Pencombe at North Molton
Yesterday was a work day and looking at Pencombe and it is more than a week since I last really looked at Pencombe. Now that I have made my decision I need to decide how much work to do on the de...
View ArticleYesterday was a Blake day
I would like to finish up the chapter on the Blake Pedigree Chart and the Blake Family Chart as soon as possible. Although I am sure I will revisit the chapter throughout writing the entire book. I...
View ArticleThe first Sunday after Easter
Zero degrees celsius but the snow is all melted once again. Sunday and the skies are going to be clear today and temperatures in the low teens. Church on You Tube today once I get myself organized....
View ArticleThe green fields of England
What I really noticed yesterday at Church on You Tube was the green grass. When Edward and I first went to England in 2008 (I had already been in 2001 with my oldest daughter) we left huge piles of...
View ArticleThe Solar Eclipse
The Solar Eclipse at Upper Canada Village near Morrisburg, Ontario was absolutely stupendous. It is the first time that I have ever been in totality and it was truly an unforgettable experience...
View ArticleLoved the headline - weapons to Ukraine
I loved the headline - Americans capture shipment from Iran to the Houthis and shipped it to Ukraine. I wonder how long it will take for our citizens to be avenged that were killed when the Iranian...
View ArticleEdward's Research
Although Edward put in a lot of time on genealogy it was never one of our go to items in the first fourteen years of our marriage. He worked with one of the people (Ed Phelps) in the library at...
View ArticleThe Story of Moses on Netflix
The Story of Moses has been particularly well done on Netflix. The knowledge and enthusiasm of the researchers from Judaism, Islam and Christianity has been an enormous asset to this latest series....
View ArticleA certain measure of progress
I worked away yesterday looking at Richard le Blake in the records and did manage to separate out the two Blake families who were "closeby" sort of in the areas north of Berkshire and then the...
View ArticleInteresting details on Pencombe
One will I never did work out came back to the surface so spent a little time yesterday sorting that one and not yet clear on the path - it is that time when facts are more difficult to find - the...
View ArticlePulling all the BMBs etc records for Pincombe-Pencombe-Pyncombe will be a...
Sunday and Church on You Tube; this has become a regular event in my life and always a surprise as to which Church/Chapel will be the location for the service. Wonderful idea.Prayers for the world as...
View ArticleCleaning today - two floors
Church yesterday was at St Marys Lancaster and the service was stations which had been created by members of the parish. The choices were so meaningful on the Third Sunday of Easter. It is interesting...
View ArticleBasement cleaning day and the black earth due to arrive by 7 pm and it is here
Another busy day and probably not much done on Blake again but then I did concentrate on Blake quite a bit last week. Tomorrow will be Pencombe. There is a twelve hour window for the arrival of the...
View ArticleEdward would have been 81 years of age today
My husband, would have been 81 years of age today. Yesterday I had a telephone call to wish him a happy birthday. Strange really the number of times I have mentioned that he is deceased. Nice to see...
View ArticleBlake in the 1300s and early 1400s in the Calne Wiltshire area
Once I had created a proof of life timeline for Robert (le) Blake and there is mention of a brother Adam le Blake, I had a better image of this family at Calne and the documents that are available. His...
View ArticleSpring is so busy and Pencombe extraction going well
Yesterday was a combined day - work outside and work inside. It is spring; that wonderful glorious time when the sun shines brightly (although hopefully rain today) and one is outside but the best part...
View ArticleHeavy rain yesterday
The heavy rain yesterday curtailed my planned movement of earth and scattering grass seed. Probably I will do that tomorrow as it is still raining today. Then there is rain predicted for Tuesday but...
View ArticleThe budget and how I see it
The Liberal Budget does an interesting thing perhaps with a couple of changes; it will sell off surplus government buildings to be converted into apartments. It is an interesting proposal and could be...
View ArticleBlake again today
Lots of rain and that is good. The grass is greening up and still only April; generally we wait until May for luxurious green in front of us. Perhaps some earth moving today and seeding. We will...
View ArticleAnother Sunday and Blake work yesterday
Another Sunday in Easter - the Fourth Sunday and Church is online in Southwark. My Buller family lived in Bermondsey and attended St Mary Magdalene (also the Beard family as Christopher Buller married...
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