what? apart from gardening?

[elsie]

4pygmies said:

Would you like some molehills to add authenticity Elsie? I have many many many of the things all over my garden - we rarely see a mole (one dead one once) but they are very busy underground. Bless them..................
X

I have had my fair share of molehills in the past 4P

I have caught many alive - they used to live in our driveway which was very shingly and stony and you could watch them tunnelling - one day I grabbed the edging thingy and flipped one out of the ground and then scooped it into a bucket
I then took it for a long walk ;D
They are beautiful little creatures - their coat is just like velvet
I caught a few more like this and my sons started to buy me some Mole ornaments - I have them in my Molennium garden

[ashmadai]

I don't have many hobbies now, mostly I will either work on my message boards or playing with Paint Shop Pro a little.

Last year I spent much of the year drawing and trying to develope a mini-storage site.. and I drew up some sketches of homes for a couple of people who were hit by hurricanes so that they could take the sketch of what they wanted to a builder.

I've also delved into Genealogy and helped track my families until the point they came into the US, basically. We also got a little info on their possible where abouts in Germany, Scotland and Ireland.

Prior to that all, I tried a variety of things from Drawing to Numerology. Just about anything that would pass the time, I tried. I even did a little crochet work, knitting and string art when I was younger.

[Sweetleaf]

My father tracked our family back to Devon.. in England We previously thought the name was Welsh, so that was a surprise, even more so when we found our ancestors mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086)
Not wealthy land owners, but Church Beadles and Ferrymen. Couldnt go further back than that though.

[roan]

sweetleaf2 said:

My father tracked our family back to Devon.. in England We previously thought the name was Welsh, so that was a surprise, even more so when we found our ancestors mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086)
Not wealthy land owners, but Church Beadles and Ferrymen. Couldnt go further back than that though.

Interesting. Our family also comes from Devon, a little village called Berrynarbor near Ilfracombe. I visited there with my father in 1987 and it was interesting going to the church cemetery and seeing the names of our ancestors on the grave stones. Sadly, none of our family live there any more. Originally though, we come from Fordiham which was near Winchester and no longer exists. Apparently we were the keepers of the ford on the river Ham. A cousin of mine worked at Somerset House and was able to delve back a very long way, but was not willing to share the information which was a pity.

[Sweetleaf]

roan said:

sweetleaf2 said:

My father tracked our family back to Devon.. in England We previously thought the name was Welsh, so that was a surprise, even more so when we found our ancestors mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086)
Not wealthy land owners, but Church Beadles and Ferrymen. Couldnt go further back than that though.

Interesting. Our family also comes from Devon, a little village called Berrynarbor near Ilfracombe. I visited there with my father in 1987 and it was interesting going to the church cemetery and seeing the names of our ancestors on the grave stones. Sadly, none of our family live there any more. Originally though, we come from Fordiham which was near Winchester and no longer exists. Apparently we were the keepers of the ford on the river Ham. A cousin of mine worked at Somerset House and was able to delve back a very long way, but was not willing to share the information which was a pity.

What a co-incidence! Our family name is Pulsford but back in the Domesday times it was Poolsford and Paulsford (spellings being unimportant in those days) the ford was deep and wide, and the "ferry" was a rope one. The village we came from was Kingsteignton (I think), bit tricky, cos there are two villages we went to, and one was called Bishopsteignton.... I was a child, cant remember which was ours.

My brother tells me there was another village we visited called Drewsteignton.... now Im thoroughly confused! ;D I see a visit to Devon in my future :

[roan]

sweetleaf2 said:

roan said:

Interesting. Our family also comes from Devon, a little village called Berrynarbor near Ilfracombe. I visited there with my father in 1987 and it was interesting going to the church cemetery and seeing the names of our ancestors on the grave stones. Sadly, none of our family live there any more. Originally though, we come from Fordiham which was near Winchester and no longer exists. Apparently we were the keepers of the ford on the river Ham. A cousin of mine worked at Somerset House and was able to delve back a very long way, but was not willing to share the information which was a pity.

What a co-incidence! Our family name is Pulsford but back in the Domesday times it was Poolsford the ford was deep and wide, and the "ferry" was a rope one. The village we came from was Kingsteignton (I think), bit tricky, cos there are two villages we went to, and one was called Bishopsteignton.... I was a child, cant remember which was ours.

