Belfast Meet Saturday 29th July

[teap78]

Saz! you went and got drunk? Now if i had of known Tina and i could have joined you  it was great meeting you and Steve and everyone else. Pity about the weather but awe well i still had fun.

Steve i hope you are feeling a wee bit better since you weren't feeling the best today. Must say you looked well love your hair.

Joe good luck tomorrow over the Old Park with Anthony.

And Anthony it was really great to finally meet you your a star.

Blunney i hope you got back to Omagh safe and sound, i might take you up on the offer of help as my grt grt grt grandfather was a Tyrone man

Wonder how the rest of you did at the City hall? I'm afraid the high heels had taken their toll on me by the time that tour came around there was no way i could have walked round it for an hour 




Colette

[Christopher]

nice day shame about the weather write more when im sober!!!!!!!!

What's this The drink getting the better of you Saz I was on coffee and Coke. Separately of course
I agree with Colette about your hair Steve. I hope you are feeling better too. It was great meeting two distant relatives in person. We could have had a distant relative family gathering in a bar near St Annes as the sons of my first cousin manage the place. I'll not mention the name though .. don't think advertising is allowed.
Colette was teetering a bit but that was due to her high heels. Nice ankles, Colette You looked a cracker in your smart outfit. Tina you looked great too.
Thanks to everyone for coming to the Belfast Meet. It was great meeting everyone. Anthony keep an eye on Joe. We lost him and had to phone from the City Hall and ask him where he was hiding. His missus will be very cross if we manage to lose him.
Gill, Beth, Maureen and Richard were heading for a meal when Joe and I left them. They were looking at the menu in a chinese restaurant. Did you have a good meal?
Blunney, it was great to meet you. I hope you made it home safely. Did you mention something about a new centre for Tyrone archives being built in Omagh or did I misunderstand what you were saying? There are a couple of local websites in towns not too far from Omagh so it might be an idea to have a Meet some time in your part of the world as many members are searching for relatives in the north west of the province.

[Tephra]

Sounds like you had a good time Christopher, although how much genealogy was done and how much ankle watching was done is up for question!!

So now all we're waiting for are the pics . ..  so where are they??

Barbara           

[Christopher]

The genealogy was done throughout the week Barbara. I gather a few people had some good results. Danuta, the grand daughter of my friend Jeanette, took loads of digital pictures. Jeanette moved house last week so her computer is not yet up and running again. She promised to send me pictures as soon as possible. Joe took several pictures too. He will post them this week. BTW Joe told me yesterday evening if he had come over for one day and spent all his time in PRONI he would have found very little. He went to th UHF on Friday and returned with a smile on his face. He seems to agree with Colette's comment some time ago that the UHF is a great place offering good value too.

I got the impression when I was in PRONI the other day that a lot of people have not heard of Rootschat. It's time I made regular visits there. I am also contemplating taking a part time course -
Postgraduate  Part-time  Diploma: Belfast: A Social and Cultural History of a Changing City 1600-2000 http://prospectus.ulster.ac.uk/course/?id=4379#1 The course includes some genealogy. A friend in Belfast told me she may consider this course too.

Will there be any Rootschatters visiting Belfast during the weeks ending Saturday 26th August or Saturday 30th September?

[Tephra]

Ok, I'll let you off then Christopher       Looking forward to seeing the pics.

All the best
Barbara         

[beresford]

hi to everyone

just got back, flight was delayed over an hour due to a thunder and lighting storm over belfast airport.

had a great week came back with 5 certificats from the G R O , certificates for grandfather, ggrandfather, ggreatuncle and his son plus i found ggreatuncle's wedding  details and a list of his children. plus a photopcopy of my parents "wedding certificate" those of you there will know what i mean, spent the day at antrim looking at graves and felt as if i was at a family do, every where i looked there was graves with the family names ,not good at the PRONI. could not find any new addresses.

i think what we need is to be able to get a copy of the 1901/1911
census so we can go through it street by street and after the meeting on saturday i think i speak for more than myself

THE MEETING

great to see everyone one that came no matter how short the time at least now when we email/chat/message we will know what we look like,  steve hope you feel better, and did you get your hats, hope mass was O.K and you said a pray for us all , city hall was o.k  a nice and interesting  way to spend the time and something i woukld not have done on my own.

yes christopher,  i for one enjoyed the meal as i had lived on M & S Salads ( evening meals) all week, hope you both enjoyed your
fish and chips

hope everyone got back O.K and enjoyed the rest of thier time in Ireland maybe those of us who live here in England could meet in London one day,( any views)

Anthony --- realy nice to meet and thank you for help and offer of help next time i'm there.

Gill, Collett, steve, saz in fact everyone there really great to to meet you all.
 
i'll shut up now

take everyone

maureen

[teap78]

  Hiya Maureen, I see you got home safe and sound it was great to meet you and i loved hearing from your own mouth all the family scandle it was great. I didnt know you were living on salads all week you poor dear.

So by the looks of things i didnt miss much on the city hall tour? might take my son down during the week, What do you think would it be worth my while?

Colette

[beresford]

hi ya colette

oh  please don't "poor me" i could do with losing the weight.

yes i think he might enjoy it, how old is he, at one stage they take you into the main room and let people try on the robes and sit in the mayors chair and have thier photos taken he might like it.

take care

[Christopher]

Jeanette's grand daughter enjoyed the City Hall tour Colette. Your son would probably enjoy it too. The Lord Mayor's robes might be a bit too big for him though. If he is a big lad he can have his picture taken whilst wearing them. One member of our party yesterday is a Progressive Democrat councillor in Ardee, Co. Louth. He looked very smart in the Mayor's Robes. Great minds think alike Maureen If Steve or Saz had posted that comment about the robes I could have said "It's in the genes" however we are not related apart from being RootsChatters