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England / Re: Brennan Marriage
« on: Sunday 07 September 08 01:00 BST (UK) »
Have just PM you Russell! 
Look forward to hearing and sharing more!
Thanks!
Cat
Look forward to hearing and sharing more!
Thanks!
Cat
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The Common Room / Re: Advice needed
« on: Friday 22 August 08 03:23 BST (UK) »
Yes, very true. Once i get started on something like this everything suffers (especially my partner...who just doesn't seem to get it!) When i discovered his family was the Campbell's from Scotland and realised that his ancestors would've fought mine in the Culloden battle i was shocked....and gave him grief about it! Which he thought was completely unreasonable He might've had a point 
Oops off subject again!
My brother and his partner are coming for lunch tomorrow and i'm so unorganised as my mind has been on this! Now i have to head off to work and won't get much at all achieved!
Thanks for all the tips and advice and for sharing your beautiful work.
Cat
He might've had a point Oops off subject again!
My brother and his partner are coming for lunch tomorrow and i'm so unorganised as my mind has been on this! Now i have to head off to work and won't get much at all achieved!
Thanks for all the tips and advice and for sharing your beautiful work.
Cat
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The Common Room / Re: Advice needed
« on: Friday 22 August 08 02:49 BST (UK) »
Meg
Gosh your picture you drew is fantastic, and the inside of the book really nice, your so talented!!
Cat
Gosh your picture you drew is fantastic, and the inside of the book really nice, your so talented!!
Cat
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The Common Room / Re: Advice needed
« on: Friday 22 August 08 02:38 BST (UK) »
Hi Dave
Wow, yes, David and Elizabeth are my 5x gt grandparents, Elizabeth is the gran i mentioned previously who i have a photo of her home (prior to her marriage in 1813) I think i have the record you are speaking of, (handwritten piece saying the date of marriage and where they are from eg. Elizabeth of Blaikie Mill?)
Good luck on your Farquhar's. I'm stuck on David's father John Farquharson, i've been wondering if he may have used Farquhar for a surname. There is a number of us researching this family, with no success on him or Elizabeth's family.
Thanks for that link Meg, there are alot of good ideas out there!
Will be a challenge yet i think it will be quite enjoyable.....might need to find away to get a copy of whatever i come up with for others too!
Thanks
Cat
Wow, yes, David and Elizabeth are my 5x gt grandparents, Elizabeth is the gran i mentioned previously who i have a photo of her home (prior to her marriage in 1813) I think i have the record you are speaking of, (handwritten piece saying the date of marriage and where they are from eg. Elizabeth of Blaikie Mill?)
Good luck on your Farquhar's. I'm stuck on David's father John Farquharson, i've been wondering if he may have used Farquhar for a surname. There is a number of us researching this family, with no success on him or Elizabeth's family.
Thanks for that link Meg, there are alot of good ideas out there!
Will be a challenge yet i think it will be quite enjoyable.....might need to find away to get a copy of whatever i come up with for others too!
Thanks
Cat
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The Common Room / Re: Advice needed
« on: Friday 22 August 08 01:57 BST (UK) »
Oh wow, that is amazing! Very beautiful!! Gosh your clever 
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The Common Room / Re: Advice needed
« on: Friday 22 August 08 01:28 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that Dave, what a great idea!
Would make it a really nice family heirloom in years to come, pity a generation or 2 before me couldn't have done it too! I've been given alot of photos of older generations so that is definitely something i will do. I could even include a few scenic shots i've come across, like a house a 5th gt gran lived in (in good old Scotland) Photos definitely will be used! Makes it so much more then just names and dates!
Will indeed enjoy the neices! Being an aunty is great! They'll be spoiled rotten!
Thanks!
Cat
Would make it a really nice family heirloom in years to come, pity a generation or 2 before me couldn't have done it too! I've been given alot of photos of older generations so that is definitely something i will do. I could even include a few scenic shots i've come across, like a house a 5th gt gran lived in (in good old Scotland
) Photos definitely will be used! Makes it so much more then just names and dates!Will indeed enjoy the neices! Being an aunty is great! They'll be spoiled rotten!
Thanks!
