I wholeheartedly agree, Kirsten. One of these years, I shall have to try to set up my UK trip itinerary to coincide with a visit to Bucks in late April - this is the fourth consecutive Family History Feast I've had to watch come and go from afar! :( Someday it will happen. I live in hope! :-) -- Toni Skidmore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [A true American] "would think himself more obliged to a genealogist who could prove for him that his ancestors and relations for ten generations had been ploughmen, smiths, carpenters, turners, weavers, tanners or even shoemakers, and consequently that they were useful members of society, than if he could only prove that they were Gentlemen, doing nothing of value but living idly on the labor of others." - Benjamin Franklin, September 1792 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- Original message -------------- > Hmm this sounds truly GREAT! > But.. .a tad too far from Kariong NSW :-( > You guys are So lucky!! > And we, down under, are SO envious!!! > > Kind regards, > Kirsten Friis Holm Hawkes > Kariong NSW Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eve McLaughlin [mailto:eve@varneys.demon.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, 8 April 2005 10:00 PM > To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BKM] BGS FAMILY HISTORY FEAST Apr 23 > > > Make a note in your diaries of the one you cannot afford to miss. On April > 23, we lay before you a FEAST of information, 1000 odd books pictorial, > historical and reference, from my own library, plus CDs, microfiches, etc > for everywhere in the British Isles and a few other areas too. The whole of > the Hartwell Day Centre is taken over by tables and tables of information; > we have a separate room for Bucks information, parish register transcripts, > censues, masses of books, many of >Snip

YES! I am actually off to Denmark in June (to take my mum back, she has not been back since our family emigrated to Au 36 years ago!!!) to do some family research.. I had hoped to get to UK too, but sadly wont happen, at least not this time! Bummer.! I go to my local FHS conferences, etc whenever possible, but wouldn't it be UNREAL to go to a UK one!!??? Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Toni Skidmore [mailto:long.live.rock@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, 9 April 2005 10:37 PM To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [BKM] BGS FAMILY HISTORY FEAST Apr 23 I wholeheartedly agree, Kirsten. One of these years, I shall have to try to set up my UK trip itinerary to coincide with a visit to Bucks in late April - this is the fourth consecutive Family History Feast I've had to watch come and go from afar! :( Someday it will happen. I live in hope! :-) -- Toni Skidmore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [A true American] "would think himself more obliged to a genealogist who could prove for him that his ancestors and relations for ten generations had been ploughmen, smiths, carpenters, turners, weavers, tanners or even shoemakers, and consequently that they were useful members of society, than if he could only prove that they were Gentlemen, doing nothing of value but living idly on the labor of others." - Benjamin Franklin, September 1792 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- Original message -------------- > Hmm this sounds truly GREAT! > But.. .a tad too far from Kariong NSW :-( > You guys are So lucky!! > And we, down under, are SO envious!!! >