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Merionethshire / Re: Davies's of Bryn Crug, Towyn, Merioneth
« on: Thursday 21 January 10 20:47 GMT (UK)  »
Wow, that really is interesting stuff!  Thank you so much for sharing it with me.  :)

So, I think that means that my 'great-great-uncle' married your 'great-great-aunt' - which makes us very distant relatives ...

How nice to have met Lydia and find out more about the family.  I wonder if Lydia remembers any of Cledwyn's uncles and aunts?  There were a lot of them!  I'd love to hear about Ellis (my great grandfather) and his/George Henry's sister, Sephorah - all I could find out about her was she was a dressmaker and was still living at home in 1901.  I cannot find any record of her later marrying, or of her death, so am puzzled as to what happened to her.

Congratulations on the book!  I'd love to read it, so do send me details (my Welsh is a little rusty, but I have friends whose first language is Welsh).

No rush for the photos but it would be good to get them sometime.

Many thanks

Bel x

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Merionethshire / Re: Davies's of Bryn Crug, Towyn, Merioneth
« on: Thursday 21 January 10 19:13 GMT (UK)  »
Amazed to get an email from RootsChat after all this time telling me about your post!

I'd be delighted to receive any info you have on the Arthurs.  My family history research has been on the back-burner for some time now, due to lack of time, but it would be great to have more info.

Incidentally, I've recently found the house where my great great grandfather (George Arthur senior) farmed before he became a policeman.  It's no longer a farm, the outbuildings having been converted for holiday lets - but it's in a fantastic spot above the Ceiriog valley.

Look forward to hearing from you and many thanks for your post!

Bel


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The Lighter Side / Re: Somebody's life in a box on e-bay.....
« on: Monday 10 September 07 23:46 BST (UK)  »
PJ - I sympathise with you entirely - my late grandfather had great stories to tell about WWII - such as the time he was one of only three survivors of a sunken ship, and spent 48 hours in the water (which is why he hated trips to the seaside and would always stay in the car) - and someone threw out his medals and all his other war memorabilia, plus cine films of me as a toddler with my grandmother (who died before I was 3).  It's so frustrating!  

Now that I'm doing my family history for my kids, I won't throw anything away!

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The Lighter Side / Re: Somebody's life in a box on e-bay.....
« on: Monday 10 September 07 21:55 BST (UK)  »
Willow

Longest auction room bid I've found so far is 74 hours of continuous bidding.

The world's longest eBay auction was listed on January 13 2000 and is set to expire on December 31 2030 coming up just short of 31 years.

(this from a website called
thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com)  8)

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The Lighter Side / Re: Somebody's life in a box on e-bay.....
« on: Monday 10 September 07 21:37 BST (UK)  »
OK, sorry, perhaps 'playing dirty' is a bit OTT :-[, it's just tactics I suppose.
My point is that you can be sniped for a figure less than your maximum bid.  The automatic bidding system is slow enough to allow a snipe to creep in during the last few seconds of an auction and by time ebay is ready to up your bid, you've been outbid.

Great news if you're a seller though!!!!!   :)  We know someone who's a happy bunny tonight! ;)

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The Lighter Side / Re: Somebody's life in a box on e-bay.....
« on: Monday 10 September 07 21:13 BST (UK)  »
Bad luck, Tony :(

Madpants is right, unfortunately - why people can't just set their absolute maximum bid and let ebay bid automatically, I don't know - maybe they get a thrill out of 'playing dirty' and swiping something from someone else at the last minute! >:(

I've just done a quick search for "ephemera" on ebay - there's a lot of interesting stuff to be had if you've got the cash...

Bel
 


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The Lighter Side / Re: Somebody's life in a box on e-bay.....
« on: Monday 10 September 07 19:03 BST (UK)  »
Sarah
...and look at how many of us are online right now!
Bel

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The Lighter Side / Re: Somebody's life in a box on e-bay.....
« on: Monday 10 September 07 19:02 BST (UK)  »
That is absolutely astonishing!!!  I do hope the winning bidder is someone genuinely interested in the contents of the box and that we won't see all this stuff back on ebay as individual lots.

Bel


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: .zed file help
« on: Sunday 09 September 07 11:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi

You may need to download the software?

http://www.podmailing.com/download.html

That should then allow you to open the file.

Bel

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