General Chat

Hi Clairjo and all the rest. Did you know that the 1911 Irish Census is free to search on-line?
I only found out myself from another member of GR very recently.

You can view the original document, which has the signature of the head of household.
I managed to find, not only my grandparents and their eldest children, but also my great-grandmother, who was head of household, living with her married daughter, son-in-law and their son.

I hope that you and your son are getting all the help and support that is available,
Speak to you adain soon,

Tess

Good morning folks - sorry I will not attempt to remember all the names but welcome all the newcomers.

I spent 5 hours trying to get to sleep but gave up eventually, got up and made some hot chocolate, looked out of the window - Oh no!! more snow!!! Just when we thought it was beginning to go away. Has stopped at the moment but the sky looks full of more to come there is about 1" covering the icy slush.

Sylvia, I have just realised that I did not answer you about the lady who lived at Hundred Mile House. I had the name Lynn in my mind so I think you might be right and it was Evelyn, would love to know if indeed it is as I have often wondered how she was. Seemed to just disappear after a while. Pleased to read that you enjoyed your celebrations.

It is taking me ages to type this as it is rather cold, my heating has just come on so it should warm up soon.

I think I agree with Mark Twain who said "Life would be infinitely more agreeable if only we could we born at 80 and grow back to 18" - I am misquoting slightly as I can't remember his exact words. I know that my memory was a lot better when I was younger!!

A recent discovery in my FH research really has made me chuckle - my Dad's eldest sister would be mortified. Finally found her marriage, quite by accident, because it was more than 30 years later than I expected. She was in her 60's. A very "proper" lady with three children who were all grown up by then. I wonder if my Nana knew?

I must go and make another drink, my brain is not working properly. No point in going back to bed - too late now I have things to do in a couple of hours.

Hope you are all keeping warm.

Kathleen

Oh Ann, what a lovely thread. I have only just noticed it. Some names are familiar and are people I have chatted to before, others not ~~~~~~ to everyone :))
My name is Claire, I am 34 and am married with two children. I am a full time carer to my son who has severe autism.
I started doing my family tree about 18 months ago but tend to use GR just socially now as the ancestors I am interested in are Irish. I did manage to travel over to Dublin last year and made some real headway on my tree, I am hoping to return sometime this year.
Look forward to chating soon
Claire xx

Goodness, Sylvia, fancy it being warmer in parts of Canada than in Florida.
I wonder how many Canadians have gone to Florida for a winter holiday, i.e. to get away from the cold?

I will be looking forward to seeing The Winter Olympics on the tv.
I hope that you get some snow in the Skiing areas before then.
I had forgotten about the Winter Olympics till you mentioned it,.

Here in UK we can watch Dancing on Ice. Another Celeb reality Competition programe. I always feel nervous for the contestants, who of course are anxious about falling over.
I only tried skating once myself, and didn't feel able to let go of the side and/or another person.

It will be good to see some real skaters giving of their best.


Recently, with all the snow around, we have seen people skiing to work on the tv (I haven't seen anyone skiing along my road though).
Def worth taking a photo for the scrap book if someone skis by you,

the spring bulbs are growing


not only the pot of hyacinths that a friend gave me for my birthday



but the ones outside in the garden

You will pay Sylvia, you will pay!!

Ann

it's warmer here than in Florida!


Doesn't seem possible to us either ...... our normal is between 0 and +6C daytime.

It doesn't seem possible that your weather is so much warmer than ours Sylvia.

Hi everyone


We have spent a lot of time in Australia .................. a year in the mid-70s when OH was on sabbatical leave, then 3 or 4 long trips since then. We were in Echuca in September 2006, went up there from Bendigo to meet a contact from Friends Reunited. Met him for coffee, then had lunch with him, walked around the old town, and drove back to Bendigo! My cousins took me there in February 2000 ... and we had a lovely trip on one of the river boats.

We hope to have another visit in 2011.


Only 1 month to go before the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Games .

......... temperature yesterday in Vancouver 13.4C

Temperature earlier today 13C ...... but it is cooling down!!

Both are records for the date.



sylvia
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Don't put yourself down Jean!!

I think I am going crazy, I could have sworn I added on here sometime ago, but maybe I didnt submit....doh.... I love this thread and tthe other one .....lol....
lovely meeting new friends, and no upsets either....I am generally known as Just Jean ....74 yrs old, 1 daughter, 1 grandson, and oh reffered to as J on here...made lots of very good friends on G.R. thankfully not a lot of enemies
hobbies include scrapbooks,cards, photography, not as good as Anns though....lol.....

Jean x

Hello Christine and welcome. It is so nice to 'meet' new people on here and I am pleased that you have posted. strange how they got all those dates wrong on our birth certificates isn't it? I am 69 going on 49!!

Hi everyone,

I'm a newbie too and just wanted to say hello.

Joined GR 2 years back but didn't get very far but last month I decided to give it another go and must say I am getting quite obsessive about researching my family. I think its great to be able to join in on these posts and read what's going on in everybody elses lives, especially as everybody seems so friendly.
Just a little of mine: I live in East Yorkshire in a small seaside town and will be 60 this year but swear I'm only 40 really (must have been a mixup with my registration). I have four sons and have been happily married for nearly 39 years. I used to breed and show Jack Russells and still have a couple of dogs. Well thats it for now, hope to chat with you again soon.

Hi Perse, glad you are enjoying chatting on here, good to bring our worlds together. You drive on the same side as us don't you? Roundabouts can be confusing when they are the 'wrong way' I find it strange when we are in Tenerife and Lanzarote going anti clockwise.
Margot, you really don't want to wish this snow on yourself. It is pretty when it falls and is soft but so dangerous when it freezes, our accident departments in hospitals are full with people with broken limbs from falling on the ice. There is no money for gritting paths and if the shopkeeper clears his path and somebody subsequently slips and breaks something the vulture no win no pay solicitors are there making claims for them and the poor shopkeeper can have to pay out thousands. I hate this compensation culture that we have. Most people our age just choose to stay home.

On a lighter note we have just booked a week in Jersey in August to celebrate our Golden wedding so something to look forward to.

Margot,
OH and I went to Echuca about 5 years ago when visiting son and family in Melbourne.We didn't stay with them but at Kyneton bushland Resort,so it wasn't too far to travel up to Echuca.What a lovely quaint place!We went on a paddle steamer up the Murray river.
We have booked son and family in for a holiday (Easter)at Capri Waters on the Murray as they have had a bad time with my D.i.l's health,and with our timeshare points that we can't use as OH is now housebound,they might as well use it.Had quite a time to get it as it is so popular.
Happy memories!

Brenda x

Hi everybody,

I've just been catching up on all the posts,it still feels like a "feel-good" thread where everyone is sharing everyday details of their lives.We (OH and I),went to Echuca/Moama on the border of Victoria and New South Wales last Wed. to stay with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law on their farm.We had a lovely time,in spite of the terrible heat,one day it was 47
degrees C there,and after we left yesterday it would have reached 50!! It
was a day of Total Fire Ban-no fires allowed to be lit in the open in the state of Victoria-and was classed as Catastrophic Code Red-a really
dangerous day for fires,like Black Sat. last year,when people lost their lives,houses,pets and livestock,and many native animals perished also.
I read about the snow everywhere in the UK and Europe,and wish that we could have some!! It might cool us down a bit! I haven't been able to post because I haven't been near a computer.I hope that the weather improves for you all,and that life gets back to normal for you once again.

Perse/Norma,you are wise to visit Melbourne in September,it's a nice time to come.Melbourne is a beautiful city,generally friendly,in spite of what you may read or hear on the news reports lately.I would love to visit NZ,I will one day. The South Island interests me mainly.

Sylvia (in Canada) ,my daughter spent about 3 months in Vancouver when she was 18,and loved it.I've never been there though.

It is nice to read this thread,and to see more people joining in and posting.Well done,Ann, for starting it.


Best wishes, Margot.

HI Sallie - nice to meet you. Our silly season extends to beyond the television. Our motorways are also fraught with problems and I have just been reading in the papers about how many accidents tourits have here. They are not given enough instructions - just told to keep left. We have no speed limits above 100 but one chap from Europe was clocked at doing 150. Some forget/ cross the median strip and drive on the wrong side causing collisions. One chap could not fathom the round about system so waited till it was clear and then drove around it the wrong way. We have had Japanese drive straight over the top of them in the direction they are heading.

We stay in Auckland - but over Christmas and New Year there is a mass exodus to places south and north - all our beaches are full up with campers. Then when they are due back at work they all seem to travel at the same time and the motor way becomes a slow moving carpark.

This thread is doing well Ann and Sylvia I am looking forward to watching the ice-skating at the Winter Olympics - everyone seems to tune in for them here.

Some of you I have come across on other threads as I hop about all over the place appearing when the rest of the world is sleeping except LIz... she is nearly always around as she does not go to bed till around 5am British time.

Take care all
Hope it is getting warmer for you people on the other side.

Norma/Perse

Hi Ann and everyone


It did take me some time to get over the celebrations :))))

We had a lovely dinner out on Thursday ..................... there were 7 of us, we've been friends for between 38 and 43+ years. So, we can chatter away, everyone knows where we are coming from ..... and we can even be controversial and no-one gets upset :))


Then one of the couples had us all round on Friday night for another dinner, with everyone except us contributing something to the meal.


The ferries were the emptiest that I think I have ever seen ...... but this is the January doldrums, when people stay home and try to pay off the Christmas bills!



It is now raining hard, and is soooooooooo warm. It was expected to get to at least 12C today.



This is not good.


The Winter Olympics start 4 weeks tomorrow!


Warm weather means no snow on the local mountains


Most of the outdoor events are in a place called Whistler, about 1 hour + north of Vancouver, and should be OK. But the "newer" snow sports such as snowboarding and ski cross are on the mountains across the harbour ................ two of the sites on those mountains have closed their ski slopes down today because of snow melt, and the third may do the same tomorrow..



Hopefully, the temperatures will drop after this week ....................... machines can make snow when temperatures are below about 1C



Well, I wasn't in favour of having the Games in the first place .............. but we really don't need the embarrassment that would be caused if there was no snow!




sylvia

Sylvia, I hope that you enjoyed your trip to Vanvouver Island.. Are you still getting over the Celebrations?