the postwoman

[newby dee]

please let me know i am not alone in this ....
i wait excitedly for the postwoman to deliver yet another birth/wedding/marriage certificate....
i look regular out the window waiting for her....
she eventually comes down the street, my house almost the last, i wish it was first !!
the letter box goes, fingers crossed is it there ?
no ... oh well always tomorrow..
yes...do i tear it open in excitement or look in despair ,is it what i want to read or will it give me another brick wall, i will make a coffee and wonder where it will lead me ?
oh dear i must get out more !!!!!

[silvery]

After ordering a cert I always try not to be too anxious waiting for it to arrive.  But it's hopeless.  I always am.  And there's always a thrill when the envelope appears.

The last one I did a couple of weeks age, I had narrowed it down and specified a father's name for the birth record.  so when my envelope came, (it was a register office not the gro I had applied to) I opened it and before I got anything out I checked it was a cert.   Knew then that I had the right one!!!!!  Same father's name, same occupation, same address as the census, same mother's first name. So now I had the mother's maiden name.  Yes!!

Only the like minded will appreciate how good that is 

[patrish]

I think we are all like that 

[Robbo]

But oh the disappointment when it is the wrong person on the certificate !

[patrish]

Without a doubt 

[silvery]

Oh yes, the wrong one.  That is such a let-down.

[Tephra]

Almost as bad as the dreaded       __________________ where the fathers name should be!!!   Don't ya just hate that......

[ozlady]

Know what you mean Barb! I've got several "immaculate conceptions."