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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 646 Send Message	lainie39	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:01
	The question was .... "send your favourite year and your reason" and I replied "2011 will always stand out in my memory as a favourite year – because this was the year I got divorced!!! [long overdue!]" lol :-D I won a book called ‘Tracing Your Ancestors’ by Simon Fowl - dont know whether it is any good - but ......... I WON IT!!!!!!!!!! [first prize was a pair of ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ live tickets for next year’s show in London] - I think I got the better deal!!! .......... :-S
	Researching: Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Main names: Wood, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull and Taylor [and many many others when I get diverted!]
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46 113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:03
	MC I have a childhood (age around 5 or 6) memory of coming downstairs after being put to bed, and seeing a woman with a baby in the living room. I was quickly hustled back to bed ..................... and could never get an answer, except being told I must have dreamt it. However, I ended up having several long talks with someone about 30 years ago ............ and discovered that the woman alleged the baby was my brother's He was still under 18 at that time, she was about 20 or so, French, and married to a British serviceman who was still "overseas". Brother did admit it ............ but apparently parents put their foot down and "showed her the door" I have no idea what happened to them, nor the sex of the baby ............ and of course, no surname to search under. and so far as I know, OH, daughter and I are now the only ones to know about it s xx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18 042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:03
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18 042 Send Message	Lainie - I bet that's more original than most of the responses they got!
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18 042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:04
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18 042 Send Message	Sylvia - I bet there aren't many families who don't have some similar "skeleton in the cupboard".
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46 113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:06
	Lainie how funny! s xx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46 113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:07
	MC you're quite right and I'm always amazed at how horrified some people are when they find such a story!
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26 550 Send Message	Gee	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:07
	Oh gowed, Ive missed MCs post?
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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18 042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:08
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18 042 Send Message	Have just put my new avatar on. It's my maternal grandmother (the nice side of the family!) I'm guessing it would have been taken around 1920-ish.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 646 Send Message	lainie39	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:10
	What is the most memorable year for you lot? - and why??
	Researching: Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Main names: Wood, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull and Taylor [and many many others when I get diverted!]
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 646 Send Message	lainie39	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:11
	Glad to hear that you are almost back to 'normal' Sylv!! Hey - but it is nice to 'talk' to you 'live'!!! ;-)
	Researching: Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Main names: Wood, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull and Taylor [and many many others when I get diverted!]
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 20 098 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:13
	Good grief, I've had to run to keep up with you lot..............huff puff... Glad you've stayed a bit longer Trace. If you could just do us a favour? Keep Gins in order please and make sure she takes her teeth out of that glass when she goes. ;-) MC! What self control you have! I would have been out of my mind with curiosity had that happened to me........ :-D Sylvs........only you, OH and daughter know about that baby......and this lot too now! ;-) ;-) Well done Lainie...........some bedtime reading for you then :-D Dea....isn't LMA London Metropolitan Archives or something? Have just taken daughter home..........it's horrible out there...all cold and drizzly and then I see a couple jogging along.........why??
	Researching: ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:13
	Sorry Laines, but for me - it was 1971 - the year I was married - closely followed by 1974 - the year my lovely son was born !!! Dea Xxx
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 20 098 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:14
	The snowdrops are coming up in my little front garden....I love 'em. Most of my years are memorable Lainie....but not always for the right reason...... ;-)
	Researching: ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 646 Send Message	lainie39	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:15
	That is some story Sylvia - and how 'spooky' [to quote Dame Edna] to find out that your 'dream' was real and the reason it was all kept from you was because of family secrets??? Did it turn out that he was really your brother??
	Researching: Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Main names: Wood, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull and Taylor [and many many others when I get diverted!]
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:16
	I Know that Cynths - I was just being Faseeshus !! (spelling!!) :-P ;-) :-D :-D Dea Xxx
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3 659 Send Message	Renes	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:18
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3 659 Send Message	Hi Trace Well done Lainie I actually found our skeleton and dummied up a baptism cert to hide it ----- no one will ever know except me
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 646 Send Message	lainie39	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:21
	Dea - if things hadnt gone the way they did then I would have said that the year of my marriage would have been a memorable year!! As it turned out - it is the year that I made the worst mistake I have ever made - and 2000 closely follows as the year that I gave him a second chance and tried again - I should have known. Yes, the years my children were born will always be memorable but have been overshadowed by events. Dont be 'sorry' I am not! I regret that my marriage didnt work out cos I got married 'for ever' but things change!! My divorce [actually] was a very sad event for me - but hey, life moves on!!! :-D
	Researching: Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Main names: Wood, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull and Taylor [and many many others when I get diverted!]
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 646 Send Message	lainie39	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:23
	Anyway - enough of the sad stuff - come on - what year was the most memorable for the rest of you???
	Researching: Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Main names: Wood, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull and Taylor [and many many others when I get diverted!]
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:24
	It certainly does Laines !! This year will be a new start for you !! Dea Xxx
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 7 446 Send Message	WayneTracey	Report	6 Jan 2012 20:28
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 7 446 Send Message	Well i can't say adding to your question will stop the sadness. For me it was 2011.... my family lost a Grandchild and a Grandparent. Sadly my partner's father died on Xmas day. ....been a weird year for me :-S T x