In a message dated 2/21/2006 9:22:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, roneil@blueyonder.co.uk writes: In a message dated 2/21/2006 6:33:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > AYorkie19@aol.com writes: > > Beware of step 'people' - step along with son and daughter in law didn't > mean the same as they do today. > >but sometimes it does > And Sometimes 'Boarders' are the wifes children by a first marriage carol I have found "Boarders" to be quite interesting. I have found uncles, brothers of the head and the father of the wife, for example. I have found visitors who later turn out to be nieces. Some boarders look like they might just be boarders, but I probably haven't figured who they were yet. I have broken down many walls with such clues. Kathryne

Something funny about mistakes. On the back of a studio photograph of her "famous" (in the family) great uncle my usually precise grandmother had written the date of death. He had been accidentally electrocuted so it was in the paper. I found from newspapers from that era, (1909) that the date was off by a year. Then, when I went to get his death certificate in the county office (this is US) I found that no deaths were registered that whole year. It seems that the county clerk had not turned any in. Guess who the county clerk was? His nephew. Also, family told me he had never been married. I found he had four wives. Funny. Kathryne

----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Peake" <m.l.peake@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <AYorkie19@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [B.C.] Problem with Winwos XP Home Edition - off Gen > The easy way around this is to invest in some dedicated CD/DVDBurning > software have a look here they have some good bargains! > http://www.savastore.com/products/software/storage/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AYorkie19@aol.com> > To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: [B.C.] Problem with Winwos XP Home Edition - off Gen > > >> Hi Vic, >> >> yes I have the same problem and the result is that everytime I want to >> save >> my updated information I have to save as another file (usually add 1, 2, >> 3 at >> the end). The only problem with this is that you end up, in time with >> quite >> a number of C.D.'s. >> >> Yorkie >> >> >> ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== >> Wherever possible (except for personal messages) >> please post replies to the list.Other people can learn from them! >> >> >> >

Even when the census people were trying very hard to gather the correct info they were sometimes wrong- I looked at the original images of the census for my Great Grandparents and was astonished to find that suddenly my Birmingham-born Great Great Granny was listed as having been born in the USA; her son in law was also when he was born in France; the spelling of the name was totally wrong! Then a cousin emailed me pics from another rellie of the same people. ALL the names were wrong and the people writing the names on the photos were extremely close family members! My Great Grandfaher Armand had suddenly become "Herman"! And this was his brother in law writing this! Now for all I know he was called Herman but I have never heard him called anything but his correct name by other family members. And in another case we were stuck as to where some people buried in the family plot came from- and when I looked in the census for other family I happened to catch a glimpse of the next page when I was copying the micro images for the ones I had found, turned out that on the same street lived the rest of the family, and thanks to the census person noting the relationship we managed to place the "unknown" men as inlaws to the family. Otherwise I might have wasted time looking for a blood connection,, something I hope not to do! Have enough mystery just trying to find the people I am actually related to! The easiest one I ever used- once I located it on the wrong roll of micro film!- was for a tiny NY town- the census taker not only lived right there but was related to most of the people, was a school teached with beautiful handwriting! Heaven! Here in the US we have something called "Soundex" that the Census people have used to try and get names that sound sort of alike sorted so you can see if you run a search for the way you THINK it is spelled other possibles might come up. Has been helpful to us on a few. Good luck! judith in New York

Hello Listers I have been searching the 1901 census for signs of my grandmother and her family. They were all living in Wolverhampton on the 1891 census, but I can't find any trace of them later. I feel like banging my head against that brick wall, so if anyone spots any of them I would very much appreciate it. George PERKINS b. West Bromwich abt. 1855 (herbalist) Elizabeth b. West Bromwich abt. 1861 (nee NEWBY) Ada b. West Bromwich abt. 1884 Annie Elizabeth b. Manchester abt. 1886 (my grandmother) Edith b. Wolverhampton abt. 1890 I think there may have been other children but not sure. Any help appreciated. Best wishes Pat in Loughborough.

Hi All, Thanks to everyone who gave me a lot of ideas on this, so I will sort through and get back later. Best regards to each, Vic Kent, UK

Hi Vic, yes I have the same problem and the result is that everytime I want to save my updated information I have to save as another file (usually add 1, 2, 3 at the end). The only problem with this is that you end up, in time with quite a number of C.D.'s. Yorkie

Hi All, I am looking for any _descendants_ of this family in Staffordshire, Descendants of Enock Bird 1 Enock Bird 1854 - Brierley Hill,Staffordshire . +Mary Horton 1854 - Level St. Brierley Hill,Staffordshire ........ 2 James E. Bird 1877 - Brierley Hill,Staffordshire ........ 2 Thomas H. Bird 1879 - Brierley Hill,Staffordshire ........ 2 Anne Bird, Unknown - Brierley Hill,Staffordshire Last known address,(1901 Census) 1 Brickhouse Lane, West Bromwich If anyone can help.....thanks Stuart Horton Sydney Australia hortons@bigpond.net.au

I hope the list will excuse me sending this message, but I felt it was worth the risk in order to warn others of the dangers. Wheter this is true, I know not....... HOUSE FIRES--PLEASE READ Received from a friend who is in the property insurance business. It is well worth reading. This is one of those emails that if you didn't send it, rest assured someone on your list will suffer for not reading it. The original message was written by a lady whose brother and his wife learned a hard lesson recently. Their house burned down.. ..nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance so the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news. However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer. He kept saying to her, "No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures". Then her sister-in-law remembered she had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom. The investigator had one of those "Aha" moments. He said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is THIN plastic. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there. Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign. The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOUSE, BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. Gill

