Family Tree on Ebay! Surname BARGE

[Rebecca Steele]

I would keep it, even if it wasn't my family.  Or at least try and reunite it with its owners. The worst way, I think I'd donate it to a local museum or something.

Kim

Or even give it to the local record office for safe keeping.

[wheeldon]

I notice they haven't had any bids.  With the postage costs it adds upto nearly £50.00 but I would pay a lot more than that to find some a piece of my families history.

Well, we all pay more than that all the time - subs to ancestry and internet time etc.

Again how very sad 

[Romilly]

It is very sad.

When I was a child, we used to have a lot of family Bibles from my father's family knocking around. There were ones for my father & his brothers listing all of the ships that they served in, with dates etc...Plus a large Rees family bible which went back many generations.

Sadly, my mother moved several times, & they got discarded during her moves:-(

How I wish that I had known that they were unwanted...& how I wish that I could remember the names of some of the ships that my father served in:-(((

Romilly.

[wheeldon]

I am trying to put a message out on GR about the bible but can't work out how to do it.  I have put messages about my own family but I can't seem to post about someone elses  

[Lainys]

Very sad to do this.

[liverpool annie]

Look at this 

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,121530.0.html

Annie 

IGNORE ME !! 

[wheeldon]

Romily, I know what you mean.  My Wheeldon family were catholic, I haven't come across any other catholic Wheeldons, and they had a huge family bible but where it is now - who knows?  I think it went over to the USA in the 1940s with my Mums second cousin - of course the cousin was adopted and her adopted Mum married twice so we are not sure of the cousins surname.  I presume that she married - so not a clue where to look!  

Families - don't they just drive you bonkers???

[wheeldon]

Aaaah Liverpool Annie - I would have been on that one like a shot if I had a family connection.  Well, it takes all sorts and at least he/she was made aware of the sale.

[liverpool annie]

Maybe the word "canny" comes to mind ....

I wouldn't want anybody to know I was thinking of buying it either !! 

The price would start going up !!

Annie