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The Lighter Side / Re: Family stories rooted in some truth.
« on: Saturday 16 March 24 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
One triumph from this great site was the finding of a remote Australian relative of my notorious (well, to me) Cork family, who managed to track us down via an address on a census which was the same address a relative of hers had been married from.  Thank you Rootschat and Google.

Once we started sharing information about our joint ancestors, we were astonished to find that her very strong family rule that 'you should NEVER smoke in bed' (well beyond advice simply based on common sense) was connected to an ancestor who died in 1893 at a ripe old age after staying in a farmer's loft whilst working away from home on a harvest.

Poor fellow had set himself alight with his pipe after a hard day's work.




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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Saturday 16 March 24 16:32 GMT (UK)  »
  I can't think of any myths in my family, but I am developing a theory that the Pay family originated in France. Apart from a couple of outposts in the North of the country, they have always been along the South coast, and I discovered a while ago that the name exists in France, mainly in the North-west. Some of the family like to think there is a connection to a rogue called Harry Pay in the Middle Ages. He was based in Poole, so the South coast/France link is there as well.

My bit of the Pay family (my cousin Ian) always claimed 'we came over with the Conqueror' but then he also claimed to be the first son of the first son of the first son of the first son of the first son of the family, and was offended as well as disappointed when my research conclusively demonstrated he was the first son of the first son of the first son of the first son of the third son of an illegitimate son, and so you could actually say we weren't Pays at all.

To be very fair to him, I think the primogeniture theory had come from his own father, passing on some theory or other from our grandfather, who had been a Metropolitan Policeman evidently not very familiar with the truth of the situation.

I had to do a bit of counting on my fingers for that story  ;) ;D

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry - how to highlight groups
« on: Friday 08 March 24 10:06 GMT (UK)  »
I’ve just thought - a coloured profile picture?


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The Common Room / Ancestry - how to highlight groups
« on: Friday 08 March 24 09:55 GMT (UK)  »
Good morning all

I’m doing a very interesting bit of research for my brother and sister in law on their house in Oxford, which was built in c 1875, to describe its various inhabitants over the years.

As you might guess this was inspired by David Olusoga’s A House Through Time which I’ve been rewatching.

I’ve created an Ancestry tree to research not only the various inhabitants but their families and addresses both before and after their occupation of the house and ensure I’ve got all the sources attached.

This is quite complicated - so that I can quickly highlight the separate families into their years of connection to the house, has anyone any suggestions about making a note on their entry?

I know some people have trees with “John Smith GGF” for example as the profile name header, but is there a better way?

I need to be able to show, for instance, that a person is the sister of the 1881 wife, and it would be very helpful to have a note of the fact somewhere visible on the Ancestry profile page.

If only there were colour highlight options or similar!

Any suggestions very welcome.

Ps I hasten to add I will be “writing up” my research to clarify it all and not just sharing the tree.



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The Common Room / Re: dress description 1908 newspaper
« on: Sunday 07 January 24 15:57 GMT (UK)  »
Some newspaper searches for directoire de soie bring up the associated word 'mousseline'  :-\

And mousseline de soie is silk muslin - a fine silk fabric.

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The Common Room / Re: dress description 1908 newspaper
« on: Sunday 07 January 24 15:34 GMT (UK)  »
I was thinking if he didn't speak French then a rendition of  what he thought he heard might have ended up as "monseaum".  If he wasn't a fabric expert (who is?) he had a shot of what he'd been told?

Anyhow, no easy solution!  However, it made me look up "directoire" knickers, which I'd come across in various early writings, and had never investigated before!!

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The Common Room / Re: dress description 1908 newspaper
« on: Sunday 07 January 24 15:19 GMT (UK)  »
I've not been able to find any direct references to this fabric, but wonder whether the word could be "maison" or, possibly "Messidor" (see below) which is an alternative name for "Directoire"

https://www.marcmaison.com/architectural-antiques-resources/directoire

The "Directoire" refers to a French style operating during the time of the French Revolution, apparently.

The fabric itself may have been 'peau de soie' which is a a silk or rayon dress fabric with a smooth satiny texture and a fine ribbed or grained surface.




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The Lighter Side / Re: RootsChat 20th Anniversary - 31 st December 2023
« on: Tuesday 02 January 24 13:46 GMT (UK)  »
Happy Anniversary Rootschat!

A wonderful site, and wonderful members, I always recommend it to anyone I'm talking to about family history research. 

Lost count of the number of relatives it's helped me with.....

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The Lighter Side / Re: Who do you think you are series 20
« on: Thursday 03 August 23 12:59 BST (UK)  »
I was totally mistaken - Sarah, Aaron’s wife was buried in Selborne in 1829 - so he was a widower during the Swing riots.

Although, of course, with 9 children to care for it might not be surprising if he’d remarried quite quickly as often seen.

So whilst I’m wrong about the dates again there’s a large number of children whose fates we didn’t hear about. Although James, the key ancestor for Lesley Manville, evidently survived! Probably her cousin who we saw has the research on this.


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