It is always a good idea to check out such reports. The Urban Legend site, _www.snopes.com_ (http://www.snopes.com) shows that this is a false report. There are many false reports around, usually instigated by the competition, whether it be commercial or political. This one is at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp

Please is anyone going to the archives at anytime as I am desperate to find my grand mothers birth. Her name is Minnie Jane Dudley b. January 1883. Mother is Mary Ann Homer (I hope) father is John Dudley. She may have been baptised at Christchurch Coseley. The family lived at Siddons Road. I have tried all the usual places. She is not Minnie Dudley from Congleton. Many thanks Paul in Southampton

Posting chain letters are against list rules. This is a hoax, and a timewaster: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp Sharon --- GILLIAN CASH <geminilady10@btinternet.com> wrote: > I hope the list will excuse me sending this message, > but I felt it was worth the risk in order to warn > others of the dangers. > > Wheter this is true, I know not....... > HOUSE FIRES--PLEASE READ > > Received from a friend who is in the property > insurance business. It is well worth reading. This > is one of those emails that if you didn't send it, > rest assured someone on your list will suffer for > not reading it. The original message was written by > a lady whose brother and his wife learned a hard > lesson recently. > > Their house burned down.. ..nothing left but ashes. > They have good insurance so the house will be > replaced and most of the contents. That is the good > news. However, they were sick when they found out > the cause of the fire. > > The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes > for several hours. He had the cause of the fire > traced to the master bathroom. He asked her > sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. > She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow > dryer. He kept saying to her, "No, this would be > something that would disintegrate at high > temperatures". Then her sister-in-law remembered she > had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom. > > The investigator had one of those "Aha" moments. He > said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has > seen more house fires started with the plug-in type > room fresheners than anything else. He said the > plastic they are made from is THIN plastic. He also > said that in every case there was nothing left to > prove that it even existed. > > When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the > two prongs left from the plug-in were still in > there. Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins > that had a small night light built in it. She said > she had noticed that the light would dim and then > finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a > few hours later, and the light would be back on > again. > > The investigator said that the unit was getting too > hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow > the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come > back on. > > That is a warning sign. The investigator said he > personally wouldn't have any type of plug in > fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen > too many places that have been burned down due to > them. > > PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR > ADDRESS BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S > HOUSE, BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. > > > > Gill __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca

----- Original Message ----- From: <MomNat@aol.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [B.C.] RE: A FEW THINS I HAVE FOUND 'WHILST IT'S QUIET' > > In a message dated 2/21/2006 6:33:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > AYorkie19@aol.com writes: > > Beware of step 'people' - step along with son and daughter in law didn't > mean the same as they do today. > >but sometimes it does > And Sometimes 'Boarders' are the wifes children by a first marriage carol > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > Wherever possible (except for personal messages) > please post replies to the list.Other people can learn from them! > > >

Hi All, For some time I have been wrestling with a problem with Windows XP, SP2. This relates to backing up family historu files to CD. I understand that Home Edition can only burn to CD-ROM irrespective of the disc being CD-ROM or CD-RW. The burn settings does mention Record Only and Archive, but the archive setting is turned off. This means that you cannot make a fully working CD-RW disc to anable you to overwrite files on a CD-RW. This makes backing up Family History files very awkward and may leave you with (a) no backup or (b) as in my case, with my zip drive and another removable drive to back up to. In one of the Family History mags this was highlighted, and the guru said that the problem does not exist on Windows XP, SP2 PRO edition. But that means an ujpgrade, which is pricey. Has anybody come across this and had a suitable economical solution? Thanks in anticipation. Best regards, Vic Kent, UK

In a message dated 2/21/2006 6:33:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, AYorkie19@aol.com writes: Beware of step 'people' - step along with son and daughter in law didn't mean the same as they do today. but sometimes it does

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Beware of step 'people' - step along with son and daughter in law didn't mean the same as they do today. Yorkie

You can't even take the names on the marriage certificate as gospel! I sent for the marriage certificate of my gg grandmother Hannah Shilton to Joseph Humphries/Humphreys in 1850. Her name was listed as Harriet Shelton. On every census from 1841 - 1901 her name was Hannah. I then sent for her younger sister Elizabeth's birth certificate to confirm her father's name was Samuel Shilton & not Shelton. Regards Maureen ---Original Message----- From: kidson [mailto:kidson@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 20 February 2006 22:33 To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [B.C.] RE: A FEW THINS I HAVE FOUND 'WHILST IT'S QUIET' Never presume they're a daughter son mother father etc on a cenus. They could be an in law or uncle aunt niece or nephew. Never presume they're your great great grandma or granddad, they could be a cousin with the same name and almost same year of birth. Gaye If you have only found one possible person who could be a specific ancestor remember there may be others hiding in some cupboard somewhere ... > Hi all, just to pass the time, I thought I would list some things worth remembering when searching in the BC. > > Can anyone add anything else? > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk

Never presume they're a daughter son mother father etc on a cenus. They could be an in law or uncle aunt niece or nephew. Never presume they're your great great grandma or granddad, they could be a cousin with the same name and almost same year of birth. Gaye If you have only found one possible person who could be a specific ancestor remember there may be others hiding in some cupboard somewhere ... > Hi all, just to pass the time, I thought I would list some things worth remembering when searching in the BC. > > Can anyone add anything else? >