Free BMD and James Sanders
There is a death for a James Sanders at South Molton June quarter 1916 with a stated age of 41 - James, eldest son of Elizabeth (Siderfin) Sanders would have been 71 sometime in the Fall of 1916 as he...
View ArticleAnother severe smoke day
Friday was another severe smoke day; the forest fires in Quebec and Ontario are still raging. June is usually a rainy month so hopefully the danger will soon pass but we are getting lots of help with...
View ArticleThe pain of being the one left
Spent late Friday and part of Saturday with my grandchildren. Having grandchildren was a huge surprise for me as I had never once considered that I would ever have grandchildren. I never commented to...
View ArticleBlake Newsletter
Continued to work on the Blake Newsletter yesterday and the yDNA section completed. I generally leave the individual yDNA groups to themselves simply because I do not have enough time to do more than...
View ArticleA lovely sunny day with air quality at 32
Still some smoke in the air likely but it is a beautiful sunny day. Will we come to dread the bright sun; I hope not as it is the busiest time for the birds and animals. Since I am old I can just enjoy...
View ArticleAnd back again to the Siderfin Book
Today poor air quality once again so inside days which is pretty much fine with me I like being indoors working away on my research and breaking it up with lots of exercise to maintain my level of...
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Fifth Generation of the Siderfin family and the Thomas-Line
Once into the Siderfin book again I rapidly made the decision that William born circa 1671 could not be proven in the Fifth generation and likely belonged in the Sixth Generation and so I have placed...
View ArticleStrange how time away makes the mind more receptive
Finding William (and the proof is excellent) yesterday and placing him in the William-Line was such an excellent happening. I did work on the Thomas-Line but still nothing on either of the two male...
View ArticleStill on the Fifth Generation
Although I started out thinking I might just finish the Fifth Generation and in essence all of the people in the fifth generation can now be accounted for I did not finish. I decided to divide my book...
View ArticleNew methodology working well
Yesterday was a busy morning on the Siderfin Book in between exercise periods. Looking at the 5th, 6th and 7th generations is going to work better than one at a time. There is a lot of miscellaneous...
View ArticleMonday, smoke, cleaning day
The heading is somewhat incompatible but habit is a long standing thing really and I shall clean but will take the suggestion of damp moping all the floors since we replaced our carpet years ago with...
View ArticleRain, the heavens opened and it rained
Finally a long enough rain to really saturate the ground. More rain will come today and that should at least soften up that hard clay and let July be less of a dry month than it normally is. We really...
View ArticleRain is promised again today
The earth is slowly becoming more saturated which is good news; rain in our area is a blessing for sure. The Forest Fires that have been burning are dampened down for a bit hopefully. The sky today...
View ArticleTo Ukraine: Do not go gentle into this dark night
More children killed in a vicious attack on a restaurant in Eastern Ukraine - the Russians sink lower and lower into their sins. Do not go gentle Ukrainians into this dark night; fight for your freedom...
View ArticleBible Readings in Ordinary Time
The Bible Readings in Ordinary Time (Trinity) are the stories of the Early Church. The struggles were monumental in the Roman Empire at that time but the love of Jesus was in their hearts and they...
View ArticleCanada Day
Canada Day and it is rainy smoky day in the capital. The birds are still hunkered down waiting for the smoke to pass as many of their young are too small yet to fly away to cleaner air. More rain is...
View ArticleThe year is now more than half gone
Working in the hospital all those years ago now was interesting. I learned a lot although I did come in to this work with some background having worked in the hospital laboratory years earlier (and my...
View ArticleAn interesting will that I had not yet transcribed
Looking about in the Archival records at Somerset and the National Archives of the UK I discovered that I had forgotten to transcribe the will of Robert Siderfin (of Croydon) probated in 1721. I...
View ArticleHappy Fourth of July to my American Cousins and Neighbours
Happy 4th of July to our American Neighbours; may their day be lovely. I do have second cousins in the United States and also fourth cousins in the same line - Buller. My maternal grandmother's...
View ArticleI am reminded
As I awake each day, I am reminded that we are in this world to do our best; to strive to learn and to respect all life. As a child I did not like to eat meat because the cows on my great uncle's farm...
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