Cat
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The Common Room / Re: Advice needed
« on: Friday 22 August 08 01:12 BST (UK) »
Hi Margaret
Yes, i am so happy for them, to have or to be twins would be fantastic! This is the 2nd set of twins for my brother (different mothers ) But from what i hear, the fathers don't determine whether they're twins....just luck i guess! Our line is riddled with twins, so when the day comes where i have children i won't be surprised if i end up with a 2 in 1! Apparently my brother's partner doesn't know of any twins in her family, and she has 3 children already from a previous marriage (no twins) So yes....they are going to have 5 children under 10yrs old! Lucky they have plenty of family to lend a hand!
Thats a great idea, but not really what i had in mind....
and i can't sew! I should learn, i can imagine in years to come the skills woman had like sewing, knitting and even cooking will become rare! In my defense....my mother and grandmother were/are not the best cooks or seamstresses!
I'd be interested in seeing a pic though! I just saw a post with a similar question and that gave some really good ideas, but I'm still kind of stuck on what i can do for the presentation of it....maybe just a very nice blank hardcover book with just a scrapbook type of thing inside....I'm not the most creative person!
Thanks for the advice!
Cat
Yes, i am so happy for them, to have or to be twins would be fantastic! This is the 2nd set of twins for my brother (different mothers
) But from what i hear, the fathers don't determine whether they're twins....just luck i guess! Our line is riddled with twins, so when the day comes where i have children i won't be surprised if i end up with a 2 in 1! Apparently my brother's partner doesn't know of any twins in her family, and she has 3 children already from a previous marriage (no twins) So yes....they are going to have 5 children under 10yrs old! Lucky they have plenty of family to lend a hand! Thats a great idea, but not really what i had in mind....
and i can't sew! I should learn, i can imagine in years to come the skills woman had like sewing, knitting and even cooking will become rare! In my defense....my mother and grandmother were/are not the best cooks or seamstresses! I'd be interested in seeing a pic though! I just saw a post with a similar question and that gave some really good ideas, but I'm still kind of stuck on what i can do for the presentation of it....maybe just a very nice blank hardcover book with just a scrapbook type of thing inside....I'm not the most creative person!
Thanks for the advice!
Cat
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The Common Room / Advice needed
« on: Thursday 21 August 08 23:56 BST (UK) »
Hi
My brother and his partner are expecting twin daughters (identical!) in November. My brother's partner is interested in family history too so i thought i'd put together a little book of our family tree for the girls. I probably wouldn't put all of it in, would probably just go back to the early 1800s and mainly centre on main ancestors.
What i'd love to hear, is any ideas on how i should go about this, presentation and format. Are there any good books that would allow me to record this much? One thing that puts me off a book (already bined etc) is that i'd prefer to type it up (my handwriting tends to slip a little, and change styles depending on my mood!!!) I've had a little play on the familytree maker program yet it doesn't really do what i had in mind.
Any advice would be much appreciated! I wanted to do something quite special for them! Especially as one is being named after me, my mother and gt gran!!! The other is being named with the mothers family names.....very nice idea
Thanks
Cat
My brother and his partner are expecting twin daughters (identical!) in November. My brother's partner is interested in family history too so i thought i'd put together a little book of our family tree for the girls. I probably wouldn't put all of it in, would probably just go back to the early 1800s and mainly centre on main ancestors.
What i'd love to hear, is any ideas on how i should go about this, presentation and format. Are there any good books that would allow me to record this much? One thing that puts me off a book (already bined etc) is that i'd prefer to type it up (my handwriting tends to slip a little, and change styles depending on my mood!!!) I've had a little play on the familytree maker program yet it doesn't really do what i had in mind.
Any advice would be much appreciated! I wanted to do something quite special for them!
Especially as one is being named after me, my mother and gt gran!!! The other is being named with the mothers family names.....very nice idea Thanks
Cat
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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: My Great Gran 1918-c1974
« on: Saturday 26 July 08 23:04 BST (UK) »
Hi there basdfg 
The informant was her mother, Lydia, who also seems to have placed the death announcement.
Cat
The informant was her mother, Lydia, who also seems to have placed the death announcement.
Cat