or Margerison? . . . . Roy wrote " he was a lifelong friend of my mother's (and I suspect an old boyfriend since she always called him "Billy" . . . . " Since you met him once or twice, and he was a 'delightful man', we have at least two leads right in this email. Actually, I think I remember your saying you have Margerisons in your ancestry, too, as do I. Brigitte Begue Hartke in sunny, hot, Clifton, Virginia On 7/4/12 9:38 AM, Lin wrote: > May I suggest Midgley for the coconut? > > I was registered twice too. > > Lin > > > PLEASE REMOVE NAMES & email ADDRESSES BEFORE FORWARDING. USE THE Bcc BOX > FOR YOUR NAMES & ADDRESSES WHICH WILL HELP ELIMINATE UNWANTED EMAILS > On 04/07/2012 12:03, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com wrote: >> May I send my best wishes to all our American cousins over there - including those who don't >> always appreciate my somewhat warped and waspish British sense of humour (!) - on their >> Independence Day, the Fourth of July, which also happens to be my birthday? >> >> And there's no need to look me up at FreeBMD, folks, you won't find me in the appropriate >> quarter or even the one after that! Because it was wartime and perhaps because my parents >> weren't actually married to one another at the time, they neglected to register me until well >> outside the legal limit of 42 days. >> >> You will find me in the Jan-March quarter of 1941, registered TWICE! Anyone who can tell >> me what other name I was registered in wins a coconut! >> >> Have a good Independence Day, folks - having said which, you know my view that it was a >> mistake to give it to you in the first place !!! <b.g.> >> >> -- >> Roy Stockdill >> Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer >> Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html >> >> "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, >> and that is not being talked about." >> OSCAR WILDE >> >> >> ..... >> Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message