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US Lookup Requests / Prison Records
« on: Tuesday 27 June 06 23:24 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find information about when one of my rellies was in prison.  His name was Leslie Orian Carpenter, born 1900 or 1901, he was sent to prison in Ohio, most likely 1935 or 36.  The charge was 'white slavery' after he tried to cross the state border with a young girl (possibly a prostitute).  Any ideas?

erin

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The Lighter Side / Re: Good Friday Traditions
« on: Saturday 15 April 06 04:36 BST (UK)  »
i remember once being a part of the living stations at our church on Good Friday.  I was so excited because I was the only child to be given a speaking role... then the nite before we were to perform for the church I was told the part wasnt mine anymore because the daughter of the woman directing the stations decided she wanted to be in them too so her mom gave her the lines instead (this after 3 weeks of practice).  I refused to ever be in them again. petty yes but i was 8 or 9 at the time.

erin

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The Lighter Side / Re: How many hours?
« on: Friday 14 April 06 18:13 BST (UK)  »
its usually busy around dinner time for me (im in the US) but it has been slower the past couple weeks than usual... there are a lot of regulars in the chat

erin

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The Lighter Side / Re: Fantastic Frocks!
« on: Friday 14 April 06 18:09 BST (UK)  »
none of these ladies are related to me, but i dont envy their cloths...

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The Lighter Side / Re: Good Friday Traditions
« on: Friday 14 April 06 17:31 BST (UK)  »
I always watched The Secret Garden on Good Friday, my brothers and I would always watch for it to be 3 o'clock so we could go outside to play (we couldnt play between noon and 3) and my mom would spend the day scrubbing the house (the extended family always came to our house for Easter Sunday)  Sunday is more a day of tradition for my family... wake up to see what was in our baskets and have an egg hunt throughout the house, then off to mass way earlier than we needed to leave to get a seat (mom insists on being in the front row for Easter and Christmas)  then out to breakfast, drop mom off so she could start dinner and dad would take all us kids to the different cemeteries to see rellies graves and we'd spend forever trying to figure out how everyone in the old family plot is related (I finally know thanks to research!!! lol)  then back home to help mom finish dinner and welcome everyone over for dinner and another egg hunt..... 

erin

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The Lighter Side / Re: How many hours?
« on: Friday 14 April 06 17:21 BST (UK)  »
I usually dont spend a lot of time on the boards but the chat room is another story.  its easy to be on for hours when you can communicate with so many people so quickly.  ;D

erin

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The Common Room / alternate names
« on: Friday 14 April 06 15:23 BST (UK)  »
If I have a James in Ireland (likely born Scotland but lived & worked in Ireland), should I include the name Seamus in my searches for him?  I havent been able to find him at all!

erin

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The Lighter Side / Re: Your First Smith?
« on: Friday 14 April 06 15:21 BST (UK)  »
I had to go to the US to get my Smith, lol

erin

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The Lighter Side / Re: What might you name your children?
« on: Friday 14 April 06 15:20 BST (UK)  »
just like all the Jess/Jessi/Jessie/Jessy 's out there!or Jamie, Adrian/Adrienne, Alex, Blair, Casey and so on... i actually know quite a few guys named Dana too.... there are so many ambiguous names now, it can get very confusing!

erin

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