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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: A long shot..Dundee/Strathmartine/Downfield
« on: Monday 08 December 14 17:16 GMT (UK) »
Sorry for the delay in replying..have sent you a PM 
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The Common Room / Re: Ever wondered what accent your ancestors had?
« on: Sunday 26 October 14 10:57 GMT (UK) » I spent ages searching for Arle's in Northumberland after talking to old relations....Turns out their Northumbrian accents had turned the real name of EARL into Arle!All my relations on Dads side had/have Scottish accents, Mothers geat grandparents came from Kent and Hampshire then moved up to Northumberland for work and their descendents are now Geordies, and my OH is an Australian, so a bit of a mixture!
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The Lighter Side / Re: Why is William, Billy?
« on: Wednesday 08 October 14 11:34 BST (UK) »
yes I had an Aunt Polly who was a Mary, an Aunt Daisy who was a Marguerite and an Aunt Peggy who was a Margaret!
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WW1 In Memoriam / 24th March 1918 pte Samuel Cowan Skeldon aged 29 9th Bttn Royal Scots
« on: Friday 01 August 14 14:31 BST (UK) »
My Dad's Uncle Sam, left behind two little boys who were brought up by their Grandmother. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. No known grave, but mentioned on a panel in Pozieres memorial in France, and in the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle.
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WW1 In Memoriam / 14th November 1916 Private John T Embleton aged 20 7th Battalion Northumber
« on: Friday 01 August 14 14:26 BST (UK) »
My cousin once removed. My Grandfather (his Uncle) served with him, and promised his sister that he would look after her oldest son. Grandfather was wounded and whilst in hospital, his nephew was killed at the Somme. He blamed himself until the day he died aged 69 in 1954.
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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: BELLANEY
« on: Friday 18 July 14 13:23 BST (UK) »
Hi Susan, good to hear from you. Charles Coombs was my great great grandad as well. His daughter Mary Jane coombs married Robert Dalrymple, and my grandma was their daughter Anna Bell Dalrymple. All I know of this Charles was that he was born in Andover in Hampshire. I have a photo of the gravestone thank you.
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Technical Help / Re: FindMyPast free 30days offer
« on: Monday 30 December 13 10:46 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou Lyne! x
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Technical Help / FindMyPast free 30days offer
« on: Monday 30 December 13 10:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi there! I received an email from FindMyPast with a code to enter to be able to use the site free for a limited time, but I can't find the area on the site to enter it in? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thankyou
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The Lighter Side / Genealogists Nightmare!
« on: Sunday 10 November 13 10:19 GMT (UK) »
I came across this poem in my late parents papers.
Many, many years ago, when I was twenty three
I got married to a widow, who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a daughter, who had hair of red
My Father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed.
This made my Dad my Son in Law, and changed my very life,
My daughter was my step mother for she was my Fathers wife!
To complicate the matters worse, although it gave me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became, a Brother in Law to Dad,
And so became my Uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my Uncle, then that also made him Brother,
To the widows grown up daughter-who of course was my StepMother!
Fathers wife then had a son- who kept them on the run,
And he became my Grandson, for he was my Daughters son!
My wife is now my Mothers mother, and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife -she is my Grandmother too!
If my Wife is my Grandmother, and I am her Grandchild
Every time I think of it it simply drives me wild!
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw-
As the Husband of my Grandmother- Ive become my own Grandpa!!
I understand it.. I think!! lol