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The Lighter Side / Re: Hallowe'en + graveyards
« on: Friday 08 November 13 02:59 GMT (UK)  »
I worked as groundskeeper in a small rural cemetary and found much more than
gravestones. Often the commemorative plantings have over the years spread to
become large patches of regularly shorn yarrow, lilacs (2" tall), irises, and dianthus.
This is a pioneer cemetary in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario & still active.
Other cemetaries are like arboretums with fabulous old trees.
Great places to visit.

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The Lighter Side / Re: How to discover who I am related to that are famous?
« on: Friday 08 November 13 02:24 GMT (UK)  »
One biography of Hereward suggested that The Wake meant he was alert.
More pondering here on the origins of surnames. Especially because mine
makes some people smirk.

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The Lighter Side / Re: How to discover who I am related to that are famous?
« on: Thursday 07 November 13 16:57 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry, I misspoke. I do value facts & real traceable paper files to validate
everything in genealogy. Really.
What I meant was that I had uncovered a piece of 'family lore' that disappeared
several generations ago. I don't care if it is true. In researching Hereward the
Wake, I learned so much English history & geography of East Anglia. Even if my
 ancestor just watched his horse ride by,
I don't care because it can never be validated. But I learned much of what life
might have been like then for my ancestors.
I'm fantasizing, that's why I posted on The Lighter Side.

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The Lighter Side / Re: How to discover who I am related to that are famous?
« on: Wednesday 06 November 13 22:59 GMT (UK)  »
From an old faded letter, I learned that an ancestor was a compatriot of
Hereward the Wake. The name meant nothing to me but research rewarded
me with all sorts of fascinating history. Maybe my ancestor wasn't famous
but he knew somebody who was. Like a lot of us perhaps.

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Donegal / Re: Oops, here's the photo
« on: Thursday 31 October 13 02:27 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, it is the same house. It has 3 chimneys. The frontage has 4 windows
upstairs, 3 windows & a door downstairs. The front door has a downspout
to the right, visible in both photos.
Sorry about the confusion posting this. Learning by mistakes, eh?

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Donegal / Oops, here's the photo
« on: Thursday 31 October 13 00:43 GMT (UK)  »
Dunkineely people, see previous post for names.
Just call me over-eager.

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Donegal / Know these Dunkineely people 1940's?
« on: Thursday 31 October 13 00:36 GMT (UK)  »
On the back of the photo, they are identified as Wes Henry, my Cdn. uncle, Bella (Wilson) Henry,
Tommy O'Donnell and Willie Patterson. Standing in front of The Craig, Dunkineely. I have
scoured censuses & only found that Isabella Wilson was the assistant at the post office in
1911. Four of these people are first cousins of my grandfather who yearned to meet them.
 I have also toured from Killybegs to Inver on GoogleStreetView, looking for this house.
I'm guessing it's on a hill because of the name. If anyone knows where any of the above-named
lived, that might help find the house.
 

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Occupation Interests / Re: Sprigger, young women did this, Donegal 1911
« on: Tuesday 29 October 13 22:01 GMT (UK)  »
Well, well. That would explain the quantities of lace collars,lace yolks for
fancy bodices, embroidered linens & sewing paraphenalia that has been
handed down to me. And I am an embroiderer. How about that?

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Occupation Interests / Sprigger, young women did this, Donegal 1911
« on: Tuesday 29 October 13 03:57 GMT (UK)  »
What is a sprigger? I found 2 sisters in Drumadart with this occupation
on the 1911 Census. They were single, ages 24 & 19.
Very curious.

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