The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

maryb

I think some local libraries give you free access to Ancestry and you may be able to access it online

greenbee

MingVase said:

My granny was one of the Herring Lassies, who travelled up and down the east coast working with the fishing boats. She met  a man in Lowestoft and took him home to Fife with her and married him. My grandad, who went on to own a boat out of Pittenweem.

And I thought you were a proper Scot. Turns out you’re another East Anglian…

silvasava

Mary, I have tried but my grandmother's maiden name was Montgomery Irvine. I can't find any with that name but the Irvine clan is huge!  Needle in a haystack as I have very little information with dates etc.

VJsmum

Silva - I will PM you later.  I have ancestry and can see a couple of Montgomery Irvine and Montgomery-Irvine.  Mainly US and Canada but one or two in London and Ireland.

I'm out for much of the day now, but will PM when i get in.

burtha

morning, 
 it's a beautiful day.. 
good luck with tracing the family history bit, I can only go back as far as my grandparents,  no other info past that .. 
of to work I go , enjoy your day x 

Hard_Up_Hester

Morning fencers.

The view from my side hatch.

MingVase

greenbee said:

MingVase said:

My granny was one of the Herring Lassies, who travelled up and down the east coast working with the fishing boats. She met  a man in Lowestoft and took him home to Fife with her and married him. My grandad, who went on to own a boat out of Pittenweem.

And I thought you were a proper Scot. Turns out you’re another East Anglian…

SSHHHH!!! It's a terrible awful family secret! We don't talk about it!!

MingVase

Ohh Hester that's nice!

monnagran

I always wondered where the odd bit of common sense came from Ming.
Now I know.  It's the teaspoonful of English blood in you.

burtha, good luck with explaining this thread to the frog.  I don't even understand it, let alone try to describe it in any meaningful way to an outsider.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY 

Life is like a camera.  Focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot.

Florenceem

Hester - lovely view.
Very discombobulated today. Got up early after taking ages to nod off in the early hours - knew we had workmen arriving - they were late after loading their van. Then it turns out - they didn't bring a trestle with them so now the job is being done next week. I think a nanna nap is in order.
Another jellyfish finished - given up trying to make them look like an octopus.