Gee My dad abandoned me at 8 weeks of age Should I abandom the line? here I am at 48 chatting quite happily to older family members who never knew I existed till I came to these lists.I have now over 4000 names just on my paternal side. Christene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian & Sandra Magee" <sanbri@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] What to do? > Congratulations Gerry, > > Glad you have *matured*. Gets a bit confusing if you leave out members of > the family just because they are female. And if we are going to be that > technical if a girl did not marry and bought a son up with the family name > where does that leave him? It is no different to a married sister except > officially has no father's name. Enough complications with this pastime w/o > going into those sort of questions. And most of us are people orientated so > their feelings v important and it is just as important to be discrete as it > is to be open in some cases. Your mother would be proud and so are we. > Welcome to the other 50% of the world <grin>. > > Sandra > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerry" <patmandu@iinet.net.au> > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 8:48 AM > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] What to > do? > > > > Yep, I started my tree with only my paternal line in mind and as a mere > male > > didn't give much thought to t'other side. Having matured (aged another > five > > years) decided that the women of the world and the rakes and those > > unfortunate young domestics whom were 'victims of the times' all had a > place > > in my 'tree'. I use Family Tree Maker V10 and it caters for any > relationship > > and allows you to 'hide' individuals from sensitive eyes when printing > > details. Leave the 'blood lines' to those that study genetics, we study > > people. > > Regards > > Gerry Patman > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michelle Edwards" <shelledwards@optusnet.com.au> > > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 8:06 PM > > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] What to do? > > > > > > > hmmm, I have being continuing along the 'adoptive' line as it is Holmes > > > which is my grandmothers maiden name, I guess you continue so far until > > you > > > get stuck and then try the other...another stick situation is - do you > > > follow up on the 'convicts child to another convict but never married > and > > > never mentioned on any certificate's - it is a catch 22 - how many lines > > off > > > the tree can you have to show the real story???? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Eliz Cook" <Elizcook@ains.net.au> > > > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:55 PM > > > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] What to do? > > > > > > > > > > Is it a bit like an adoption: there is a legal or accepted > relationship > > > AND > > > > a blood one? > > > > If I ever get the legal blood ones finished I plan to do the adoptive > > > > bloodline. To my mind BOTH are important > > > > but someone told me I was wrong and should only do the MALE bloodline > > > > Elizabeth > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Michelle Edwards" <shelledwards@optusnet.com.au> > > > > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:43 PM > > > > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] What to do? > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a situation > > > > > > > > > > I have got to my GG father, who was born a Fox, his father died and > > his > > > > mother remarried a Holmes whilst my GG father was young, therefore my > GG > > > > father 'adopted' the name Holmes and married etc under this name, > > however > > > > when doing family research - should you also research his 'real' name > > > being > > > > FOX to make it an accurate family tree? > > > > > > > > > > What do you do in this circumstance? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > Cemetery Records on line:- > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/ > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > records, > > > > go to: > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ================================================================== > > > > Anyone who wishes to make direct contact with Administrators > > > > of this site may do so by Ray <batie@bigpond.net.au> > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > > ================================================================== > > > "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. > > > ================================================================== > > > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > > > Is your AV continuously activated while online ? ? > > > Does your AV continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded > ? > > ? > > > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > > > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system > > FREE ! > > > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > > > other sites you might want to check out . . . > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.ht > > m > > > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 > > http://antivirus.cai.com/ > > > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > > > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > ================================================================== > > "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. > > ================================================================== > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > ================================================================== > "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. > ================================================================== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >