General Chat

Son2 is on the roof today, clearing the spouts. with all the leaves starting to fall we need to keep our guttering clean, just in case it does rain soon.
Last night was colder, and my fire went out. so we woke to a cold kitchen. I have just done my vaccuuming, got a load of towels in the wash. So now its cuppa and computer time.

Daughter told me yesterday she has a boyfriend. Apparently this man doesnt mind about her son at all. So there's a change in the air.

I reminded her not to let them meet too early. last time young g'son really liked the man, and then it all fell apart. little boy was very upset and bad behavior for quite a while.

But G'son's father came to visit with him last weekend and took him to the movies. stayed to look after him while my daughter was on night shift. So I had a break for the weekend, which was very nice.
I think they saw that childrens film "Hop". All was calm when it was time for dad to go back.


Hope all you good people are feeling better,
best wishes.

I will nudge this up just in case there is somebody with links to lincolnshire.

any of you folk looking for records in Lincolnshire?

I have just come across this fantastic site. great because all of the links have thorough explanations for the likes of me.

www.lincstothepast.com

welcome to another country mouse.
I gather from the "his nibs" reference that you are from the old country and have just celebrated the marriage of the Prince.

I watched a little of the event that was relayed to Aus, but the sound was a bit out, and it was a tad funny to not have the lips in sinc with the singing. etc

Is it not a coincidence that the us pres. held off the attack on Abbottabad until after this big english event ?

Thankfully most of the heads of govt will now be back in their own lands. there is sure to be some form of reprisal.

all well here, no rain yesterday, though it did look like it coming. today is blue sky again, and the autumn colours are fantastic this year.

Sorry to hear everyone has had major difficulties. maybe the new week brings some comfort to you all.

Certainly no bickering on this thread, all welcome, all friendly.

Hello Countrymouse,
we don't bicker on this thread we're a friendly bunch. Nice to hear from you.
Hope everyone has had a nice day, been cold wet and windy here.
Back to work for me tomorrow, been off since 6th April so not looking forward to it.

Cath xx

In reply to, 'Has the heart gone out of the boards?' I have not been on here for a while as I thought there was a lot of bickering and very slow movement on the boards. However looking now it does all seem so much better. As I work etc I am not on here loads but it is good when his nibs is asleep or whatever!!

Hi everyone


This cold is an absolute doozy! and just seems to keep getting worse



Annette ...... well done to your daughter


Maire .... welocme to the thread

Cath ...... so sorry to hear that your m-il had a fall. Do hope she gets better soon.



Hi Ann ......... glad to see you back home, even though it was such a struggle to get back!



Today is Voting Day here, a Federal Election ................ and it is pouring with rain, and chilly.




sylvia
xxx

Sylvia, hope your cold is better soon. I had one while in Tenerife but it didn't last as long as usual and I only had a tickly cough afterwards for a couple of days.

We got back yesterday at 11pm, a long journey not helped by delays by Iberia Air in Madrid an hour and a half nearly, then because they had not been given a slot another half hour on a very hot aircraft, an old one, air con was useless and people were not happy. In fact if people asked theya ctually gave out free water!!! Then when we got to near landing Heathrow was busy so we had to fly almost to Birmingham and back to waste time. Still we are home, had a great time and are now knee deep inw ashing and ironing and gardening!!

Morning all,
Hello Marie, welcome to the thread.
Sylvia I hope you feel better soon and dont hide away for too long.
Annette well done to your daughter, you must feel very proud.
Overcast and dull here this morning but hopefully the sun will be out later and I can get out in the garden for a while.
My 81year old mother in law is in hospital. She had a fall whilst we were travelling back from visiting her, she has badly bruised ribs and a crack in her ankle. I spoke to her yesterday and she is doing alright so fingers crossed for a full recovery.
Enjoy your day whatever you're doing,

Cath xx

hello all
its been a busy week with g'son and other events.
Im so pleased you had a great holiday Cath. did you get to do what you hoped to do.

Sylvia sorry to hear you have a summer cold and feeling so awful.
do sit in the sun for a bit, to help chase away the blues.

we have had nice weather here on the border, its quite humid again and so i think there is a chance of rain tomorrow. which would be good as the farmers are starting to put in the winter crops.
first to go in is the canola. then wheat followed by barley and lastly oats.
farmers are getting good prices for lambs over the last 3 weeks. about $150 aus each for a top class weight.

last thursday my daughter had her graduation ceremony for health science bachelor of Nursing Div 1.
the Chancellor of the uni gave each graduant their degree papers. it was so nice to see her in the gown and hat. I felt so proud of her because it has been a long 8 year effort for her.

Son1 graduated some years ago with his Bachelor of Arts Communication and Media. he is the one who lives and works in Maine, US.

Son 2 still waiting to hear when he is to start his Navy training.

Best wishes to all
Annette

Hi all


lovely to hear you enjoyed your holiday, Cath, and that you had a relaxing time.

The weather is lovely here ...... and I've got a rotten cold. Managed to avoid getting one until now!

going off to hide myself away!




sylvia
xx

Hello all,
back from my hols. Had a lovely time, very relaxing.
Hope you are all well.

Cath xx

Thank you Marion, looks like I need to stop looking. then again I can always dream that
Maybe my lady was named after Queen Eleanor.

The weather here is fine and sunny, with a cool breeze. So we are wearing jumpers, and I have the fire going as inside it is coolish.

Hi Moonbi.
Have a feeling that parish records only started to be kept in 1538. Before that you need to search manorial records which are not available on line (as far as I know) & are generally written in Old English or Latin.
There was also a gap in the keeping of parish records when Cromwell was in power, but don´t ask me the dates of the Commonwealth. I can´t remember.
Marion

Sylvia is right, their claim is a bit of a con because it counts anyone who registers not just paid members so it sounds good.

Hello Marie, good to see you posting on here. The weather in N Tenerife has been a bit disappointing, we have had some really hot days so have a tan but we have had equally as many cool days and also rain. We shall go back to May next year. However we shall be back before then in August/September when it will be much warmer.

Marion

I sometimes wonder that!

I think the vast majority of the "11 million" are actually Free members ..... which means they cannot post on these baords (although they can read them


Personally, I think the active members could be 1 million, or even as low as 100,000 ...... but it is hard to judge as many members only come on here to do their tree.


I think probably less than 1,000 ever look on these boards.






sylvia

I have a question.
Genes advertise that they have 11 million members. So where are they all?
When I first joined 5 years ago, there were 8 or 10 pages on the Trying to Find board alone each day. Now there are rarely more than 2.
Does nobody need help any more or are they using other sites as well.
I wonder how many members there would be if Genes removed the lapsed ones.
Marion

Hi everyone


I do hope that you are having better weather than we are here! It's been dull, rainy and chilly both Sunday and Monday


OH was going to plant his Russian Blue Potatoes today (Monday), but it was too wet .............. so he worked on finishing the kitchen instead!

He got the Yellow Golds in a couple of weeks ago, but we do like the blues as well.



sylvia
xxx

Hi moonbi

nice to see you on here!


I'm sorry ......... I have no idea.

So much depends on how far back teh parish records go, and how many of them have been put onto the web


I think the only place to search would be the new beta.familysearch site www.familysearch.org/

don't forget the back slash



The other possibility might be to go to the Rootschat site, join it, and then ask for help on there. There are lots of people who offer help.

www.rootschat.com/

when you're on the Home Page, scroll all the way down until you see a Heading Jump Straight to Your Area of Interest

Click on England

Then scroll down to Northamptonshire



There are people on that site who have incredible access to old records ...... or know where to go. I've had great help with OH's family in Westmorland.


Hope this helps




sylvia
xx