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I have just returned home from my trip to England, Wales and Ireland 

First meeting up with Nutty1966 and DapD in Wales was wonderful, only wish it had been longer, but I was on a genealogy adventure and had to go.

I stayed with family and learned so much, stuff that I would have never known.  Just the little things.

I have a fish ashtray that my dad had given me a few years back, he said it was his grandmother's and that she used it all the time.  When I was at my cousins house I was telling them about it and she said started to describe it and I was like "yes, yes", well her father (she's 84 now) made it, and they had the exact one.  He was a brass founder in B'ham.  We got together with her sister in B'ham who is 87 and they just started reminicising while I sat with pen and paper trying to keep up.  Apparently my gr gr grandfather had come to Canada to visit his daughter.  I had no idea    So once I got home I looked on the passenger lists and there he was going to visit his daughter.

They told me lots of other little stories, like my gr gr grandmother polished the pews at St. George's Church on Wheeler St and that she lost her finger when she was 12 years old working as a metal stamper.  She used to also curl her hair with a fire poker.  I also had a picture of a very old lady and written on it was "mother"  I had a feeling who I thought it might be, but of course no proof, I brought the photo with me and they confirmed that it was their grandmother, Nanny Ball.

My next stop was Dublin Ireland and to the records office.  I was like a kid in a candy store going through the index books.  I ended up getting my gr gr grandparents marriage certificate, their death certificates and I even got my gr gr gr grandmother's death certificate, so now I have a further generation back in Ireland.  I also got siblings of my gr gr grandfather's marriage certificiates.

It was a really successful trip and I'm so glad that I went.

Karen

Hi there,

This is a picture of my gr grandfather Thomas Shorter.  Can he be fixed up please?  Unfortunatly I don't have the original as it was emailed to me.

Thank you,
Karen

Hello there,

I am looking up information on my gr uncle Archie Sweett who was in WWI.  He served with the Canadian Exp. Force either 123rd Battallion or the 125th.

His daughter has told me that he was wounded on April 6, 1918 and I was wondering what was happening that day.

She also mentioned PPCL1 France which I'm not sure what that means.

Thanks for any help.

Karen

Hello,

I rec'd this marriage certificate the other day from 1837 and I would like to figure out what has been crossed out.  Can anyone read what it said?

Thanks,
Karen