----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Stokes" <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: Gosh it is quiet > I also read somewhere that it would be a good > idea to photocopy the completed form when you have filled it in and file it > away with your birth certificates, etc. Save our descendants hunting for us > the way we hunt for our ancestors! > Oh if only some of mine had done this!! Nonsense, Christine --- you *love* looking for your ancestors! I fully intend to be somewhere quite unexpected on census day --- possibly on a train between Cardiff and the most northerly point to which a train now goes in Scotland, which is --- where? Or we could all swop houses for the day?? (The younger generation has it all too easy already etc. etc. grumble grumble.) Sara

Yes Sara I could go along with that. In 1841 the Murray men of Dornoch all 'vanished' - it was said that they slept the night in the heather rather than give their personal details! If we all 'did a bunk' would save paper - I understand the new census form is 'like a book'! Christine -----Original Message----- From: Sara Thomas [mailto:Sethomas@btinternet.com] Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 7:23 AM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Gosh it is quiet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Stokes" <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: Gosh it is quiet > I also read somewhere that it would be a good > idea to photocopy the completed form when you have filled it in and file it > away with your birth certificates, etc. Save our descendants hunting for us > the way we hunt for our ancestors! > Oh if only some of mine had done this!! Nonsense, Christine --- you *love* looking for your ancestors! I fully intend to be somewhere quite unexpected on census day --- possibly on a train between Cardiff and the most northerly point to which a train now goes in Scotland, which is --- where? Or we could all swop houses for the day?? (The younger generation has it all too easy already etc. etc. grumble grumble.) Sara ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.237 / Virus Database: 115 - Release Date: 3/7/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.237 / Virus Database: 115 - Release Date: 3/7/01