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Hi Persie, I will do that, but I knwo that everyone in this group knows a lot more than me, so I thought I would try here first!

LOl yep I thought that too when I first read it! :-D

Gracie,

Why don't you put it up on GR or Ancestry threads on Facebook... as not just GR people etc see these and it might reach a larger audience.

I must do something about my speed reading... I read Vicar of Dibley instead of Bickley. :-) :-)

Morning all...

Yesterday I posted that I was going to try and track down any family members of a stack of photographs etc. that I had purchased from a clearing auction.

Well my first discovery was that two of the postcards photo things were of an actress. I made contact with someone on A..y and they have sid that she is their second cousin, so no probs I can mail those off.

BUT...I must be having a stupid week and I cannot find anyone else...

Does anyone, for instance have any ideas how I could go about tracing the following person:

I have a baptism certificate for a Job Matthews, baptised March 28...something Day (I can't read that) and then someone has written 1880. It is signed by a C H something, Vicar of Bickley and is for a Catholic church.

I don't have any experience in searching for London people..any ideas?

I lot of the documents I have seem to relate to a John Henry Matthews,
or a Tilly surname unknown. There are a lot of pretty cards and postcards to TIlly from mother in Bromley Kent and a nice card from a N Mummery. They are pretty old I would guess maybe very early 1900's or a bit later. I am not sure how to date cards and postcards. I would assume that they must have emigrated out to Victoria at some stage...

It just seems a shame that such old things well over 100 years ended up with a stranger.

There is also a load of things for a William Andrews & Sons, Ironmongers, Beechworth, Victoria, I can trace some of the family but haven't found anyone with them in a tree or anything. Do you think if I contacted the family history group there that they would want the dockets? They are all from the period 1880 through to 1895.

Any ideas....I seem to have lost all my thinking processes lately :-(

I shall not say a word.. :-D :-D :-D not a word :-D :-D :-D

I hand delivered some cards under cover of darkness this evening. :-D



I was a noggin when I first used these boards. Kept watching the board roll over and wondering how some 'messages' had over a thousand replies in that short space of time and no one had answered mine..............doh....... :-(

I also used to go back and scroll through the board to find my post - I didn't know about My Threads. :-S


and before Gins gets the chance......


yes


I'm still a noggin.... :-D :-D

I hope your printer is behaving itself then>>>

I forget to look at the number of posts..

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that last post of mine was 32,400


:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

got about 16 more letters to print off ............... and about 20 more cards to write, and post.


Presents to wrap for daughter etc, then OH can pack them and mail them off


Then I can start thinking about "wrapping" presents for here


actually, I use gift bags and tissue paper. Much easier!



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night night Dea
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Great that you have heard from your ex's mom, Gins


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Hi all
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a grey day here


and the s* word has been mentioned ..... but think it is too warm, so drizzle is more likely



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I am just about to write up the last of my cards... have typed up a letter to go with some of them..

Couple more gifts to buy and then that is done as well except Anya's....grrh.

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The Choko BALACLAVA - pink....looks like something worn in an outbreak of summat or other

Havent started Christmas shopping........start on Sunday morning

You might remember last year I was worried about not hearing from my ex's mom....got a card this morning from her.........phew

I cried when I opened it...

Nite nit?


dear Dea...
You 'ave to buy the headwear to get the gloves .. do you really want pink gloves?
They would look like something you wear to wash the dishes.....

When I first posted on here I expected an acknowledgement and yes I got a thank you... in fact I expected the boards to break out into the hallelujah chorus that I had finally arrived...

My very first post was in answer to a question re convicts in Tassie.

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Nite nit alls!!

Dea Xxx

Can I ave my pink gloves then ?????

Nite nite alls !!

De Xxx

Gins...re that thread. I don't usually send messages if they have posted over c20 times. I reckon they know what it's about by then and, if not, tuff.

You can always pm him yerself and ask him if he has seen his replies!!


One member asked me yesterday did she need to reply!!!!!!!

Oooooerr !!

Free Gloves would be VERY nice - I don't know about the 'pink one' !!!

Dea Xxx

You get free gloves with the pink one Dea...