OneGuyFromBarlick

I've just been watching a program called 'Canals: The making of a Nation', a complete series of six episodes, and narrated by Liz McIvor. Originally produced by the BBC, it can now be watched on the 'Yesterday' channel. I have Sky TV and found it by pressing the blue microphone button on my TV remot...

Introduction : Normally, my wife would get the shopping cos she loves it; looking all day for items with her name on, so to speak. But due to these unusual circumstances, my wife is on 90-day shielding so I have had to go instead. Story : I set off for my local Asda supermarket before 8 am, with my...

I should have added that the total of books that I have read of 341 is a lifetimes reading, and I am now aged 74.

It's now gone up to 344.

I'll just explain some personal habits I've acquired over the years, and to say that I've got an iPad, a laptop, and a desktop PC. They all have my Kindle library installed in each, and my Audible library too. I read from my kindle with a black background and large white text; so much easier on the ...

I just spotted a Typo I made in the list. Article No. 3 should read 'Find military ancestors online'. Doing research on your computer about you're family's history is a good way of staving off the boredom of not being able to go out and about. You can have a rewarding and fascinating time, a lot of ...

Here is the full list up to the 5th of April 2020 ‘Grow Your Family Tree’ by Nick Peers These can be found on the 2018 disc :- No 1 – (535 – 29 Aug-11 Sep 2018) – Search Google for your ancestors. No 2 – (536 – 12-25 Sep 2018) – Contact distant family members online. No 3 – (537 – 26 Sep-9 Oct 2018)...

Still doing family history on and off; a friend of mine in Blackburn nudged me into joining 'Ancestry' about a year ago and I uncovered some new facts about my grandmother I didn't know. Plus, it's a mine full of info. But I'm so busy doing other things that I've put the genealogy on the back-burner...

I’ve come across an obscure source of research that I would like to pass on. This involves a magazine called ‘Computer Active’. The magazine comes out every fortnight, therefore there are 26 issues per year. Although ostensibly about computers, each issue now has one page, usually page 16, that devo...

Nether have I, but my neighbour was asking. Thanks Wendyf.

Is it available on 'My Heritage' site, my sister asks?

Fantastic stuff, Wendyf

The New 1939 Registry The Government have released a Registry, compiled in 1939 of all the population - not a census like the 10-year one but similar. It was basically a head-count as war looked imminent. After the war this Registry was used as the basis for new 'NHS numbers register. Anyone with 'A...

Reading; Books, Kindle and Audio books. I discovered the website called 'Fantastic Fiction' a few years back. I love it and have been using it ever since. It was first created by a Lancashire family and, over the years, has gone from strength to strength. Then Amazon discovered it, and, seeing the p...

Sheila and her mates have just come from their 'Slimming World' meeting. She told me they nearly got thrown out for being too rowdy, today! :surprised: They got into discussions about a recipe for 'Mushy Peas & Tomato Curry' that was handed out on a previous week and were talking about who had t...

I like reading crime novels, sc-fi novels and classic novels. Also I take in the odd biography/auto-biography from time to time. I’ve recently bought an ipad with 3G capability. Along with my desktop PC it’s completely changed my reading habits. The first change I find is that after having bought th...

Hi Jamie and everyone That link you supplied - LancashireBMD - is really excellent. In the birth indexes they supply the mother’s maiden name so it’s possible to compile mini family trees of virtually all of them. In the marriages they supply both partners right from 1837, which is very useful. And ...

On the subject of using the census records for family history purposes; all I know on this subject is that they were produced every ten years from 1841 onwards. The key to finding relevant information from them seems to be arming yourself with postal addresses but where to go to see a census is a bi...

Thanks, Gloria.

I'll bear that in mind for the future.

Beejay

There are two phrases that immediately spring to mind. 'Open Windows' and 'Buckingham Palace.'

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Cough! Cough! Cough!

Quick! Pass me the Oxygen!

Hi all Thanks for all the advice and interest. We have signed up with a program called ‘Family Tree Builder 6’ - run by ‘MyHeritage.com’ – there’s a free version that suits us just fine - for now, and an up-graded version that asks for a fee. We’ve learned how to order certificates on-line from Lond...

Racing Pigeons Is there anyone in the area who goes in for ‘racing pigeons?’ The reason I ask is because as a lad in the 50s and 60s I lived very close to someone who kept racing pigeons. I could see the pigeon-loft from my bedroom window. I never found out who owned them because the loft was beyond...

Thanks Ian

We're gonna have a good read through them and do some pondering before we make up our minds as to the way forward.

Beejay

My wife, who is originally from Accrington, has recently decided to look into the family history of her mothers’ side, which she knows less about than her fathers’ side. We’ve made a start and sent away for two certificates so far, but we have nothing to store the information in. Is there such a thi...