Shit. It’s been a week again, hasn’t it?
My ‘love for genealogy’ gene has been literally pulsating this week. After 3 years of researching, and having sighed a huge, liberating groan of relief because I was finally able to start creating a book about the whole thing, a piece of jaw-dropping information surfaced from nowhere, leaving me in a complete state of confusion.
Could it really be true that my Great Grandfather was an adulterous man who perhaps was not only conducting two relationships at the same time, but even had two women pregnant at the same time? Or was there only one child, whose name changed in the months between getting her birth certified and her baptism certified? And did my Great Grandfather really marry the servant of the house and get disinherited from the family fortune?
I’ve been clutching at every available straw lately, and this evening, that led to me making a phone call to an 82 year old man- trying to explain to him that his grandmother was the sister of my great grandfather. Bless his heart…he even gave me his address, and I could have been anybody! (It really worries me the information some people will give out…but rest assured, I called his son immediately and told him it was all above board, just in case they were worried. Thanks Mum…for suggesting it!)
So soon, I‘ll be off to meet this stranger and to delve through a big box of family photos. I can’t wait.
Other news?
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It’s bloody freezing, the cat cost me eighty quid at the vet, I am seriously on a diet, I need to buy a Christmas tree, and the fish bake from Sainsbury’s is scrummy. And…oh yes…Dan and Tallis are together again, which made me write “WOOHOO” on our chat page which Dan responded with a rather peculiar eyebrow shape.
Yep, things are good .
You know MWM loves genealogy too, he says if he leaves it alone for a few weeks/months then something new always pops up when he goes back to it. How exciting that you have traced someone who may be able to help you.BR/BR/I’m so pleased to hear that Dan and Tallis are back together – WOOHOO!
Brilliant news on Dan and Tallis and how exciting to be meeting someone from the past like that.BR/BR/xx
Which cat cost £80? x
Oh don’t talk to me about vets! £150 quid our Rosie cost. I feel fat and horrible at the moment. a lot of us don’t feel good about ourselves.BR/BR/Thats great about your son. BR/BR/xxxx
I did my genealogy back in the BR/1980’s before the internet was invented and got back on one line to 1766. But there are still lots of other lines to pursue. It’s strange, I was just looking at it for the first time in ages this last weekend!
I’m glad you are having luck in your genealogy search, that Dan and Talis are back together…. I’m glad you are happy….
It’s great that Dan and Tallis are together again, I hope it lasts. BR/BR/Genealogy is great, isn’t it? I was hooked on it myself for a while and got quite far.BR/BR/Take care of yourself.BR/BR/Hugs,BR/Irene.
I love to hear you sound so happy. BR/BR/And I can just see you salivating over some family scandel from years past. I love to feel my ancestors come to life see their humanity.BR/BR/Love you.BR/xo
Glad to hear about Dan and Tallis, and interesting what skeletons show up in the family closet, ay?
Thanks to my Grandma, 90% of our family history has already been researched and written down. I’m having a helluva time finding our family on the Rolls(Indian registration) due to the fact that our “savage” side of the family became “civilized” way before the Trail of Tears… Brick walls suck.BR/BR/I hope you have a wonderful visit with your long lost relative and find out lots of useful information.BR/BR/That’s wonderful about Dan and Tallis!BR/BR/*smooch*
What incredible news about your great grandfather – and yes about vets. Well this is the first month this year I havent had to take poor Molls to the vet. Sigh….
Exciting stuff delving into the archives – something I’d like to do myself one day.BR/BR/You’re right, it is amazing the information old people will just divulge and not think about it first. BR/BR/CJ xx
Did you ever find the airman Fred I think his name was.BR/Mark x
So if thing had gone a little differently you could be the heiress to a fortune right now and would promptly be sharing it out amongst your celebrity frie… ermmm I mean blogging friends
BR/BR/I also have caught the genealogy bug and will try to discover as much as possible about my history and hey you never know I could be the great great great grandnephew to Admiral Nelson four times removed. Hopefully I’ll still be able to holiday in Spain if the opportunity arises. Do they refuse entry to relatives of anti-Spanish war heroes??? Ha!
OK, dammit!BR/If you need someone to operate the camera, I guess I`ll just have to come over and help you out.BR/I absolutely refuse to do nudes though. I`m a man with a special moral code.BR/Nudity is like pot…it`s just the beginning of a terrible addiction.BR/First it`s nudity, then down the twisted path to perversion and deviant behavior.BR/BR/But I would be happy to take wonderful pictures of your new hairdo. Actually, I want to see those pics of your couch. (and your shoulder)BR/BR/OH yeah, this is a comment to a past post. Damm, I`m now a late misplaced commenter!BR/BR/So great grampa was a lecher huh?BR/Whats so bad about that? BR/I was a lecher once…BR/BR/Where was I?BR/Oh yeah…..Hi Lanie….Love ya…BR/BR/I`m gonna kidnap evening and fly over the pond. She`s real good with a camera!BR/BR/I know, long comment…BR/Gotta make up for so long between them.
Whoo Hoo for Dan. Hope you are having a good day. BR/BR/Thinking of You!