The Eighth Generation continuing
Nice to be into the Eighth Generation of the Siderfin Family. Working my way through slowly as I insert comments as this is the Generation most affected by the addition of John 8 ( John 7, John 6,...
View ArticleBusy day yesterday - gardening, dentist
I h Had a busy day yesterday gardening and going to the dentist for a cleaning. The lawn needed cutting and the patio bricks have grown a few weeds so plucked them out. The trees are shedding dead...
View ArticleEighth Generation completed and on to the Ninth Generation
I did complete the Eighth Generation yesterday and moved on to the Ninth Generation. Not much done yet mostly just the usual cosmetic details of descendancy. Will do more today. I did listen to...
View Article78 years old and Church on You-Tube today
A great day yesterday and 78 officially now. I can remember each of my grandparents at 78 years of age. They were both still quite hale and hearty; both loved a good walk. In retrospect both loved a...
View ArticleGeneration 9 continuing for the Siderfin Book and a racoon in the night
Yesterday's service on YouTube was most interesting; the hymns some of my favourites and the sermon brought out thoughts I had not actually had. The juxtaposition between the owner of the grape field...
View ArticleShredding
I have been shredding Edward's correspondence over the 54.5 years of our marriage. We were barely married when he got a name from his uncle I think and they started corresponding back and forth...
View ArticleDNA matches
Edward, when he first tested his DNA (yDNA, mtDNA and atDNA) did not have any close matches although gradually as more and more Americans tested his match list became quite enormous because a number of...
View ArticleI continue to be embarassed by the Conservative Party
Listening to the Leader of the Opposition speaking in the House. He has not apologized for being part of the standing ovation, did he know in advance that this individual was coming - he should have...
View ArticleYesterday was a prolific blog day
I was pretty wordy yesterday, three blogs, but today on to research and footnoting the Siderfin Book. Working on the Ninth Generation and perhaps I will complete it today. I did think on Sunday that...
View ArticleListening to Question Period
I definitely learned something new today listening to Question Period. I do think that every visitor to the House during the time of a special event should be vetted which I say again. The Prime...
View ArticleMy day of research and writing
I did manage to spend some time on the Siderfin Book. Not as much as I would have liked but overall it is moving forward but still in the Ninth Generation. The last birth in the William-Line was...
View ArticleThe Ninth Generation of the Siderfin book continues
I did work on the Ninth Generation of the Siderfin family continuing into the Robert-Line. I needed to add in abstracts of the wills and did complete that. I tried once again to find the Inland Revenue...
View ArticleSlowly getting there - just a couple of pages left in the ninth generation
Another day working on the Siderfin book and it did move along nicely. I have to merge in the Thomas Siderfin line that moved to Derbyshire which I have from another researcher. The task of working the...
View ArticleGetting into today's work
As I move into today's work I need to record a few thoughts as I go along. I am nearly finished the ninth generation and working through the data which has been shared with me by another family member....
View ArticleFinally the Tenth Generation
I am into the Tenth Generation now and we will see how fast that flows. The number of people is increasing rapidly in this generation. There will be nearly as many as there have been in the first nine...
View ArticleCleaning Day and continuing the Tenth Generation
Today is the basement cleaning day. I am up early and it is just 12 degrees celsius and clear but dark. Winter is slowly arriving in Canada.Yesterday good accomplishment on the Tenth Generation. I am...
View ArticleMy brother older than me but not the oldest
I have many brothers - four in total- but when I was a young child my two older brothers were my teachers in particular the brother just a little older than me. He taught me so many things when I was...
View ArticleOn to the book; another never ending saga
Truly this is a never ending saga this writing of family books. As the lines go forward so does the story. Cleaning all accomplished and today I am back to working on Generation Ten. A first in Canada...
View ArticleAs I continue to work on the 10th Generation of the Siderfin Family
The footnoting is taking quite a bit of time although I did consider just taking my footnotes from Legacy but felt that I should give a fresh look to the details and check for any new items as I work...
View ArticleTo seralize or not to seralize and when to do that as I will likely seralize...
I must investigate with my daughter whether I can serialize the Siderfin book in advance of publication as it will take a while to blog it all (about 275 pages although expect that to decrease to...
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