Thread: Good news: Bad news

lozzie · 10-03-2007, 09:30 PM

Went to visit Mum today..lol..bless her she can be very "forgetful" and can never remember anything about family...."..ohh it was so long ago..I don't know.."

Anyways, every few weeks over the past 7 years I have been asking questions...and only getting smidgings of answers, soo I plod on as ya do do.

Today I asked about her Grandad....ahh James Herbert you mean...yase Mum about which year did he die?

Ohhh sed me Uncle....I was about 21...I remember I was working in Leeds....ahhh success at last I thought.

Mum added her two'pennorth....then went off to make a cuppa

Uncle sez to me....your Mums got some photos you know...

NOO I say she hasnt. Ohh YES she has he replied

Well every time I ask to look at her photo albums...SHE gets them out of cupboard for me....so i thinks.... here's my chance.....pmsl

I opened the cupboard doors...and there lurking in the back were LOADS of old photos I have NEVER seen before

I was in geno heaven!

Mum came back and said..ohh I thought i'd shown you these....so we all starts looking through them...an Mum an Uncle were naming them...got a lovely photo of me Gt Grandad and Gt Granny

THEN......I came across a pouch with papers in.....you'll never guess what they were????

Gt Grandads birth certificate (14 Feb 1874 ) Their marriage cert (23 feb 1897) and both death certificates! I was ecstatic!! Ohhh Mum why you never showed me these before.

Ya dint ask, she said PMSL she knows i been researching for yonks!!

Anyway thats the GOOD News..now for the BAD

You know how the 1st rule in geno is to confirm with certs?? well I didn't

My Gt Gran Florence King....well I had her father as being Walter....taken from census infos.....I have researched Walter through his 3 marriages.....various kids...and his tracks across Sheffield...only to find today that her FATHER is JOHN KING!

I have spent the rest of the day looking for me Gt Gt Grandad John!!!

Ahhh well all in a days life of a geno!!! (i obviously not genius!)

BUT am well pleased with all the certs and photos!!

Loz

mollie · 11-03-2007, 02:56 AM

Well done Loz................flippin names eh..................never use the ones they given..................we have a Wesley in ours but he is known as Charlie..........................only us who are closest would know..not christened as.......just known as from being a baby..........Like you say.........always check and recheck

Congrats Loz...................erm maybe you can suggest to your Mum that you might have a clear out of the cupboards.......or just do a Sheerluck Holmes thing.............lol......snoop snoop Purely for geno purposes............lol

Waks · 11-03-2007, 10:45 AM

Hiya Loz....congrats on your find, & at least you have the correct rellies now.

I had a similar thing with my mum last week, she said she'd dug some photo's out & didn't know if they'd be any good to me?? When we started going through them....she suddenly remembered things, like names & places & dates that she previously couldn't remember. She's given me photo's of my G Grandfather's boats as he was a ship owner & master mariner, photo's of other relatives, there's some of the different houses that G Grandma's etc have lived in, mum then recognised & remembered addresses & photo's of the family annual holiday to Blackpool. The holiday ones amaze me as I can remember growing up with all my great aunts whinging about each other, yet they all played happy families once a year, when they all had a week away together!!!

Anyway, I've now to find away of mounting them....it doesn't help that my mum glued them into her photo albums years ago, they're all in one piece, but are in desperate need of some care & attention if they're going to be any good for my kids??!

petal · 11-03-2007, 11:52 AM

Worth having that lot Lozz..........even if you did have a wrong rellie...........lol
Thought I'd got all the really old photos, names and everything but when mum moved into the care home another boox appeared............for some reason she wants to hang on to them but when I've been through them with her and ask who they are (notepad at the ready) she says she don't know !!!! Well, she must do otherwise why hang on to them ? Maybe she can't be bothered...............I've pestered her that much over the years I bet she thinks every time I visit it's because I want to know yet more about Anutie wotsit or Uncle do dah !!!!

Flood · 11-03-2007, 01:21 PM

That's fantastic, Loz! I've also got photos of my GT gt grandparents, plus certs, and ones of all my great, aunts and uncles, so I knows how ecstatic you felt when your Mum produced all that info! Good one Lozzies Mum!!

