General Chat

Morning LG and everyone.

Well done on the sale purchases Sylvia. You have been more successful than I have ever been - things are either not in my size, more than I'd want to pay, or 'when would I every have the opportunity to wear that?' Never mind.

Todays exciting venture out is for...................the dentist ! :-0

Oh joy DET. Not my most favourite of outings :-P. Just finishing brekkie then do a little more of the hateful H*******k. Fetch littlies from nursery then afternoon to myself hopefully :-D

Good mornings all you lovely people, sorry sylvia hope you feel more better today, make sure u rest, xxx

have a lovely day/night as some of you live in a different country or am i being silly always wanted to be a detective lol :-0

No, you're not being silly! We are scattered across the English speaking world ;-)

I always wanted to be a Doctor, but wasn't clever enough :-(

Morning everyone,

from a very mild Scotland of late, this is scary as we don't
do mild winters here, but I will force myself to cope with this
miracle.

i wanted to be a Archaeologist, was a nurse instead. :-)

Emma x

Afternoon GG. Don't worry, it looks as if your wish may be fulfilled (with snow blizzards, if nothing else!)

Evening all.

Hope the visit to the dentist went well DET! Not my favourite place either!

Weekend at last!!! Yeah!!!

evening all
its weekend off lol ,just done the food hygene certificate thast it for three years lol ,I am going on strike tomorrow with chores I am off out wiv froggy early and seee how much the fairies do lol

well I got the Birth certificate Back and our molly is the daughter of Emma emilia Augusta Neff Born in the workhouse ,mums maiden name is either Fack,Jack Or Lack I cant read the word So it looks as if they were taking babies from the workhouse

A brief visit......

Glad to hear that's another bit of paper under your belt Maz. But with your background, it should have been a walk over.
See if you can track down the Admission Books for the workhouse - they may have a clearer entry about your Ms Flack/Jack etc. If you can scan the BC, bung it this way and we may be able to decypher it for you.

All clear at the Dentist, thank you YG :-D <<<<< polished teeth!

Evening all, don't mention workhouse records I am trying to find one of the OH's relatives and her daughter. Oh boy they are heavy going some are non existant whilst some are so faint they are illegible.

the only list for the worhouse is 1881 .I am not clever at scanning so will have to wait for the IT froggy to help .It is Fack ,Tack Or Jack but the first letter looks the same as he has written the F in first ..

The records I am looking at are in the local records office as I need more information than just census :-|

ah OK mum has a friend who has written a book on the workhouse so will have to ask if he has alist of inmates

well the palace compound looks lovely here and the meercats are burrowing everywhere I see

Aunty now has wings, handy, but has lost wand, traumatic. Trying to see if I can have both. Hope they don't believe I'm a raving lunatic.

Well I am but I like to keep that info to myself.

Aunty it looks cool i like it ,though you wont need wings here today more like an anchor .it wild here as they say in the north
.The gunners will freeze me thinks ,I have left the back door open just in case the broomstick is blown off course and lands in Durham cos sunderland is not far away

And very smart wings they are too! How about asking the IT Guru if he can assist in adding the errant wand?

Ooo yes, those workhouse records. I've spent hours trawling through the Minster Admittance/Discharge books for my grt grt grandfather - he used it as an old people's home from sometime between 1901 and 1911, dying there age c92 in 1922. The covers were red, and stained the hands something awful. Never did find the admittance entry, although he went on 'leave' several times.

Another tack may be to phone the birth Registering Office. If they are willing to look up the original entry, they may have other handwritten entries to compare it to.

Morning all, Just about up and running ;-)

Morning all, lovely morning again here, blue sky and sun shine,
though OH says nippy out.
yes DET blizzards forecast for the Shire and some snow for us
in the city but supposed not to stay for long, heard that before.
LG thought you were an early bird. :-D

Emma x