Hi Josephine Like many others on this list, I find it interesting to look at other > people's family history and to discover new facts and make links. > > Earlier today, list member, Nivard, wrote, 'Truth be told I enjoy "the > hunt".' > > Many of us would agree with this. > > It sometimes can help us with our own research too, when we get stuck or frustrated. Looking for somebody else's problem ancestor the other day, I found a linkto my own line. There, if we had ancestors n the same Parish, or even Hundred, there is a good chance of a connection. How's the canal today? - Hope all is well (and LSS) Jim

On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:41:48 -0000, parsons james <payman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > It sometimes can help us with our own research too, when we get stuck or > frustrated. Looking for somebody else's problem ancestor the other day, I > found a linkto my own line. Hi Jim, Yes, that has happened to me, too, with brilliant results. Once I was looking in an 1881 census index for HALLIWELL, for someone else. I glanced down the index and found a family called HARRY, which was my HARRIS family for whom I had looked for ages with no result. That night I whooped for joy and did a celebration dance! > How's the canal today? - Hope all is well (and LSS) LSS is fine, though a bit grizzly as he can't get on the computer at the moment :-) Canals are generally safer than rivers at this time of flood. I see that boats have sunk at Hanham on the Bristol Avon and there are problems on rivers elsewhere. Josephine

I have a Halliwell but it is in Lancashire. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Helping other people with their family trees > On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:41:48 -0000, parsons james > <payman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> It sometimes can help us with our own research too, when we get stuck or >> frustrated. Looking for somebody else's problem ancestor the other day, I >> found a linkto my own line. > > Hi Jim, > > Yes, that has happened to me, too, with brilliant results. > > Once I was looking in an 1881 census index for HALLIWELL, for someone > else. I glanced down the index and found a family called HARRY, which was > my HARRIS family for whom I had looked for ages with no result. > > That night I whooped for joy and did a celebration dance! > >> How's the canal today? - Hope all is well (and LSS) > > LSS is fine, though a bit grizzly as he can't get on the computer at the > moment :-) > > Canals are generally safer than rivers at this time of flood. I see that > boats have sunk at Hanham on the Bristol Avon and there are problems on > rivers elsewhere. > > Josephine > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >