Living

John is quite a keen gardener so we have written loads of info about gardening. Julii spends way too much time on family history. Her most documented names are Brainard and Bacon: but she has way more info than time to put it all online.

We've also spent a lot of time trying to understand ethical investment options. We've compiled some notes about raising kids, and local information like accomodation near North Walsham and travel to and bed and breakfasts in the Loughborough area (where we used to live).

John is keen that we get a larger vehicle so is busy researching six-seater cars and bigger. We don't actually drive that much -- maybe just as well because we get as fed up as anybody about bad driving. For a while John was commuting to work on the east side of Norwich, and he even waged his own campaign to persuade the County Council to improve road surfaces or even create a new rail station on the edge of the large commercial and industrial estate where he worked. Sadly not successful, yet, but maybe one day!

Helping some very creative friends out we have also discovered a lot about how to self-publish books; it's a complicated business.

Sustainable Living

Sustainable Living Living off the Land, that's what most people would call sustainable living. However, most people in the UK will be unable to achieve this, but what measures can we take to make the most of what we have, so that we throw ... (more)

McKay Family History

All about Charles Lawrence McKay ("Lauren" or "Mac"). Who was an accomplished fiddle player, studied music at Pasadena Nazarene college with his brother Fred, served in WWI, and helped run the family farm (in North Dakota) after his father ... (more)

National Savings Index-Linked Certificates

If you are a UK taxpayer then you will want to take a look at the new National Savings certificates that promise to match or beat the RPI (retail prices index). They are also backed by the Treasury, so you can be sure that all the money you ... (more)

Facebook for Genealogy

This is my big Facebook prediction for 2012: support for dead people. For now, only living, real people are supposed to be on Facebook, and I don't know what the protocol is for Facebook members when they die. What I imagine is that living ... (more)

Wootton Oil Buying Group on The One Show

The village of Wootton in Oxfordshire has been quietly saving lots of money on home heating oil, and now has had a prime spot on the BBC current affairs programme The One Show. Here is the oil buying piece: Your home is heated by oil ... (more)

Lusher or Luscher Familes, from Redwood Falls MN to Pasadena CA

Henry Luscher and Family We have many colourful stories about my grandfather's great-grandfather. He was (supposedly) born William Rudolph Haberstiech (Jnr) in a small Swiss village (perhaps in Aargau), on 8 Jul 1841. His father was the town ... (more)

My branch of Renfrow, Mahurin and allied Families

PICTURE RIGHT: (Left) Blanche Alice (Renfrow) McKay and (middle) her daughter Merwyn (McKay) Bergquist, taken ~1980 From what I can make out, the Renfrow and Mahurin families both settled (briefly) into poor rural Kentucky in the late 1700s ... (more)

Julii's Questions to Pursue

Things I want to resolve in my own family history: Martha (White) Stout My great great grandmother Martha (White) Stout died sometime between 1880 and 1884 (when her husband George Washington Stout remarried). When and how did Martha ... (more)

Edie Letters Misc., 1914 and Later

Burial card for Helen Maud Sherwood, Grave No. 2183, Square 18, Interred Dec 18 1890, Wolverhampton General Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. E R Swindells, 6 Goringe Road, Eastbourne Sussex ... (more)

Biography for Edith (Sherwood) Swindells

In 1910 Edith was 31 years old and living with her widowed father (WG Sherwood). About the time that he suddenly died, Edith's cousin Gilbert Manttan was visiting England from New Zealand; Gilbert had fallen ill unexpectedly and was convalescing ... (more)

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