Have you visited the Family Home ?

[joannieW]

Hello All,
Do you know you can now look at houses in the U.K. on Google Street View, launched recently.  Amazing but a bit creepy, big brother like!
Best wishes, Joan.

[Mobo]

 

Hi Joannie,
You can do the same on Multimap !

 

[joannieW]

Hello Mobo,
Thanks for the info.  I didn't know about Multimap, I'll have a look.
Regards,
Joan.

[suzard]

I'm off to "visit" my ancestors in the morning. Mothers day -so I am taking flowers to Mum's grave and will be putting a single flower on 17 other graves of my "mother" ancestors - 2 GGG grans, 4 GG Grans, 3 G Grans, 2 grans and then gg  and G aunts - some have headstones -others I know where the unmarked grave is.

A few years ago I was visiting on mother's day and was caught in a heavy shower. Running for shelter with my head down I ran straight into a tall headstone - I couldn't believe it was the gravestone of my 2x gt grandmother -along with my 3x gt grandfather and a 3x gt aunt !!!!

That will be my first visit tomorrow.

Then I will look for any bulbs coming through on the unmarked graves(my sons set a few every year as a surprise )

I will spend 5 quiet minutes under the covered archway to the little chapel, then feeling very content I will walk my dog along the path my mother walked to school .

Then home to my family and phone calls from the grandchildren - and a "gurgle" from this years addition to the family -our great grandson.

A lovely morning and still the rest of the day to enjoy

Suz

[PaulaToo]

Suz, that sounds beautiful, have a good time, wish I could do the same.

[LizzieW]

I followed in my ancestors footsteps last year on our holiday.  Went to Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.  Had a great time, found some of the houses my ancestors lived in, many had disappeared under flats, shopping centres etc.  Found some gravestones, visited lots of other graves but didn't find appropriate gravestones, visited lots of churches, large and small.

I didn't see any ghosts, but I did meet a distant ancestor purely by chance in a village church that I had never met before.  We only discussed our mutual ancestor and then went our separate ways. 

Lizzie

[Roger The Hat]

My wife's GGGrandfather is listed as Innkeeper of the Boot and Shoe Inn, in Scholes.

I've only been researching her tree since January and we haven't had the opportunity to visit any old addresses, yet, but I know one place that will definitely be on the "to do" list!!

Roger The Hat

[PaulaToo]

Welcome to RootsChat, Roger.
That sounds as though it could be a very pleasant piece of research.

[Roger The Hat]

Yes, but how do I convince the wife that we won't have time to visit anywhere else?

Roger THe Hat