General Chat

Evening all,
hope everyone is well.
Stephen grandchildren are just fantastic aren't they. I could never imagine life without them which is why we have not moved to Ireland. They are the light of my life and make every day special. :D :D :D :D
Hope Shellys christening do was a huge success.
Rita I keep finding little snippets on my tree which make me want to look further back. At the moment I'm at a brick wall but determined to find a way over or around it, lol.
Pat did you enjoy the football last night? Barcelona were a different class and made Man U look ordinary which they aren't.
Been painting our kitchen today, it needed freshening up. Going to look for new blinds tomorrow.
~~~~~~~~~ to everyone,

Cath xx <3

Thank you all for the write ups about your research. I am interested when you tell me things about your tree.
I have done trunks branches and twigs on mine. I have so many that to put them on my tree will take year. and then I get an emails l asking for information on someone that is one of the twigs so it is hard to have to keep going that far back. on the tree.
I have clip files with every family in . Lee . Horwood. Lewis, McCallum Ackland , Butler,..Bowdich , Campbell . Stewart. , McKensie .Munroe etc so I can pick one of those up and give out information if someone asks.

Marilyn I am going to send a letter to DFHS magazine and see if anything comes up. with information about my Absalom I try every so often incase someone new has joined.
there is no where I can turn now. I have really and truly covered everything

My Nephew has flown off this afternoon to France on Business he flys back Friday and stays for two days before going back to Washington.

My son emailed me to say he is begining to feel a lot better, but he will feel even better when he can come home from the hospital.

Rita

Rita,

A John McCallum, from Spean Bridge fought with Bonnie Prince Charlie in the 1745/46 uprising.

You never know.....could have been a relation.

Rita where was Absolom born and do you know if he married?
I dont mind looking around for you as my ancestors are driving me mad, lol. :D

Cath...We have been looking for years for Rita's Absolom .I think he changed his name , we have been all over the world looking for him....to no avail ,if you can find him tie him up & hand cuff him and lock him up... he's a very wanted MAN :D :D :D :D

Cath.. who are you looking for ?...Give us your WALL to knock down, it would be a change as long as its not IRELAND .. I don't do Ireland .LOL

Well I'm off to bed......
Night All..

xxxx

Evening everyone,
yes i had a nice time with my sister. I had a some nice food. Lemon chicken and fried rice and a banana fritter.
Cath yes i did watch the footbsll last night. I think i missed one of the Barcelona goals! They were the best team.
talking of names Stephen I was reading a book called Juliet and you know at the back of the book they acknolwledge people there was a person with your name mentioned!
When i was doing my tree research I had this idea that we're all related to everyone somewhere along the line :D
Talking of grand kids, I'm going to be a great aunty in December. I hope this child will be bi-lingual as my niece is married to a German and living in Germany.
I'm going to bed now with a cup of coffee. i've got 2 and a half books to read before Friday. No work tomorrow :D :D

Pat,

Loads of us could be related.......especially if your Dad had a bike ! ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Time for my shower then bed.

Night All ! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

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Tea or Coffee

Porridge or Cereals, Fresh Fruit Juice, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon Rolls.

Nice and light breakfast.

Morning All !

Brilliant Sushine here, flat calm as well. The makings of a good day.

What's happened to all our wee 'faces' ?

Gonna grab a coffee and sit outside with the birds. (Feathered type)

Boy am I glad I stick to the 'Friendly Thread'. I have just read a load of Postings on another Thread.........I'll stay here where it's safe. Coward that I am. ROFL

Morning Stephen
Will take breakfast in a few minutes Thanks
Just had a lovely walk round the lake. It's swan lake at the moment as we have 2 new additions they are beautiful, and quite tiny.
The weather is overcast and dull, but warm. Forecast for rain later. I'll believe it if we get it.
The dustmen were here at some ungodley hour, but the recycling is still sitting there. They obviously don't value an early start on a Bank Holiday.

Rita I will add my research later. Some unconfirmed marriages. But I have lots in India and they have been found with the help of others.

Be back later

Linda :-) <3

Morning folks,
dull and overcast here. Not good for a bank holiday :P
Marilyn unfortunately it is an Irish brick wall, I am looking for my GG grandfather born c1840 and the lack of surviving census in Ireland and the fact he had a popular name is making it a nightmare, also he died before 1901 so won't find him on that census either.
Hope everyone is well and enjoys today.
<3 to all,

Cath xx

It has started again this morning I had to sign in again. why are they doing this I wonder ? this is the fourth time I have had to do this in the matter of a few days. perhaps they think I am a spy and not a member. ?
It is not at all pleasant here this morning very wintery looking.

so it being Bank Holiday Monday I suppose it was a doubt whether there would be alovely sunny day.to wake up too.
I stayed up last night to watch the Classics awards. I kept telling myself
youi should go to bed now but stayed. so I expect I will doze sometime today.

Have a good day everyone

be back later.

Rita

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P to the GR Board Managers

Cath you will never find him so I would not expect you to spend time looking for him. because he had the same name as his father who was also Absalom Lee people give me back his data on him.this one was my Great Grandfather but it is his son I am unable to find after 1881 when he appeared in the 1881 census aged 10 working on a farm as a servant his father was also working on that farm as a Farm labourer. I wrote to the farm asking if they could give me any information in their past books but they did'nt answer. the one I am looking was born in June/July 1871 in Southleigh Devonshire and the birth was registered at Hontion.his mother was Elzia Ackland and father Absalom Lee.(this one born in 1828)

Stephen that John McCallum could be one of ours lol we have John as a family name. I have a John McCallum the first on my list who married a Janet Clark he must have been born about 1725 I have not been able to get any information on him and his wife. except their children Mary.Katherine, Donald.Hugh,Jean.John,Janet and Duncan and James who were born 1793 till1778 James is my Great Great Great Grandfathers father and he married a Janet McCallum once again her family also McCallum.s has a John in the family that side go back to a marriage between Peter McCallum and Katherine Campbell in Kenmore
I went as far back as I could on that side. 1716.

Isnt it exciting.

Rita

I have also had to sign in for the last couple of days :S.
Must be gremlins about :-(
Off to shop for some new blinds, then going to pop to the French market to grab some crusty bread, cherry tomatoes, olives and nice cheese for lunch. Mmmmm :D


Sorry Rita we must have posted at the same time, I'm a bit slow, lol.
I didn't expect to find him where others have failed but was fed up looking for my invisible lot and love a challenge :D

Cath good luck with the blinds. Can I join you for lunch sounds really tasty.

Linda :-) <3

Morning..

Thanks for breacky's Stevey...

Its horrible here ,,,,,misty, dull, dark, just plain awfull. :S

Dont quite know what to do today....I did soo much house work yesterday that I want to go for a walk , but its on hold until later today when they say it might clear up a bit.

My grandson is camping out tonight in a farmers field ......with 17 others !! ( Mixed)
I bet he learns a lot ..LOL

Hope the farmer don't go on holiday

:S

Marilyn,

Is it a 'Nature Trip ?' ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Morning everyone,
I never went in for that camping lark! It was raining about an hour or so ago but luckily the wet weather doesn't stop me reading :D
Scrambled eggs please Stephen. I hope there's some left for me becuase it's gone 9.00!

LOL Stevey...

I might go out and find this field and have a sneaky look , Oh the thought of my grandson thinking of nature so early in his precious young years !! :S