10-03-2007, 09:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
lozzie AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: At Home Posts: 2,270 Total Awards: 3	Good news: Bad news Went to visit Mum today..lol..bless her she can be very "forgetful" and can never remember anything about family...."..ohh it was so long ago..I don't know.." Anyways, every few weeks over the past 7 years I have been asking questions...and only getting smidgings of answers, soo I plod on as ya do do. Today I asked about her Grandad....ahh James Herbert you mean...yase Mum about which year did he die? Ohhh sed me Uncle....I was about 21...I remember I was working in Leeds....ahhh success at last I thought. Mum added her two'pennorth....then went off to make a cuppa Uncle sez to me....your Mums got some photos you know... NOO I say she hasnt. Ohh YES she has he replied Well every time I ask to look at her photo albums...SHE gets them out of cupboard for me....so i thinks.... here's my chance.....pmsl I opened the cupboard doors...and there lurking in the back were LOADS of old photos I have NEVER seen before I was in geno heaven! Mum came back and said..ohh I thought i'd shown you these....so we all starts looking through them...an Mum an Uncle were naming them...got a lovely photo of me Gt Grandad and Gt Granny THEN......I came across a pouch with papers in.....you'll never guess what they were???? Gt Grandads birth certificate (14 Feb 1874 ) Their marriage cert (23 feb 1897) and both death certificates! I was ecstatic!! Ohhh Mum why you never showed me these before. Ya dint ask, she said PMSL she knows i been researching for yonks!! Anyway thats the GOOD News..now for the BAD You know how the 1st rule in geno is to confirm with certs?? well I didn't My Gt Gran Florence King....well I had her father as being Walter....taken from census infos.....I have researched Walter through his 3 marriages.....various kids...and his tracks across Sheffield...only to find today that her FATHER is JOHN KING! I have spent the rest of the day looking for me Gt Gt Grandad John!!! Ahhh well all in a days life of a geno!!! (i obviously not genius!) BUT am well pleased with all the certs and photos!! Loz Last edited by lozzie; 10-03-2007 at 09:32 PM.
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11-03-2007, 02:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
mollie Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Isle of Man Posts: 1,686 Total Awards: 2	Re: Good news: Bad news Well done Loz................flippin names eh..................never use the ones they given..................we have a Wesley in ours but he is known as Charlie..........................only us who are closest would know..not christened as.......just known as from being a baby..........Like you say.........always check and recheck Congrats Loz...................erm maybe you can suggest to your Mum that you might have a clear out of the cupboards.......or just do a Sheerluck Holmes thing.............lol......snoop snoop Purely for geno purposes............lol
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11-03-2007, 10:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Waks Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 7,124 Total Awards: 2	Re: Good news: Bad news Hiya Loz....congrats on your find, & at least you have the correct rellies now. I had a similar thing with my mum last week, she said she'd dug some photo's out & didn't know if they'd be any good to me?? When we started going through them....she suddenly remembered things, like names & places & dates that she previously couldn't remember. She's given me photo's of my G Grandfather's boats as he was a ship owner & master mariner, photo's of other relatives, there's some of the different houses that G Grandma's etc have lived in, mum then recognised & remembered addresses & photo's of the family annual holiday to Blackpool. The holiday ones amaze me as I can remember growing up with all my great aunts whinging about each other, yet they all played happy families once a year, when they all had a week away together!!! Anyway, I've now to find away of mounting them....it doesn't help that my mum glued them into her photo albums years ago, they're all in one piece, but are in desperate need of some care & attention if they're going to be any good for my kids??!
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11-03-2007, 11:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,637 Total Awards: 5	Re: Good news: Bad news Worth having that lot Lozz..........even if you did have a wrong rellie...........lol Thought I'd got all the really old photos, names and everything but when mum moved into the care home another boox appeared............for some reason she wants to hang on to them but when I've been through them with her and ask who they are (notepad at the ready) she says she don't know !!!! Well, she must do otherwise why hang on to them ? Maybe she can't be bothered...............I've pestered her that much over the years I bet she thinks every time I visit it's because I want to know yet more about Anutie wotsit or Uncle do dah !!!!
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

11-03-2007, 01:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Flood AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: A great place in Devon called Tiverton. Posts: 5,022 Total Awards: 4	Re: Good news: Bad news That's fantastic, Loz! I've also got photos of my GT gt grandparents, plus certs, and ones of all my great, aunts and uncles, so I knows how ecstatic you felt when your Mum produced all that info! Good one Lozzies Mum!!