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Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« on: Tuesday 21 August 18 09:46 BST (UK) »
There are loads of little things I'm grateful for when researching, here are a couple:

A Smith family who gave all their children two middle names each. Makes them SO much easier to trace.

The parish records of Steeple, Essex, in the early 1800s, where the mother's maiden name has been annotated on the baptism register for several records, including one of my ancestors. It helped me find out who my 4xgreat-grandmother was.

Feel free to add anything you're grateful for today. :)
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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 10:05 BST (UK) »
I am grateful for a lot of things to be honest, just waking up to a new day is always the first

Sometimes thank you is not used enough and things go unnoticed

Christmas and birthday gifts to children, that is my biggest moan that these children are not taught to send a thank you,  my grandchildren always wrote to say thank you and even one of the recipients grandmother always remarked on how nice it was to receive a letter from my grandchildren, but her own grandchildren hardly sent a reply to their gift, it is good manners. I have known people who, if the child doesn't say thank you they have not sent one the following birthdays or Christmas

Off my soap box now

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Granath Sweden and London
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Garner, Devon
Garner New Zealand
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Parkinson St Pancras,
Jenkins Marylebone Paddington
Mizon/Mison/Myson Paddington
Tindal Marylebone Paddington
Tocock, (name changed to Ellis) London
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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 10:44 BST (UK) »
I try to count my blessings every day.  Some days I may miss but at least I try.

Here are my current ones:

Waking up is always a blessing
My OH waking up is more of a blessing
The sun is shining
I have enough money and a bit more
OH and I can see, hear, speak and are mobile (things we all take too much for granted)
I am (reasonably) intelligent (I think)
I have access to the internet which helps with FH
I am always eternally grateful to the people who transcribe information for us all to use in our FH

Rishile
Stoneham - Kent / Essex / Herts / Bucks / Devon
Pike - Kent
Pay - Kent
Swan/Swaine - Herts / London
Bissenden - Kent
Chappell - Herts
Hammond - Essex

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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 11:05 BST (UK) »
and all of those Rushile

My granddaughter has just returned from being a volunteer in Nairobi, that was a real eye opener for an 18 year old, she did say upon her return how much she appreciates what she has at home, what you see on TV is only for tourists and nothing like the villages  which are miles from anywhere

Louisa Maud
Census information is Crown Copyright,
from  www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Granath Sweden and London
Garner, Marylebone Paddington  Northolt Ilford
Garner, Devon
Garner New Zealand
Maddieson
Parkinson St Pancras,
Jenkins Marylebone Paddington
Mizon/Mison/Myson Paddington
Tindal Marylebone Paddington
Tocock, (name changed to Ellis) London
Southam Marylebone, Paddington
Bragg Lambeth 1800's
Edermaniger(Maniger) Essex Kent Canada (Toronto)
Coveney Kent Lambeth
Sondes kent and London


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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 11:31 BST (UK) »
I thank the person who first showed me Free BMD index and set me off looking for my ancestors  :)
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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 11:34 BST (UK) »
I thank the person who first showed me Free BMD index and set me off looking for my ancestors  :)

I can't remember who it was, but I should thank the person on rootschat who showed me how to locate potential spouses for a marriage on FreeBMD. Until then, I didn't realise the significance of the page number, and was trawling through ALL marriages in the district until I found the right person. :)
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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 11:42 BST (UK) »
My list would be similar to Roshile.

I am with louisa maud when it comes to saying thank you -it costs nothing - whether it is from a child or an adult.

My older grandson was 16 on Sunday. We had a small family celebration at my daughter's for him. He said thank you numerous times that day to everyone. On Monday morning I received a text from him thanking us again for his presents and for sharing his birthday with him. Very proud of him.

I would also like to thank my ancestors for making me what I am today. Family history research has given me an insight into (oops it didn't post my whole reply) into their lives. Many years ago a Social History lecturer told us "You do not know where you are going until you know where you have been." How true.

Dorrie
Small, County Antrim & Dundee
Dickson, County Down & Dundee
Madden, County Westmeath
Patrick, Fife
Easson, Fife
Leslie, Fife
Paterson, Fife

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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 11:55 BST (UK) »
Well done to your grandson, recently a well known paper wrote an article about children and thank you's at Christmas, or I should say the lack of them

The first person who introduced me to a whole wealth of info I met in the LMA, we became friends and would meet there every Tuesday for lunch, sadly she passed away this year and I miss her very much, she helped many a person on Rootschat

Louisa Maud

PS, an interesting topic because the more you think about it the list could be endless
Census information is Crown Copyright,
from  www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Granath Sweden and London
Garner, Marylebone Paddington  Northolt Ilford
Garner, Devon
Garner New Zealand
Maddieson
Parkinson St Pancras,
Jenkins Marylebone Paddington
Mizon/Mison/Myson Paddington
Tindal Marylebone Paddington
Tocock, (name changed to Ellis) London
Southam Marylebone, Paddington
Bragg Lambeth 1800's
Edermaniger(Maniger) Essex Kent Canada (Toronto)
Coveney Kent Lambeth
Sondes kent and London

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Re: Who would you like to say "thank you" to today?
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 21 August 18 13:40 BST (UK) »
I am so thankful xxx for all the above and more.. I agree with the lack of thank yous .. but its more a lack of hellos in my case..  Without social media, I would not have a clue what my Gkids are up to.. :( 

'ratbags' 

ho hum

We  -- or maybe just me  take so much for granted -- until it doesn't work or function.

I am thankful . and appreciative of all that still manages to function ..ha ha.. even if only just.

would be lost without Rootschat xxx so a special thank you to Trystan and Sarah x

xin