This is something I have found in life, no matter where you go or what you do, there is always a link somewhere!

[ashmadai]

sweetleaf2 said:

My father tracked our family back to Devon.. in England We previously thought the name was Welsh, so that was a surprise, even more so when we found our ancestors mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086)
Not wealthy land owners, but Church Beadles and Ferrymen. Couldnt go further back than that though.

According to Craighead, the Coe family goes back to the 1340s in England. The place looks like Gestlingthorpe, however he was living in Essex somewhere. I don't want to cast dispersions on Mr. Craighead's work, but I always look with a skeptical eye when commoners can trace their roots back to the middle ages... especially American Commonfolk. So his work could be deemed questionable, but it seems as if his information for his US Genealogy is fairly good stuff.

LoL As a side note, and just for laughs, I just found out something tonight... one site I stumbled on shows I am related to George W. and Barbara Pierce Bush. George H.W was married to Barbara and is not in the family line.

Gee, I wonder if cousin George would lend me a few mil? LOL

This will make my sister happy :. LoL It seems that one of my ancestors married Jane Coe. Well Jane Coe is the sister of Moses Coe. If you follow Moses's family forward, it goes through Daniel Coe, Sarah Coe Robinson, James Edgar Robinson, Pauline Robinson and finally Barbara Pierce (Georgie's Mom).

This is just too darn funny! lol I think I will write that up just to agitate my sister. lol

[bogmyrtle]

Long story cut very short (believe me) - we have a box full of papers given to us by hubby's relatives who traced their family tree back to the 1600s. It was all on a computer but sadly when this relative died, his family threw the computer and discs out not realising. What we have are the working papers and so at some stage, we will go through it and sort it out.

Turns out hubby's related to the first man to climb Mount Denali.

It's fascinating to trace your tree isn't it?

[ashmadai]

bogmyrtle said:

Turns out hubby's related to the first man to climb Mount Denali.

It's fascinating to trace your tree isn't it?

That's pretty cool, bogmyrtle.

Actually tracing your family tree can be fascinating, especially when raw data changes into a biography of the real person behind those names, dates and places

[bogmyrtle]

ashmadai said:

bogmyrtle said:

Turns out hubby's related to the first man to climb Mount Denali.

It's fascinating to trace your tree isn't it?

That's pretty cool, bogmyrtle.

Actually tracing your family tree can be fascinating, especially when raw data changes into a biography of the real person behind those names, dates and places

It explains where his love of bushcraft comes from! We have copies of letters written after Hudson Stuck's death and lots of info now.

On hubby's mother's side, we have a hand written Indian recipe book from his great grandmother who was a governess in India at the turn of the century - haven't tried to cook anything from it though!

[mickthecactus]

I know very little on my paternal grandfathers side but a lot on my grandmothers side.

My greatgrandfather was a wealthy fishing boat owner based in Ramsgate Kent. He died in 1946 when he fell and hit his head. For a while it was thought that he had been murdered for his money and I have a cutting from the local paper of that time. We found his grave some years ago, had it cleaned up and we look after it now.

His brother and his son were killed in 1913 in a sudden huge storm off Lowestoft when they were fishing. He had been decorated by the Danish government for saving life at sea.

On the other side my grandfather was a chef on the Golden Arrow.

[elsie]

Family history can be very interesting - I love to read about other peoples families!

I have traced my family tree back to the mid 1700's on my Mum's side.

On my Grandad's side everyone was a Blacksmith,Whitesmith or Jet worker!

On my Nana's side they were Master Mariners,sailors or ship workers!

We have been to Whitby and stood outside the house where the family lived from about 1841 - 1901.
On the last visit I spoke to one of the neighbours and we were chatting about how names run in families - I mentioned my Granddad's name and she said - Oh the manager of somerfields just round the corner has the same name
Turned out that I have the same great grandfather as the manager of Somerfields in Whitby ;D

[Sleepy]

Wow Elsie, I wish I could trace mine back that far.

My paternal grandfather was a captain in the Polish cavalry.

My paternal grandmother died when my Father was about 5.

I have visited their graves in Poland

My maternal grandfather was a alcoholic waste of space. My grandmother committed suicide what I was 3 because of him, the grief of which led to my Mother developing agrophobia.

