Posted on 04/16/2004 6:37:21 PM PDT by Mo1
I sense, plotting...
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Nice find on the uglies - gak!
How long have you been doing it?
I just put my collection on the PAF and I must say I am impressed.
It also makes it clearer to me, It is really is exciting to see this and encouraging!
Doing it on paper is a pain.
Genealogy Today: Three hints for research into English heritage
Thursday, May 20, 2004
CONNIE LENZEN for The Columbian
With research into English ancestry, we have an advantage over foreign research we do not need to learn a different language. However, it is still hard to locate records when we don't know what is available.
First hint: Mark Howells, husband of Cyndi of Cyndislist.com, wrote a guide to doing English research by using the resources of the Family History Library: www.oz.net/~markhow/ uksearch.htm. If you don't have a computer, go to the library and have the librarian help you print this out.
Second hint: If you are researching families who were in England in 1881, the first stop should be the LDS Web site, www.familysearch.org. You can either access it at home on your computer, or go to a Family History Center and use its computers.
The "Census" search option that is included in the "Search People" section includes the 1881 British Census.
Alfred Wilby, my daughter-in-law's immigrant ancestor, was born in 1867 in Heckmondyke, Yorkshire, England. At least, that is what we were told by a Wilby cousin.
The 1881 census shows a listing for a 14-year-old Alfred Wilby, born in Heckmondyke. He had brothers Fred, Frank, William and Jonathan. These are all names that run in my daughter-in-law's Wilby family.
The 1881 census gives the name of the birth town for each person. It also gives the microfilm number for the census.
That means the film can be ordered at the Family History Center and a copy of the page that contains the Wilby family can be made.
Third hint: The Public Record Office in England has scanned thousands of documents from its archives. The Web site is www.pro.gov.uk/ online/docsonline.htm.
More than one million wills that were submitted to the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from 1384 to 1858 are included in the online collection.
There are a number of Wilby wills that have been scanned, but the only Yorkshire person was Elizabeth, the widow of Richmond Wilby. More research would need to be done to determine if she is a family member.
Wills of famous English men and women have been scanned.
William Shakespeare's five-page will was submitted to the court on June 22, 1616. The handwriting is in a script that we no longer use and takes a bit of pondering to decipher.
It is amazing to think that something that is almost 400 years old has been preserved and scanned and is available for us to view on the Internet.
Connie Lenzen can be reached in care of The Columbian, P.O. Box 180, Vancouver, WA 98666. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply. Or e-mail her at gencolumn@yahoo.com.
I watched "Somethng's Gotta Give" with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keeton and Keanu Reeves - I liked it. I also liked Master and Commander - it was great on the big theater screen. Everyone recommends "Big Fish" but the copies are all rented out by the time I get to Blockbuster.
I still sense plotting.
Plots, horrible hideous plots.
And secrets, mmm-mmm!
And sub-plots!
These are the times!
I'm always plotting! :O)
On and off about two years on the computer and over twenty on paper.
Sis, there's plotting goin' on without you!
*chuckle*
Thanks Resty!
Come!
I'm planning and plotting!
But I don't want Darks to know what it is!
Sis is busy vandalising the high scores on a game.
She started without me!
Yeah, she's playing "Super Collapse II" and trying hard to wipe everyone else from the scoreboard.
HEE! HEE! HEE!
Stay off the trains, Mo.
LOL!
Umm...
Afterlife seems pretty interesting there...
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The Grandfather replied, " Well, let me think a minute, I was born, before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill.
There were no credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens. Man had not invented pantyhose, air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes dryers, and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and man had yet to walk on the moon.
Your Grandma and I got married first and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother.
Until I was 25, I called every man older than I, "Sir"- - and after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir"
We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.
Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.
We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.
Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.
We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started.
Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums
We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to the Country Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Hank Williams.
If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.
Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 & 10-cent store where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a city bus, and a coke were all a nickel
And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.
You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600 but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
my day, "grass" was mowed, "coke" was a cold drink, "pot" was something your mother cooked in,and "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.
ds" were helpers in the Principal's office, Chip" meant a piece of wood, "hardware" was found in a hardware store, and "software" wasn't even a word. "Gay" meant happy & carefree
we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.
wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap..... and how old do you think I am ???...
d on to see-pretty scary if you think about it and rather sad at the same time.
Grandpa is Only 58.
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