Travelling On

Karmacat

themadvix wrote: »

Thanks for the links Karma - I've never looked for a coroners report, but I might do now - there are a few dead rellies that it might be applicable for!

I have one who died just after the outbreak of WWI, in an accident on a tug in the Mersey - actually, the newspapers were much more detailed, and pretty gruesome ...

The books all sound brilliant - I am deficient in that sort of creativity, but love to read. Can't wait for the travelling book - it sounds like you've had a really interesting life so far Karma, so it'll be fascinating to read!

:o:o Thank you! The travel book is one four month period in 1976, interrailing up to Norway, down to Greece, and along to France to be an au pair, accompanied by various people along the way. I was going to fictionalise it, and then on re-reading my diary, found that the "fictional" thing had actually happened, although in another country, so I thought I'd stick to the facts :rotfl:

CBC get the jumble down on paper - it's amazing what a good editor can do

Good point! That little emergency travel book that I self published, an online friend went through the whole thing, in less than a week, and his feedback was amazingly valuable.

Karmacat

So, good news today, the sale of the house on Merseyside seems likely to go through now, my weekend will be more reasonable as I won't have to do a rabbit sitting visit the day after I go to West London to see the kiddywinkles (if that happens, I'm not *quite* sure - this is how it feels to be on the receiving end of someone as bad at communicating as I am) ... and I'm off out in a while to a Games Afternoon, board games and nattering ahoy



Sunshine! Hope everyone has a good day.

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Great news that things are progressing so well on the Merseyside house sale,KC:j


I had an interesting email today from the Inquest Representation Service who I apparently contacted. Can't recall the exact details of who I did contact but it was as a result of an online search prior to asking for your help. Some of the reply is pasted below:

Thank you for your enquiry via the Inquest Representation Service website.

You should be able to get access to the Record of Inquest Forms for all the deceased as they are documents of public record. Each will contain the medical cause of death, a short summary of the findings of fact made and the coroner's Conclusion. Contact the coroner's office and explain what you want. You should be given an appointment to go and inspect the documents - you would not usually be given copies.


I am now hoping to visit the town where the Coroner's Office is situated as I have discovered that the town archives hold microfilm copies of all local newspapers which cover the dates I'm interested in. I'll try to do both on the same trip as it involves a 2 hour train journey and I don't want to have to go more than once if I can help it. I just need to make a few phone calls to book appointments (the archive microfilm readers are in great demand apparently and pre-booking is absolutely essential) and get myself organised. I might wait a couple of weeks as I don't want to bite off more than I can chew so soon after feeling so ill. I feel really enthusiastic about things again now though, it's wonderful what a few injections and a big dose of PMA can do:rotfl:. Also, I've just come back from having a very much needed hair cut. I was looking like the Dulux dog but feel much more human and even a tad younger again now:j


Your Games Afternoon sounds great fun, KC. I hope you have a really enjoyable time.

maddiemay

KC I hope that you have a great afternoon, fingers crossed for the house sale proceeding smoothly and quickly:)

CBC So pleased that you are feeling brighter and more motivated, a good result from your query about the Inquest too.

I have 2 large bag for life type bags full of stuff that I had found an printed off when trying to find details of my maternal GG Gfather. He moved to rural Shropshire from rural Lincolnshire just before 1900 I think, was one of (from memory) 13/15 children, and never returned to his home county. I gave up on the research when I became poorly, but was lucky to find very distant relatives who had done and shared masses of information on Genes Reunited, I haven't looked at it for years, but still pay the sub so that I can access, perhaps not very :money:, but very little dosh really.

Karmacat

Thank you both, I had a wonderful time with my mates - the house sale *there* is going ahead too, that's the last meet, sadly. Though my partner and I might well be having a weekend in Glastonbury, which will be magic



CBC, it sounds like you've made great progress on the Inquest issue - I should have remembered to say, everything takes a while. But its wonderful that you've got energy and enthusiasm back, and I'm sure there's more to come



MaddieMay - I understand what you mean about GenesReUnited - thats how I met up with the group of distant cousins I corresponded with for ages, including the retired writer in New Jersey. And people are so kind in sharing information, aren't they? Sorry you were so ill you had to give up but you know I know how bad it can get Luckily genealogy is one of those hobbies you can revisit at any time. And increasingly it can be done online, which is much less stressful, though as CBC has found, sometimes you have to turn up ....


I'm really tired now, but I did manage to back up the computer, and eat well (if repetitively ). Night night all

Karmacat

Morning! Another lesson about Getting Things Done and tiring yourself out - you can often sleep better! Today, its about finishing off:
- buy tv license, it runs out today
- blog
- phone bro
- couple of emails, my mate has replied, I've got another chance there!
- the last of the photo scanning, there's very little to do.
- the physical work of gardening, I need something physical to do!

Back later to "ta-da" :rotfl:

beanielou

Happy Friday

themadvix

All sounds good here

Interesting about the coroner's reports CBC - will have to check it out.

michelle09

Looks like a good plan! Did your garden survive the heatwave?

Karmacat

michelle09 wrote: »

Looks like a good plan!

Thanks! I didn't finish the scanning, but I did everything else :j

Did your garden survive the heatwave?

And how! I have a witchhazel and a rhodendron that both need to be pruned, and they've shaded the bulk of the garden in the very worst of the heat - my little bit of grass never browned, unbelievably, and I'm in SE England! Plus my soil is clay, in any case. I've had severe dieback on a buddleia and a foliage shrub, and another buddleia looks like its going the same way, but they're both really old in any case. I might finally get to do some planting thats more appropriate to my needs, while still looking after the bees.