Global Warming? Bah Humbug!!!! We are 39 deg. this morning with a high of 58 and then only 28 deg. tonight. Have the plants and shrubs all covered again -...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 4, 2009 2:12 pm
5 now with a cold north wind blowing, high of 14 Norma, I didn't have any problem opening the file, here is the transcription: April 6, 1825 in the vicinity...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 4, 2009 2:32 pm
I have to confess, I do know some French, I took it in the 6th grade & 9th grade. I know how to conjugate the common verbs,tenses, counting, days, months, so...
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lizziemaude
Feb 4, 2009 3:45 pm
Thank you Earline, I was going to ask you to transcribe that for me, but I didn't think the download worked. I knew it was a death record and I could read...
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sherilea54
Feb 4, 2009 5:44 pm
It was 7 when I got up this morning. I've been working on learning RootsMagic better. I really do like it. I am planing to remove FTM this weekend. I...
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lizziemaude
Feb 4, 2009 7:25 pm
I never thought I was going to have to earn a living when I was young and dumb - I was going to marry a rich man and be a homemaker. Ha!!! I never took any...
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lizziemaude
Feb 4, 2009 7:34 pm
As far as I know, all my ancestors were either in Canada at that time or still in the United Kingdom. But now, my husbands family was here and they could...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 5, 2009 2:06 pm
-5 this morning, high of 20 Norma, I hope your shrubs and trees made it through the night okay. I see on the news all the damage to the orange crops in Florida...
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lizziemaude
Feb 5, 2009 2:37 pm
Earline - we lucked out. Never got as cold as predicted her in Melbourne. We didn't go down to freezing until 4:30-5:00 this morning which only gave us a...
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sherilea54
Feb 5, 2009 8:07 pm
I was an early start kind of day for me. On the way home stopped in at the salon and got a haircut. Got lucky, no waiting today. So I am home at last. Saw...
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sherilea54
Feb 5, 2009 9:09 pm
I have been working with RootsMagic to get my file cleaned up. I am not sure if something is wrong or if it's ok. In my 'Source List' is a long line of each...
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lizziemaude
Feb 5, 2009 9:42 pm
I don't know - I haven't had a chance to work on it for a few days. I hope to get back to it tomorrow. I have been busy setting up my spare room. I...
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lizziemaude
Feb 5, 2009 9:51 pm
My Grandson's wife is due to have her baby anytime from now on. Our daughter called me last week and asked if I could be there to help her if needed. It...
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lizziemaude
Feb 6, 2009 11:44 am
35 deg. this morning with a high today of 62. We are going to start the warm up today. Thank goodness all that freezing weather is behind us now. I hope...
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lizziemaude
Feb 6, 2009 1:55 pm
Earline I have a problem with the dates of death for Francoise Charron. I hate being a pest, but could you check the translation again for me? I know how...
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sherilea54
Feb 6, 2009 5:21 pm
Well at least you can see your plants. We're still totally covered by snow. But it is 43 degrees out there and will stay above freezing for several days, so...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 6, 2009 6:30 pm
Sorry about that, I translated it wrong, the French have weird ways of saying their numbers after 60. "Le six Avril mil huit cent quatre-vingt onze"> mil...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 6, 2009 6:40 pm
We're above freezing today, above freezing daytime temps. for the next week.:) I don't go to the beauty salon either, my sister-in-law is a hairdresser, I just...
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lizziemaude
Feb 6, 2009 9:02 pm
Earline I believe it LOL, I remember when I worked with numbers, with my cheat sheet, I ran into those very problems. I had all kinds of wrong dates on my...
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lizziemaude
Feb 6, 2009 9:11 pm
Picked the rest of the Calamondins off the tree and I seeded them and processed them in the processor. I think tomorrow I will make a double batch of...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 7, 2009 10:58 am
Going to 45 today!:) I'm going to my niece's baby shower tomorrow afternoon. My youngest sister is going to be a grandmother! It should be fun, they're having ...
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lizziemaude
Feb 7, 2009 11:40 am
That should be fun - have a nice time. I am the next to youngest in my family and the first to be a Grandparent and the first to be a Great GRandparent, and...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 7, 2009 11:43 am
I have been wondering what it will be like to do genealogy in the future, with so many single parents and no marriages. The fathers' lines will be almost...
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lizziemaude
Feb 7, 2009 12:48 pm
Wow, I hadn't really thought about that, but it does bring up the question of how to record parents, especially since some mothers have more then one partner...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 7, 2009 1:37 pm
Norma, I don't think the it will be a religious ceremony, I don't think they'll find any minister that would do it. He probably said that that was the only way...
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gramma2lkkmc
Feb 7, 2009 1:57 pm
Well, look at it this way, they might be missing out on their great-grandchildren if they wait too long. My last great-grandmother died the year I was born, so...
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lizziemaude
Feb 7, 2009 2:19 pm
I guess if you are the parents - you look at the bright side. It beats living in sin or something is better then nothing. However, if I were the bride, I...
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lizziemaude
Feb 7, 2009 2:26 pm
Agree to that - I only had one Great Grandmother alive when I was growing up. I was about nine when she died and remember her fondly. I only wish more of my...
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sherilea54
Feb 7, 2009 2:46 pm
I knew 1 of my gr-grandfathers (he died the year I married) and 3 of my gr-grandmothers. I remember them all well. I didn't lose a grand parent until 1984....
