Cleaning Day and the 30 boxes of research still remaining
Cleaning day once again but from now on I will start working on the research boxes. This is the older material which I must sort through and I can remember that time all those years ago after the OGS...
View ArticleIn the vein of research
Today I continue contemplating the Research Boxes; Edward had so much material collected. A large portion dates back to the mid 1960s when he first began his task of looking for his Kipp ancestry. I...
View ArticleKayaking
Finally found exactly what I was looking for - a youth kayak that works very well for me and we bought it and pretty much immediately went kayaking. What a glorious day to be out in nature. Saw muskrat...
View ArticleThe wierdest experience
Today I had an appointment with the Eye Institute to look at my cataracts. The optometrist told me in January that I would need to have them operated on in another year but I decided that since he said...
View ArticleI updated yesterday's evenings blog
I realized this morning when I awoke a bit early that our medical system does need some refinement. The doctors are overloaded (with a daughter, a nephew, a niece and a niece in law all in medicine I...
View ArticleRain today hopefully
Last night we went kayaking around 7:00 pm and it was a marvelous time in the evening. The beavers were busy working their way back and forth across the channel after a long hot day when they probably...
View ArticleThe Bible Reading from Corinthians
The Bible reading today is from 2 Corinthians 13 and again we must bear in mind that the Apostles are building the Church of Jesus Christ; the Christian Church which we by right of our baptism we have...
View ArticleThe perennial question - Why am I here God?
Every once in a while the perennial question that I have had in my mind ever since my grandfather died when I was eight years old - Why am I here God? (it was something that my grandfather used to say...
View ArticleSmoke from the forest fires
We will have smoke today from the forest fires. It is unusual to see the dark cloud on the weather map all day long and already at 7:00 a.m. the light quality is considerably diminished. We live in a...
View ArticleStill smoke in the air and how is everyone faring
The birds, the rabbits, the chipmunks are still out in the smoke and I wonder how they are faring this morning at 6:15 am. The wind is still this morning, no movement of the leaves. The birds are in...
View ArticleAnd it continues although forest fire in Madawaska is now under control
The smoke continues but the Forest Fire contributing to the intensity of it here in Ottawa and also Toronto is now under control. Good news for sure but Mother Nature definitely needs our help in all...
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Siderfin and location
Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time thinking about the Pedigree Chart that James Sanders included in his book. The beginning four generations can be put together from the available records and ending...
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Continuing sage of Siderfin family and just which Robert is which
An amazing day yesterday working on the Siderfin Pedigree Chart. Everything seemed to fall into place and the tree has shifted slightly just from one John to another really; from the Robert line to...
View ArticleIs there any value in my meanderings
I do have to consider whether there is a value in my meanderings being recorded in my blog. Although in the long run I may move away totally from those thoughts I think the value is in just thinking...
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And the revision continues
Yesterday I spent most of my computer time continuing to revise the four pages that I wrote to justify/explain my thoughts with regard to the Fifth Generation and was successful although that will...
View ArticleWilliam - Line or the Thomas - Line and justifying it not being in the Robert...
I had not really thought of William Siderfin as being prominent in all of this discussion but in reality he too has a role to play. He is said to have a brother John baptized in 1656 and James Sanders...
View ArticleCleaning Day today but a good week of research
Eliminating William at Minehead b c 1660 from the William line was good and then looking once again at him in the Robert line was interesting but now I need to eliminate him or place him in the Thomas...
View ArticleI sometimes daydream about my lottery tickets
I have been buying lottery tickets (just one for Lotto 649 and one for Lotto Max each draw (and its earlier names)) for 27 years now. Gambling isn't actually part of my makeup. I started when I first...
View ArticleLife is suddenly busy
When one reaches nearly 78, time stretches as I do long hours working away on my various projects. Change is much more difficult I find at this age and the sudden phone call two days ago informing me...
View ArticleWilliam Siderfin continues to surprise
A baptism can not be located for William Siderfin circa 1660 but he did live at Minehead. His father (James Sanders has John (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) and at the moment on my tree he is...
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