Day nine since vaccination
Fascinating really thinking that I am building up all those antibodies however my trusty mask is ever with me. I think that we will be wearing them until next spring anyway and I plan on doing so in...
View ArticleEdward's Ham Radio Equipment
Edward had put all of his Ham Radio Equipment together last summer and kept meaning to write or call the Ham Radio Club to donate his equipment which was mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. But he did...
View ArticlePyncombe at Buckington Loges als High Bickington alias Bickington
An interesting document written by a member of the Woollacott family. http://www.myfourleggedstool.com/uploads/1/9/2/5/19256439/early_woollacotts_and_variations_thereon.pdfHis discussion on the...
View ArticleAstronomy and RASC
Another of Edward's hobbies was astronomy and we have several telescopes. The 4 inch reflecting telescope we bought when we were first married and I will always remember being out in the middle of the...
View ArticleCanada Day
Canada Day today and it is a bit of a sad one. It is hard to celebrate when one thinks of all those residential school children who lost their lives whilst attending school. Slowly the story comes out...
View ArticlePincombe land document from 1605
Still working my way through the John Pincombe land document from 1605. I have completed (on a first run through so some blanks here and there) seven of the thirteen items on the first page and the...
View ArticleChair Lift donated
Edward's chairlift was donated yesterday to SCIO. We felt sad when it left as it was perhaps the best tool of all that we purchased to help him. It was so firm in our memory his many trips in the chair...
View ArticleContinuing transcription of the "extent of all manors etc" held by John...
This document is quite fascinating and my speed of transcribing is slowly improving but will have a few items to check. The verification that he has a living son John Pincombe and that this John's...
View ArticleOh where is the rain
We still need rain. Today is a clear away day again with another load to Salvation Army. We just can not manage all of the items that Edward had and he was in the process of downsizing before COVID-19...
View ArticleTranscription first draft completed and discussion being created
The first draft of the transcription of the land document is completed. I will need to go through it to fill in the blanks and there are not too many after all. There is some latin in the document but...
View ArticleSunday and it is a beautiful sunny day
I love the quietness of Sunday but the sorrow is dominating our land. Mother Earth is perhaps our means of finding a way forward; she has shown us her power and ability to lock us all down; to make us...
View ArticleTranscription proofed but discussion still in thought process
I completed my proofing of the transcription and will move forward to the discussion. I could compare this statement of land with the will of Gertrude Pyncombe and may do that; I have not yet decided....
View ArticleMoving on to the Camera hobby
We are moving on to the camera hobby having taken another van full of items to the Salvation Army. Edward was taking them items the last couple of years when he decided to start downsizing. We had this...
View ArticlePincombe-Pinkham Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2021
Pincombe-Pinkham NewsletterVolume 6, Issue 2, 2021Table of Contents1. Transcription: An extent of all the manors, etc. of the late John Pincombe, gentleman, inherited by his son and heir, John...
View ArticleBlake Newsletter is in process
The Blake Newsletter for the 1st of April is in process. Still deciding on the main topic for this issue.
View ArticleTree trimming
Edward usually trimmed the tree out front every three years and this was the third year so had that done yesterday. You can not always see the bare branches from the ground on these huge trees and they...
View ArticleFinding oneself - who am I
Although I have lived a fascinating life these last nearly 55 years since I married Edward, it was a shared relationship that I entered into from a shared relationship. I was still living at home in...
View ArticleOur new Governor General has been appointed - wonderful news - our first...
https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2021/07/06/mary-simon-oc-oq Mary Simon, O.C., O. Q. July 6, 2021Ottawa, OntarioMary Simon has attained national and international recognition for her work on...
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Blake Newsletter, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2021
Blake Newsletter Volume 10, Issue 2, 2021Table of Contents1. Genealogical errors and their correction2. Blake Surname Study – Progress3. Blake autosomal DNA Study at FT DNA (Family Finder)4....
View ArticleH11 Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 2, 2021
H11 NewsletterVolume 5, Issue 2, 2021Table of Contents1. Project Statistics2. Other3. H11 in the news1. Project Statistics:Combined GEDCOMs Uploaded 49DISTINCT mtDNA Haplogroups...
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