They are all dead now.

[elsie]

That sounds so sad Sleepy

My Mum used to tell me the story that my Great grandmother was an Italian gypsy who got fed up with the priest asking for money and she pushed him down the stairs
They lived in Whitby - don't know if it was down the199 steps that lead to the church
Through my research I found that my great great grandmother could have been an Irish gypsy and the family did move from Yorkshire to Durham in the mid 1890's I wonder if the story was true?

[elsie]

I just clicked on one of the adverts at the top of the page - wow! there are some gorgeous eggs there ;D

[Sleepy]

elsie said:

That sounds so sad Sleepy

My Mum used to tell me the story that my Great grandmother was an Italian gypsy who got fed up with the priest asking for money and she pushed him down the stairs
They lived in Whitby - don't know if it was down the199 steps that lead to the church
Through my research I found that my great great grandmother could have been an Irish gypsy and the family did move from Yorkshire to Durham in the mid 1890's I wonder if the story was true?

It would be a nice quest to try and find out. It must have been in the newspapers I am sure.

[mickthecactus]

elsie said:

That sounds so sad Sleepy

My Mum used to tell me the story that my Great grandmother was an Italian gypsy who got fed up with the priest asking for money and she pushed him down the stairs
They lived in Whitby - don't know if it was down the199 steps that lead to the church
Through my research I found that my great great grandmother could have been an Irish gypsy and the family did move from Yorkshire to Durham in the mid 1890's I wonder if the story was true?

I like Whitby. Been there a few times.

Found an old whaling harpoon on the beach which my boys have now.

[ashmadai]

elsie said:

I wonder if the story was true?

It's a good possibility that it's partly true. Sometimes people mix up the facts, or embellish the story to make it more interesting. I know that in the Fleming Family, there are commentaries which are hard to match with real events.

[maggyd]

elsie said:

That sounds so sad Sleepy

My Mum used to tell me the story that my Great grandmother was an Italian gypsy who got fed up with the priest asking for money and she pushed him down the stairs
They lived in Whitby - don't know if it was down the199 steps that lead to the church
Through my research I found that my great great grandmother could have been an Irish gypsy and the family did move from Yorkshire to Durham in the mid 1890's I wonder if the story was true?

My Mother in Law lived in #Whitby Elsie her Grandmother lived near the 199 steps or is it 99 Ive been up and down them many times but have never counted them : her Father was a cook on a whaler. Most of my Ancesters came from Ireland on both my Mother and Fathers side .

[cheerypeabrain]

Our family have made a few half hearted attempts at tracing our ancestors. On my Father's side we don't know v much about my Paternal Grandfather's family, he had a greengrocer's shop, with a horse and cart for door to door deliveries...he died when I was 3 so I don't remember him...he grew most of his own veg and Dad remembers visiting the greenhouses when he ws a boy.

We have a more information about his wife...she was one of 11 children : most of the 7 boys joined up in WW1...but my Great Uncle Ernest was already in Queen Mary's Own Hussars at the start of the war, he was in India and South Africa..and was a seasoned campaigner aged 25 when he was gassed at the second battle of Ypres (1915) ...he'd been made up to Sargent 3 days before he died..sooooo sad. I plan to visit his grave one day.

My Great-Great Grandpa was a stationmaster here in Leicester. ;D at one of the smaller railway stations.


All I know about my Mother's parents is that Grandad was in the navy and was at Gallipoli, we know little about his wife, my Nanna
(such a lovely sweet lady)....there was speculation that her Mother wasn't wed to her Pa...and talk of Romany blood...she was very exotic looking, even when she was old...with thick, long dark hair and olive skin that tanned very easily....my Mother would never talk about it.

We have a lot of photographs somewhere that I scanned onto disc for Dad. Mainly old regimental photos...I really must dig them out and post a few on here ;D

[ashmadai]

I don't see it now, maybe I deleted it from a message I was about to post. Anyone interested in looking for their family can try Familysearch.com... it's an LDS Site, but it has alot of information. If you plug your family names into the search engine for the site, they are not supposed to keep records of your search.. and they Mormons never bothered me over using their site. When searching, just beware... not all of the information is from records, some of it is from other sources that might be less accurate.