The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Ancestry free UK records weekend in case anyone unaware but interested.

I spotted it late yesterday, but there's nothing "new" to look up. I think I've got everything they've got to offer me .... and unless I go through everything all over again just to double check .... I won't know.

In the main they've very little "brand new" and "of interest/use". Yes, they add bits and bobs to their collections over time, but, in the main, most newly added stuff is the wrong counties, irrelevant, of no use whatsoever

What'd be handy would be complete sets of assizes records and b4st4rdy records in the counties I'm interested in. Just "something new and useful" and not "Commonwealth records" .... whatever they are! I bet they're of no use to most people at all....

vivatifosi

Yep, the main thing I've used it for is to go back over the records I've already got and looked at the originals where possible to check them against the transcripts as there's more info than on say Family Search.

My main conclusion is that I've got a bunch of weird names in my tree. Very few run of the mill surnames and some even stranger first names. Not only do I have the Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego trio on my maternal side, I've got Hilton and an Anguish (men) and Wharton (a woman) on my dad's. They are sufficiently remote on my tree to mention on here, but it carried on. My grandfather had a really obscure biblical name that's too close to mention on here but in my whole life I've only met one other and that was in America.

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

It is amazing to carry on a tradition of a Passover supper that would have been familiar to people 2000 years ago.

Whilst celebrating the ten plagues on the poor Egyptians, we spill a drop of wine at the mention of each one to signify our sadness at their suffering.

That's really kind! :A
I didn't know that. Am quite moved, actually.




(:think: Where do you spill it? I'm thinking of the tablecloth :eek:)

GDB2222 wrote: »

Cecil B. de Mille,
Much against his will,
Was persuaded to leave Moses
Out of The Wars Of The Roses.

Thank goodness for that! :eek:

Imagine it! The Pennines being divided to allow a passage through! :eek:

vivatifosi wrote: »

Yep, the main thing I've used it for is to go back over the records I've already got and looked at the originals where possible to check them against the transcripts as there's more info than on say Family Search.

My main conclusion is that I've got a bunch of weird names in my tree. Very few run of the mill surnames and some even stranger first names. Not only do I have the S.......... , M........... and A.......... trio on my maternal side, I've got H...... and an A........ (men) and W....... (a woman) on my dad's. They are sufficiently remote on my tree to mention on here, but it carried on. My grandfather had a really obscure biblical name that's too close to mention on here but in my whole life I've only met one other and that was in America.

Were they Quakers, by any chance?
Imagine being inflicted with the A........... name! :eek::eek::eek:

vivatifosi

DQWD:

Not only did they use the A name, they did so repeatedly (I'm not related to all of them, but won't say how many for confidentiality).

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=622357.0

chris_m

GDB2222 wrote: »

Cecil B. de Mille,
Much against his will,
Was persuaded to leave Moses
Out of The Wars Of The Roses.

Pyxis wrote: »

Thank goodness for that! :eek:
Imagine it! The Pennines being divided to allow a passage through! :eek:

The Woodhead Pass, perhaps?
:rotfl:

Pyxis

Reply to Vivatifosi.....


Perhaps their surname was Payne?

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

The Woodhead Pass, perhaps?
:rotfl:

:rotfl:

But if that had been down to Moses, it would have closed back up again!

vivatifosi

Has anyone seen seen that advert for posh slippers with detachable soles and thought "they look nice, I'll saunter on over to their website for a look"? Well I did, setting myself a top limit of £20, which felt like a good price.

They are £78!!! I only paid £80 for my best work shoes and they are Ferragamo (courtesy of TK Maxx). I would expect them to be woven from a mix of gold thread and unicorn hair for that price.

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

Yep, the main thing I've used it for is to go back over the records I've already got and looked at the originals where possible to check them against the transcripts as there's more info than on say Family Search.

My main conclusion is that I've got a bunch of weird names in my tree. Very few run of the mill surnames and some even stranger first names. Not only do I have the Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego trio on my maternal side, I've got Hilton and an Anguish (men) and Wharton (a woman) on my dad's. They are sufficiently remote on my tree to mention on here, but it carried on. My grandfather had a really obscure biblical name that's too close to mention on here but in my whole life I've only met one other and that was in America.

We have a run of Ephraim for first borns on my paternal side...but not the paternal side I expected (my dad's mum's side would have been more likely but this is his dad's side). For some reason it changed to James with my granddad and since then all first born boys have been James.

Pyxis

vivatifosi wrote: »

Has anyone seen seen that advert for posh slippers with detachable soles and thought "they look nice, I'll saunter on over to their website for a look"? Well I did, setting myself a top limit of £20, which felt like a good price.

They are £78!!! I only paid £80 for my best work shoes and they are Ferragamo (courtesy of TK Maxx). I would expect them to be woven from a mix of gold thread and unicorn hair for that price.

I looked at those a while back, and thought what a good idea, and that they would suit my needs, but then I read the reviews and it seems that the soles can suddenly detach, which wouldn't be very useful, or safe! So I didn't give them any more thought.