I have been chatting off-list to one of our list members who told me that her New Year's Resolution is to write up this year all the family information she has found. That should be one of my New Year's Resolutions, too, as I have so much information floating around in my head but not committed to my family history notes, yet. However, it was less than a week ago that I told another of my B & S correspondents that I was going to refrain from using the computer for a while. Her comment was 'We shall see how good you are at refraining...' I don't think that she thought I would last a week and she was right!:-) But I am going to look at my family history from different angles, besides writing up my notes. I intend to look through all the family history ephemera, which has been collected over the years, and to cherish more family bits and pieces, some of which have been put away and forgotten. At the moment, Ian is cleaning the brass for me. These pieces include my Great-Uncle Gilbert's horse brasses, which his pony, Darkie, once wore. My great-uncle was a wholesale greengrocer in Soundwell, between Staple Hill and Kingswood, and had a vegetable round. There are also brass items acquired from other family members, each holding memories. I have just looked at the results of LSS's hard work and everything is now gleaming, which makes a dull January day seem so much more cheerful. This is the time of year to plan trips for when the weather gets warmer and the days get longer. Hopefully this year I'll visit Haverfordwest, in Wales, where the family of my ancestor, the early 17th-century Bristol mayor, William VAWER, originated. I'm also going to take a good look through my books and resources and perhaps I'll find snippets of information, which I have overlooked. There is a lot to think about and avenues to explore. Does anyone else have any New Year's resolutions connected with family history? Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Mine are the same as yours. I don't have any horse brass to polish but I do have a large pile of photos and certificates to deal with. Kathleen In almost dry Toowoomba ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 1:21 AM Subject: [B&S] Family History New Year's Resolutions >I have been chatting off-list to one of our list members who told me that > her New Year's Resolution is to write up this year all the family > information she has found. That should be one of my New Year's > Resolutions, too, as I have so much information floating around in my head > but not committed to my family history notes, yet. > > However, it was less than a week ago that I told another of my B & S > correspondents that I was going to refrain from using the computer for a > while. Her comment was 'We shall see how good you are at refraining...' > > I don't think that she thought I would last a week and she was right!:-) > > But I am going to look at my family history from different angles, besides > writing up my notes. I intend to look through all the family history > ephemera, which has been collected over the years, and to cherish more > family bits and pieces, some of which have been put away and forgotten. > > At the moment, Ian is cleaning the brass for me. These pieces include my > Great-Uncle Gilbert's horse brasses, which his pony, Darkie, once wore. My > great-uncle was a wholesale greengrocer in Soundwell, between Staple Hill > and Kingswood, and had a vegetable round. There are also brass items > acquired from other family members, each holding memories. I have just > looked at the results of LSS's hard work and everything is now gleaming, > which makes a dull January day seem so much more cheerful. > > This is the time of year to plan trips for when the weather gets warmer > and the days get longer. Hopefully this year I'll visit Haverfordwest, in > Wales, where the family of my ancestor, the early 17th-century Bristol > mayor, William VAWER, originated. > > I'm also going to take a good look through my books and resources and > perhaps I'll find snippets of information, which I have overlooked. > > There is a lot to think about and avenues to explore. > > Does anyone else have any New Year's resolutions connected with family > history? > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >