Rootschatters in the past

[Caw1]

I’ve been a RC for 10 years and over that time had help and advice from many people.. it’s one of the friendliest sites I’ve used and throughout covid the daily diaries helped many of us… and still does.

I recognise some of the names others have mentioned and sad to see those no longer here.. but as we all get older it’s an inevitability.
The panto was great fun to be involved with…

Support and virtual friendship for one another is great and long may it continue.

Caroline

[wilcoxon]

MaxD. Max Double left us  c 2021. He was a great military historian and helped me out so many times.  We contacted each other by  PM often and he is very much missed.

[Familysearch]

Thank you for your many and varied responses to my original posting. Pleased that so many have happy memories to share.

I am grateful to so many who have helped me with my brick walls - some of which still seem to be permanent.

FS.

[louisa maud]

What would we do without RC?
LM

[ThrelfallYorky]

I don't know .... wouldn't like to even think of it. It's also so nice when you can help someone else with their (sensible) queries.
TY

[coombs]

Sometimes people give vague info in their requests and they need to be asked to provide more info, if ever I post a lookup request for a person or family I often say in the OP "if you need any more info just ask".

I also like to help others as well, and use the approaches I use for my own family tree in aiding others. And I occasionally research famous people, I think several genealogists have sometimes looked into family trees of famous people.

[louisa maud]

Because of the familiarity of the surname i delved into father and son who were Nobel prize winners, my info isn't really useful to anyone,  was fun though.

LM

[coombs]

Because of the familiarity of the surname i delved into father and son who were Nobel prize winners, my info isn't really useful to anyone,  was fun though.

LM

I am doing some research into the very early life of Columbo actor Peter Falk, one of my fave ever TV actors, and thanks to the new Manhattan voters lists on Ancestry I found his parents Michael and Madeline Falk in the Oct 1928 and Oct 1930 registers at Upper West Side, Manhattan, and in 1928 they were with Madeline's parents Peter and Rose Hochauser at 220 West 93rd Street. By Oct 1930 they were at 680 West End Street, just a 2 minute walk from 220 West 93rd Street. It was not until about 1933/1934 that Peter moved to Ossining, NY in NY State. The absence of the Falk family in the April 1930 census made it harder for me to find out more about his early life, apart from the well known fact he had his right eye removed at 3 years old due to cancer, and was born in New York in Sep 1927.

[Caw1]

It’s quite fascinating looking up well known people …. My daughter lives in Blondin Ave, the next road is Niagara Ave… it piqued my interest and sure enough Charles Blondin and family lived there for 11 years in the late 1800’s.
 His house was actually built opposite The Plough ( established in 1700’s) and some of the surrounding roads were named after him along with Blondin park that is held by the council and includes a nature reserve, allotments. The whole area was originally an orchard…
My grandson assisted me when we looked up the census and 1939 register to see who’d originally lived in their house.. he was quite enthused with it all so hopefully a budding genealogist in the making!
Bit of a digression from the original subject but hey ho!

Caroline