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Offline little meg

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genealogy helped me....
« on: Tuesday 30 January 07 21:15 GMT (UK) »
A few thoughts to share.

Genealogy helped me...

-learn how to use a computer

-make new friends

-appreciate my family

-be more understanding of life and modern society

-spend money  ;D

Can anyone else add to this, I am sure there is plenty which I have missed

Margaret
Simpson-Kildwick,Yorkshire & Australia, Overend-Sutton, Kildwick,Yorkshire & Australia, Whitaker - Cononley/Yorkshire, Pickard - Silsden/Yorkshire, Howarth - Skipton/Yorkshire and Lancashire, Heaton-Yorkshire, Preston-Yorkshire, Myers-Yorkshire & Australia, Wild-Yorkshire & Australia. Storey-Middlesex/Australia

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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 30 January 07 21:41 GMT (UK) »
Keep out of mischief!
Led me to interest in other things. i.e. calligraphy, history of the SWBs.
Watkins, Price Herefordshire
Brannan, Price, GLAM
Edwards, Gardner MON
Clark(e) SOM
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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 30 January 07 21:51 GMT (UK) »
Gain a diploma in "Modern history research" and an Open University degree.
To find out a lot about population migration and the development of communities. To keep careful records.To forget HOUSE WORK, To have excuses to visit much  of our beautiful land...   to name but a few and to FIND ROOTSCHAT
Trees
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Also read the children a story from Story Time at the same web site.

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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 30 January 07 21:54 GMT (UK) »
To build my first-ever website

To discover distant cousins 

JULIAN
ESSEX  Carter, Enever, Jeffrey, Mason, Middleditch, Pond, Poole, Rose, Sorrell, Staines, Stephens, Surry, Theobald HUNTS  Danns KENT  Luetchford, Wood NOTTINGHAMSHIRE  Baker, Dunks, Kemp, Price, Priestley, Swain, Woodward SUFFOLK  Rose SURREY  Bedel, Bransden, Bysh, Coleman, Gibbs, Quinton SUSSEX Gibbs, Langridge, Pilbeam, Spencer WILTSHIRE  Brice, Rumble
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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 30 January 07 23:23 GMT (UK) »
...learn how hard my ancestors lived and worked

...to visit some beautiful churches and church yards

dinie
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ADAMS - Kent/Sussex, BROOKS - Buckinghamshire/Northamptonshire. GASCOYNE/GASKINS - Buckinghamshire/Northamptonshire. GOULD - Derbyshire/Lancashire. HILL - Hampshire/Kent/Lancashire/Limerick. MARK - Buckinghamshire/Cumberland/Lancashire. WILCOX - Buckinghamshire/Northamptonshire. WITTONBROOKES/WITTENBROKE - Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire. YATES - Canada.

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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 30 January 07 23:29 GMT (UK) »
To learn to live with all the little aches and pains of sitting at the computer too long, when I know I should get up and at least stretch.
but mostly, I think it has just helped me
To learn....about so many unexpected things.
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 30 January 07 23:37 GMT (UK) »
to realize dinner can wait
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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 31 January 07 00:04 GMT (UK) »
Well for me it has helped me...

to travel - fair enough not to many places

to meet people - both family members and others

to be a bit braver about approaching people - nothing more frightening than having to phone someone regarding family history or meeting them for the first time

to be more organised - though that is taking a lot longer to master than anything else

to have a good memory - have to have this to reel off who is who and where they belong

to enjoy life more -

to appreciate my family - old, new and those still to find (I hope)

to listen - amazing how quickly youlearn this when others are telling their stories of the past etc)

to make new friends - yes that's you lot out there in RCland  ;D

to think things through  - amazing how many ways I can find people now lol

and many more ...

Carol

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Re: genealogy helped me....
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 31 January 07 00:11 GMT (UK) »
Meet Roberta,a Cousin and a good friend!

Regards
William Russell Jones
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Wrexham.
Jones, Griffiths. Stephens, Parry, Gabriel, Conway, Hughes, Evans, Roberts, Lea, Hanmer. Peake, Edwards. Newnes, Davies. Thomas. "Blythin".
All North Wales.
Conway, Durber, Cartlidge, Lovatt, Bebington. Brindley, Sankey, Brunt. Dean. Clewes. Rhodes. Mountford,Walker,Bache, "Gibbons"Hood. Taylor
All Stoke-on-Trent.
Francis - Nantwich Cheshire.
Dennell - Cheshire/Staffordshire.
Talbot-Shropshire
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