Sheana in her nineties and on two sticks got picked up by hospital transport and similar and there were no problems. I hope that things settle down because not getting on with neighbours can eat into your soul. I know because I lived next door to a very difficult lady once upon a time :-((((