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Profile	Posted by	Options	Post Date
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 10:45
	Bless you Viv
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1,816 Send Message	Quoy	Report	5 Apr 2011 10:46
	I'll send the troops in with food and water
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 10:57
	Aaarrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A visitor...Wish I could be rood and tell him to begger orf...but I cant...Will get rid of him quick march as soon as poss...
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 12:13
	I can find no overseas dept for Army personel.? Shipping records and Naval records for 1911...But no Army?
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 12:36
	Thank you for trying Viv, my friend X
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 12:41
	I wont give up yet,nowhere near it,not after waiting this flipping long... Just need to try and think about this as there has to be a way to find SOMETHING on her.... But frustratingly there is no Army dept(overseas military),which I would have gone for to search for a lead on her "possible" father...
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 12:44
	Oh Viv if only she hadnt told so many fibs, I wonder what she was hiding
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 12:58
	Remind us all again. Diane Leslie Macleod Born India or Scotland in June 1906? Possible father as per her marriage cert ...Robert Macleod...Seaforth Highlanders... School in Stornoway. Aunt Kate/Catherine/Kathleen and cousins Ishbel and Donald Where oh where are the overseas military for Scotland...?? An email to SP coming up methinks..
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 19,534 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	5 Apr 2011 13:03
	Wiping Viv's brow with damp cloth. Making yet another cup of tea (adding a little something but don't tell her). There there..... Under her second name? Lesley instead of Leslie? Mistranscription anywhere?
	Researching: ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	5 Apr 2011 13:03
	Is she there?
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 13:08
	Been there with the Leslie/Lesleys Cynth.... Break time and regroup after email to SP re the overseas military...
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 13:09
	Mother ALWAYS insisted her name was spelt Diane Leslie Macleod, I have always wondered if Leslie was her mothers maiden name as it is a Scottish surname One of my christian names is Kathleen, I dont know if that is relevent
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 16:10
	Now waiting for a reply from SP about overseas military.... Others are having lots of bother finding people on Scotland 1911 as well Evelyn.....So we just keep at it. But I will wait to get the reply to my email SP (and that may be tomorrow)before I check any more entries.
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 16:22
	Heartfelt thanks to you Viv XX
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	5 Apr 2011 16:32
	aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhh I was hoping to see an answer! sylvia xxxxxxxxx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	5 Apr 2011 16:35
	And to LadyAugusta for her extremely kind donation of so many credits for SP to the cause..... I still have plenty left but dont want to waste them,hence waiting for a reply to my email..
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Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 16:37
	Me too Sylvia, but it seems Diane remains hidden. I wonder if that was her real name or just something she assumed for some reason. Tracing her is becomming almost impossible
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	5 Apr 2011 17:23
	Never give up Evelyn !!! I know Viv will be on the case again as soon as she receives a reply to that e-mail !! Best wishes, Dea Xxx
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 644 Send Message	Evelyn	Report	5 Apr 2011 18:03
	Thank you for that Dea, yes Viv is wonderful and has been such a good friend to me as have lots of others that have been following this thread including yourself of course, its lovely to know that so many people care
	Researching: Looking for mothers roots
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 8,905 Send Message	LadyKira	Report	5 Apr 2011 19:43
	Hugs for you Evelyn.