General Chat

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It's gloomy and damp :-(

Been walkies, taken car to garage and now off shopping...busy, busy, busy :-0

Hugs for them that need em <3 <3

Morning Belle :-D <3 Sunny and Warm here :-D just saying ;-)

Been food shopping :-D just got in from taking Fly out :-D

Morning Belle and Fly. <3 :-D

Had coffee followed by an hour's dance ... I is well and truly ... out of puff. :-D :-0

That sun is doing its best but it is not going to make much difference, methinks. :-D <3

Morning all....dropping in again if I may :-)

Sun isn't up yet but meant to be an okay day today weather-wise.

Feel tired just listening to all the action on here already today.

Morning Caroline. <3 :-D

Get yer glad rags on girl and join in. ;-) :-D

Do sweatpants equal glad rags these days...and let me grab some breakfast first...

Course they do, Caroline. I dance in leggings, floppy T-shirt and jazz shoes that are ancient but comfortable.

Two bowls of cereal this morning so plenty to work off. (I was very hungry, by the way.)

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I just assumed the bowls were small :-)

Now how about having three left feet or so it seems......

Afternoon Ladies :-D <3 <3

Gloomy and damp here, been shopping and couldn't wait to get back home. :-(

Roll on Spring! Our first snowdrop has just peeped its little head out. :-)

Hi girls, gloomy and damp here too.

I have had hundreds of snowdrops out for week now. Where did they come from ????

have found ancesters born in Bristol went over to Tasmania over 200 years ago. How brave of them. Unless he was sent there for being naughty. ;-) ;-)

On the bright side maybe he was one fo the guards/officers watching the naughty ones if that were the case...did they go to Tasmania as well as Australia??

Afternoon everyone :-D :-D <3 <3

Tis damp and gloomy here again, been out for Cappuccino and a few bits, now trying to get some washing dried before the next avalanche

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Barb...my 3 x gt grandad went to Tasmania as well...guarding the prisoners aboard ship

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Afternoon all :-D <3

Damp start here but sun keeps showing its
face now and then :-)

Been down to house with more stuff, curtains up
and lamp shades done, kitchen cupboards filled etc.
Dog tired now :-)

Afternoon all :-D <3

Having a chill out day after a busy day in London town yesterday. :-D :-D :-D

Afternoon all. <3 :-D

Emma, hope it all goes well and you settle in quickly. <3 :-D

Yes, Caroline, Tasmania and mainland. The dire ones went to Norfolk Island. :-0

It must have been almost as bad for the guards, don't you think?

Some of the earlier arrivals (guards and convicts) became squatterocracy, or so we learned.

thanks girls for the info, will keep going with it. A few years ago I was able to find boarding lists to USA but not now :-( :-(

Barb, try Ellis Island website for arrivals. I found several of mine, a couple with physical descriptions which was as pleasing as finding some descriptions on Forces' website. :-D

Also try Castle Garden which predates Ellis Island arrivals.

Family search have Castle garden records
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/ny-castle-garden-ellis-island/
If you scroll down the page their is a direct link to Castle garden records

Good evening all :-D <3

Agree it must have been almost as bad for the guards...still hope yours was a guard though :-)

Been grocery shopping spent too much still have nothing to eat as far as family is concerned...you know the cry of there's nothing good to eat... :-)