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Offline Snoopy

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Family Tree
« on: February 01, 2009, 05:55:04 PM »
As I have told you so many times you are probably bored stiff with hearing it I am very keen on researching my family tree. In this enterprise I have found a number of distant cousins still alive and we correspond whenever any of us find anything of interest The following is extracted from an email received today:

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I thought I'd let you know that I've located one of Great Great Grandmother Lucy's brothers.  He was convicted of highway robbery in Wiltshire in 1840, and transported to Tasmania the following year.

We've found all his records online.  He never married.  Obviously the black sheep of the family!

There is a long write-up in the local paper in Wiltshire, 2,200 words long which gives lots of details of his crime. 

I have had a quick look at the records and he was transported for life. The journey out took 4 months from April to August 1841. He died in Tasmania in 1877.

All jokes about Adam Ant have already been done by the wife ~ Thank you.  ::)

The funny thing is that he lived in Sussex but was caught "in the act" in Wiltshire. The other side of my family came from Wiltshire ~  rubschin: I wonder if I owe myself any money?
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 06:35:59 PM »
Have you checked the 1911 census yet? Not fo him, obviously. But now it's online, like....
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 06:54:59 PM »
Bin there, done that, two weeks ago.
I may not have a rug or even a bread slicer BUT I do have an annual subscription to the Records Office you know.

Which for the uninitiated means I get to see released documents early. whistle:
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2009, 06:56:49 PM »
The 1911 one lets me find out about my Grandad. The 1921 one will let me find out about his murky fancy wumman
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2009, 06:57:22 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on February 01, 2009, 06:54:59 PM
Bin there, done that, two weeks ago.
I may not have a rug or even a bread slicer BUT I do have an annual subscription to the Records Office you know.

Which for the uninitiated means I get to see released documents early. whistle:
Or a Blu-Ray player... you forgot that...  whistle:
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2009, 06:58:22 PM »
Snoops has a home cinema. You can seat 7 or 8 in comfort
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2009, 07:01:07 PM »
I have?  shocked003 I can?  shocked003

Ah don't tink soooo  noooo:
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 07:01:43 PM »
I have one too. Telly in the corner and a couple of sofas
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2009, 07:03:52 PM »
Quote from: Nick on February 01, 2009, 07:01:43 PM
I have one too. Telly in the corner and a couple of sofas
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2009, 07:04:40 PM »
Whereas you have telly at the end and 4 deck chairs
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2009, 07:05:53 PM »
Yay! Nick's telly is out on parole!



Slap up supper at the next BBC Directors meeting then.
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2009, 07:06:03 PM »
My stepdad has started doing his family tree recently and ours....apparently I am descended from a line of French Gypsy / Witches  eeek: eeek: eeek:
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2009, 07:06:46 PM »
Quote from: Nick on February 01, 2009, 07:01:43 PM
I have one too. Telly in the corner and a couple of sofas


 rubschin: Actually we have a telly in each front room and can seat 10  lol:
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2009, 07:07:39 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on February 01, 2009, 07:06:03 PM
My stepdad has started doing his family tree recently and ours....apparently I am descended from a line of French Gypsy / Witches  eeek: eeek: eeek:

Not at all surprised
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Re: Family Tree
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2009, 07:08:21 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on February 01, 2009, 07:05:53 PM
Yay! Nick's telly is out on parole!



Slap up supper at the next BBC Directors meeting then.

The telly is another story and presently involves a deeply annoying Stanley Baxter look alike and sound alike  cussing:
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