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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #171 on: Thursday 08 April 10 19:03 BST (UK) »
Last year the wife and I went to Studley specifically to go round a cemetry where some of her ancestors are buried.

This year we went to Bantry, County Cork, where her dad was from and spent about an hour going round the cemetry there, photographing all the tombstones with O'Mahony or O'Leary on them. Now I have to work out which ones are relatives.

Bob.
Haase, Buhl (Germany & London), Cogan, Coleman, Shaw (Sussex)

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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #172 on: Saturday 17 April 10 22:31 BST (UK) »
......you're watching the Wizard of Oz for the umpteenth time and when Dorothy meets the Tinman......
 you think of your 3xGreat Grandfather who was a Tinman in 1881 Census!  ;D ;D


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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #173 on: Saturday 17 April 10 23:21 BST (UK) »
you go straight  (with out passing go!) to the Family History parts of the library /Waterstones
UK Census Transcriptions are Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk                Bigg-Sheppey/West Ham<br />Dodd - Cheshire <br />Ingram - Dorset, London, Morlaix, Australia, California<br />Kerfoot - Warrington, Pemberton, St Asaph<br />McKinneley - N Ireland, Liverpool <br />Marshall - Midlothian, Cheshire<br />Morrish-Chelsea<br />Shiel - Melrose<br />Woodhall- Liverpool, Shropshire/Staffordshire<br />Dagliesh- Melrose<br />Stevenson - Melrose<br />Smith & Jones! Scotland & Wales

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« Reply #174 on: Sunday 18 April 10 04:04 BST (UK) »
I've just made contact with a second cousin who has lived near me for 40 years here in Toronto and we never knew about each other :o I know that seems strange but I was born in London and she was born in Glasgow and we both ended up here in Canada.

We are going to meet for the first time at the end of the month and I've already got loads of stuff for her side of the family tree. I hope she doesn't think I'm too strange and runs the other way   ;D ::)

mab
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Inishowen: Meenamullaghan (Big Hill), Foffenagh (Rock), Illies and area...mainly McCallion, Doherty, Bradley, Grant, Devlin
Kilmacrenan: Gortnacorrib....Bonner
Scotland: Bonar, Boner Bonner etc
Conwal: Kirkstown.....Toner, Parke
Derry City: Bonner, McGowan, McGilloway, McElwee, Bradley
Omagh: Bradley
Fanad Penninsular, Donegal.....McBride, Friel, Fielty
Sligo: McGowan

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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #175 on: Sunday 18 April 10 10:00 BST (UK) »
You look forward to Saturday

AND it is a visit to a historic cemetery!

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HALSTEAD Essex, Australia,EVERETT Essex,  BIDDLE, Leicester and Rome Italy, GRUNOW, Adolph b1858 Berlin Germany
Soratapassenger on  ship to Australia 1800 , PICKUP Lanc, NICOL Sct, Joseph Smith and Margaret Holmes Convicts to Australia 2nd fleet and 3rd fleet

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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #176 on: Sunday 18 April 10 10:08 BST (UK) »
ah cemeteries what a wonderful place to spend the day!! and add to the photo album, some people just don't understand why we get cross at cremations and all that ash scattering.

i think some of my most surprising finds have been wandering around cemetries, recently found an uncle his parents and grandparents and an assortment of family burried in a very small country cemetery, it answered alot of questions.

carol
Furmston, Demo, Mohr, Atkinson, Lindsay, Grieve, McInroy,Huntingford, Carey, Hinds or Hindz, Noad, Swan,

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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #177 on: Friday 23 April 10 22:46 BST (UK) »
When the dinner burns, the washing machine floods the kitchen, when the grass comes up to your knees and nothing else matters but finding your ancestors and their side kicks.  And all you can think about are new branches to your tree.

marcie
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Lanark/Argyll/Renfrew/Ayr:Smith, Steele,Kirkwood,Hamilton,May,orO'mayscott and anderso, craig , forbes taggart Kirkwood, milloy and steel apart ftom others which are numerous, graham mcilroy. stewart.brown battonisle of sku rothsay etc.
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Edinburgh/Aberdeen:portsea marsh,brownwhittcomb and others. to numerous to mentionweymouth frank.  Laidlaw,Brown,Dean//Charles/Hall/Slight/Johnston belgium loquet

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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #178 on: Tuesday 04 May 10 13:03 BST (UK) »
oddly, the FOTW (Flags Of The World) site has a you knw you are addicted to vexillology page.....

I must be addicted to both - in my tree charts I use flags instead of photos.....
NSW Convict 1836: Peter WIFFIN (alias VIVIAN)
VDL Convict 1841: Richard REES
SA Pioneers (<1847): Hornsby, Wallis, Willoughby, Floate, Mills, Chesson, Degenhardt.
SA Old Colonists (<1857): Messenger, Tyler, McFeat, Ladner, Edwards, Cassidy, Rhodes, Shaw, Waye, Sibly.
SA Colonists (<1901): Jones, Pike, Bowyer, Davey.

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Re: You know you're addicted to Genealogy when ....
« Reply #179 on: Tuesday 04 May 10 13:52 BST (UK) »
The absolute top one is that when a new source is available online, it takes over froom the rest of life
Douglas, Varnden, Joy(i)ce Surrey, Clarke Northants/Hunts, Pullen Worcs/Herefords, Holmes Birmingham/USA/Canada/Australia, Jackson Cheshire/Yorkshire, Lomas Cheshire, Lee Yorkshire, Cocks Lancashire, Leah Cheshire, Cook Yorkshire, Catlow Lancashire
See my website http://www.cotswan.com
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